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Review: 113 – ‘An elusive, intangible, and shifting reality’

When I entered the Burton Taylor Studio to the sound of a mildly haunting cover of Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’, the whispered-yet-screechy vocals verging on the absurdly comic, I...

A ‘Closer’ look at intimacy in Labyrinth’s new production

Labyrinth Production’s upcoming production of Patrick Marber’s Closer is a novel step up in...

Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – ‘A clever adaptation of a timeless play’

I’m ashamed to admit I almost mistake Cuigy (Kate Burke) and Brissaille (Nancy Gittus)...

Why reading for pleasure still matters at Oxford

The idea of students reading for pleasure during term time has sparked much debate....

Review: Catchphrase

Delia Lockey finds comfort in the return of an old favourite

Review: Noah and the Whale – Heart of Nowhere

Jack Chown is impressed as this band go from strength to strength

Manet’s Unique Vision

Denise Koller examines Manet's break from tradition in 'Olympia'

Underground Art Movement

Alexander Beecham on the exhibition celebrating the Tube's 150th year

Interview: Peace

Luke Barratt talks shellfish, carpentry and the media with the Birmingham rockers

Spotlight on…The Trial

Evy Cavalla investigates a conceptual adaptation of Kafka's classic

Preview: The Glass Menagerie

Camilla Rees gets a taster of Tennessee Williams' classic

Ashurbanipal

Helen Reid talks to the writer and director of Trinity's most out-there production

Review: Love Is All You Need

This Danish rom-com is ripe with cliché, but lacks zest

Putting a new face to an old name

In trying to force the stage curtain to stay closed, you can inadvertently rip it down.

Some are more gender-equal than others

Sam Atwell examines George Orwell's chauvinism, and the women he loved and lost

Ashurbanipal: The Last Great Metalhead?

Joe Manktelow has a word with the creators of this student play's outlandish soundtrack

Jammin to… ‘Apricot’ by Basil Hogios

Antonia Whitton evangelizes about a fleeting moment of brilliance

Daft Punk in a funk

Sam Parsons is consumed with righteous anger at new single 'Get Lucky'

Preview: 1984

Tess Colley expects good things from this adaptation of Orwell's classic

Review: Life is a Dream

Laura Stacey finds sound jarring but performances strong in the Oxford Spanish Play

What are Wordsworth?

Sadie Levy Gale and Molly Brown experience 'performance poetry'

Hair-razing artwork

'Bold and Bald' A review of Adam Wozniak's Buster Renovatio.

Light-hearted Art

“Playing with shadows” A review of the Hayward Gallery's light show.

St. George’s Day playlist

Cherwell music get all patriotic with their latest offering...