Sunday 7th 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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Georgina Pollard is pleasantly surprised by the latest film from the creator of Borat

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Christy Edwall listens to the Pulitzer-prize winning novelist and essayist speak

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Georgina Pollard is left somewhat cold by Tim Burton's latest film

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In one of the last bastions of all-male academia, Jonathan Chapman takes in a delightful garden production

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Thoughts from inside a train. When somebody took their own life under the wheels of an earlier train, things started to look a bit different.

Preview: The Deep Blue Sea

Timothy Bano previews what looks to be an excellent production of a play full of emotional understatement

Preview: Proof

Angus Hawkins recommends this stunningly good production

Angels and Consolations

Katy Wright provides a glimpse into what it is like to stage an opera

Storming the Bastille

Matthew Robinson and Olivia Arigho-Stiles consider the up-and-coming indie quartet

A Bluffer’s Guide to: Post-Dubstep

Matt Jones explores the latest scene to develop out of the UK Bass culture

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Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate illuminates this establishment classic

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Maria Fox is hugely charmed by this Pembroke Production

Preview: After the Dance

Angus Hawkins thinks this rarely performed play is well worth seeing

Review: A Doll’s House

Ed Bell feels Brasenose's good production of a classic play is somewhat out of place

Review: The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

Ceri Fowler finds The Cribs to be at their best, poor title excluded

Review: Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game

Marc Pacitti finds Rufus Wainwright's best chance for both critical acclaim and popular support in Out of the Game

Review: JD Mcpherson – Signs and Signifiers

Sarah Poulten enjoys the 1950s charm of JD Mcpherson's latest release
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