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‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

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‘The Moro Affair’: Astonishingly original, but not quite a story

The acting in 'The Moro Affair' was superb across the board, with Harriet Wilson’s Pope as a standout, and Rosie Sutton’s direction was flawless.

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‘Music can be everything’: Aurora Orchestra’s Jane Mitchell on the narratives around classical music

The Aurora Orchestra, who are playing at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre on the 19th June, are best known for performing their orchestral repertoire from memory.

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The ‘Obsession’ Obsession

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While some may hold the view of music as an absolute art form, the fact is that music is an integral part of human culture, society and our passion for protest

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The Hayward Gallery’s latest and much-praised exhibition 'Shape Shifters' is quite an experience.

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Heaps of narrative are packed into the latest adaptation, but it is a masterful work of character complexity

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It’s still the same old fantasy, oozing sex appeal but boring by contemporary standards.

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Edward Burne-Jones at the Tate: A reminder of greatness

Burne-Jones' exhibition at the Tate is one to not miss.

What cultural blockbusters can we look forward to in 2019?

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The desire to be elsewhere: a look back at some of 2018’s musical highlights

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British Library Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms review: Illuminating the Dark Ages

A highlight of the exhibition, The Marvels of the East, details how people in the East were thought to have no heads, with their eyes and mouths instead believed to reside in their chests.

Is West Side Story still relevant today?

West Side Story has stood the test of time not just because of its artistic mastery, but because of its universal message. As the show’s choreographer Jerome Robbins once said, the show is about intolerance all over the world, not just in 1950s New York. In many ways, the show is more relevant today than it ever has been.

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‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

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