Friday 5th December 2025

Culture

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s 2009 tragicomedy.  The play follows a group of people of different ages taking a beginners’ drama...
Culture Lara Machado -

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...
Culture Peter Chen -

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...
Culture Charlie Bailey -

‘Lux’ by Rosalía review: A breath of fresh air

'The Latin title ‘Lux’ perfectly embodies the concept and overall aesthetic of divine femininity, as well as the multilingual aspects that run throughout the work. With complex and meaningful lyrics written in 13 languages, and split into four movements, the record is a breath of fresh air for the pop scene'.
Culture Imogen Forrest -
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Guide to Christmas music: 2012

Luke Barratt examines this year’s Christmas offerings, which vary severely in quality

Review: Carmen (ENO)

Finola Austin reviews a production that flirts with controversy yet lacks full conviction.

Review: Liz & Dick

Cherwell FIlm and TV confronts the Mutant Biopic of Elindsabeth Taylohan

Life on the Great Island

It might be cold outside, but Emily Hislop escapes the English winter by taking us to sunny summertime Crete.

Review: Dancing on the Frontier

Tom Beardsworth reviews Oxford student Nico Hobhouse's first travel novel, 'Dancing on the Frontier: Travels by Land through China and Tibet'

Review: The Maids

Potently and unnervingly close to the skin, Genet’s strange tale of Solange and Claire proves an indubitable dramatic success.

A Choral Christmas: A Review of Advent at Merton

Katy Wright enjoys Merton choir's latest offering.

Review: Gambit

Georgina Pollard isn't overly impressed with this Coen brothers scripted comedy

Review: Amahl and the Night Visitors

Rachel Savage is left enchanted and a little emotional by Lincoln Music Society's Christmassy opera

Live Review: Holywell Music Room

Alex Chalk enjoys four inventive guitarists.

Preview: Henry VI

Alexander Wilson highly anticipates this adaptation of a trilogy

The Importance of Arts

Lucy Gray responds to the news that arts subjects may become neglected in the new curriculum

Seasonal Exhibitions

Cherwell Arts guides you through the exhibitions to look forward to this Christmas vacation

Meller Merceux awards prize for contemporary art review

Oxford's Meller Merceux Gallery and Edgar Wind Society team up with art critic Waldemar Januszczak to celebrate modern and contemporary art

Preview: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater

Charles Troup is entranced by the upcoming performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in St Peter's Chapel

A patchwork of Michaelmas Memories

Cherwell Photo share their favourite autumnal scenes

Diary of a Drama Queen

Charlotte Casey discusses life as a drama student behind the fourth wall

Preview: The Maids

Unnerving, captivating and haunting - a must see

Review: Laughter Track

A myriad of influences make for a highly entertaining evening of comedy

Review: Jane Eyre

Max Long sees a solid production of a novel difficult to adapt
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