Thursday 27th November 2025

Culture

Between performance and reality: ‘To What End?’ reviewed

To What End is a new meta-theatrical, absurdist play written by Billy Skiggs and Billy Hearld. It begins in what seems to be simplicity: a wartime song hums through...

Death’s Lament

Please, I have done what you asked.  I burned it all for her. I wrench the...

And she woke up…

Yesterday I thought I saw you between blinks of an eye: a lecture together and notes left...

Review: Titus Andronicus – Local Business

Abdul Huson enjoys the latest offering from New Jersey's finest.

Review: Alt-J – An Awesome Wave

Aine Jackson reviews the Mercury Prize Winners

Interview: Spector

Olivia Arigho Stiles talks Roy Lichtenstein and One Direction with Spector

The dark side of a bright city

Angelika Benz took to the streets at night to get a glimpse of a different Oxford

Zoom in on….club photography

Sophie Baggott talks to club photographer Chris Russell-Gray about providing memories for the morning after the night before

Preview: Freedom of the City

A brilliant, intimate, yet harrowing piece of theatre

Preview: The Get-Out

A polished, convincing piece of original writing

Review: Bloody Poetry

Vickie Morrish recommends this play of Romantics behaving badly

Preview: The Last Five Years

A remarkable depiction of love and loss in the modern world

Life in a La Boheme-ian rhapsody

Katy Write reviews the Welsh National Opera at The New Theatre.

Cuppers Review: The Real Inspector Hound

Vickie Morrish is impressed by Trinity's adaptation of this classic Tom Stoppard whodunit.

Review: Rough Justice

Claire Rodwell thoroughly recommends this impressive judicial production

Review: The Stream

Hyunjip Kim is impressed by this new weekly arts festival

Behind the Scenes: The Awkward Silence

Ralph Jones, co-creator of The Awkward Silence sketch duo, discusses why you should take a trip down to Port Mahon

Behind the Scenes: Vagrant

Alex Darby talks about his latest piece of theatre, and polarisation between the ways of life in Oxford.

Review: A Possible Life, Sebastian Faulks

Faulks satisfies with a good piece of solid literature

Review: The History of the England, Vol. II

Ackroyd plays nice with a disappointing return to a familiar period

Where are they now: Hugh Grant

Cherwell Stage looks at another of the Oxford stage's great alumni

Preview: Bloody Poetry

A strong cast makes for an intriguing production

Review: Taylor Swift – Red

Natasha Frost is impressed by the professionalism of this country-pop star.

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