Thursday 19th February 2026

Culture

‘Crawling with personality’: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in conversation

Last week, I infiltrated a rehearsal for Cross Keys and 2046 Productions’ upcoming Little Shop Of Horrors.

Techno, tragedy, and medieval monologuing: ‘Brew Hill’ in conversation

Pecadillo Productions’ ‘Brew Hill’ watches the deterioration of the romance between Nat (Trixie Smith) and Gordon (Jem Hunter).

‘I don’t like the idea of hope’: An interview with Iya Kiva 

Iya Kiva is an award-winning Ukrainian poet, originally from Donetsk. Since 2014, when war first came to her region, she has lived in displacement.

A bold choice for limited space: ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’

This ambitious take on a classic struggled in the space constraints of the Michael Pilch studio.

Are you a creative writer?

Viccy Ibbett surveys a few of the opportunities available to creative writers in Oxford.

More Short Stories…

Two rich and powerful short stories by Anahita Hoose

Short Stories….

A trio of short stories by Calypso Blaj, Failed Novelist extraordinaire.

A Bluffer’s Guide to: George Bernard Shaw

Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate talks you through the great socialist writer

Review: Killing Hitler

Despite a patchy production, Angus Hawkins is impressed by a fascinating story

Settling the Score

Christy Edwall talks with Dario Marianelli about the art of composition

A Bluffer’s Guide to: The New Wave of Hip Hop

Matt Jones walks you through some of the biggest names in the latest resurgence of US hip hop

Album Review: Europe – Allo Darlin’

Tom Hoskins finds that Allo Darlin' balances pain with euphoria to good effect

Review: The Tempest, Magdalen

Constantine Fraser laments the rain, as a high-spirited production of The Tempest is forced inside

Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Brasenose

Rosalee Edwards feels the fourth wall slipping away in front of her in this enthralling production

Review: Court, BT Studio Theatre

Tommo Fowler is instructed to call this piece of new writing 'meta theatre; mental theatre'

Review: Oxford Folk Weekend

Susan Yu finds Oxford Folk Weekend to be on good form

Preview: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Angus Hawkins highly recommends this outstanding production

Welcome to Wadstock

Cherwell spends the weekend at Oxford's favourite festival

Seeing a man about a dog

Christy Edwall speaks to author Mark Haddon about what comes after a bestseller

Oxford Oddities #3 – Univ

Viccy Ibbett explores the history of our colleges to discover eccentric artistic personalities, delving into Univ's past

A Bluffers’ Guide to: Anton Chekhov

Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate talks you through the Russian literary genius

May the Norse be with you

Rosalee Edwards defends our idiosyncratic Old English module from its critics

Preview: The Soldier’s Tale

Rosalee Edwards' expectations are exceeded by this devilish dance piece

Not so swinging sixties

Adam Whiley finds fault with an autobiography that is doesn't live up to it's promises.

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