Friday 23rd January 2026

Culture

A noble mind o’erthrown: ‘Hamlet’ at the National Theatre

This month, Hamlet returns to the stage in a new production soon to be released on National Theatre Live, following its staging last autumn.  

Lighthouse Productions on ‘Lemons’

The team outlined the vision for their debut production: a political, surrealist piece of contemporary theatre.

In defence of the live-action remake

Live-action remakes, when viewed with an open mind, can be seen as cultural negotiations, as attempts to revitalise and pass down old stories to new eyes and ears.

‘Songs, skits, and a third thing beginning with S’: Jack McMinn in conversation

If there’s one thing I believe Oxford’s theatre scene is missing, it’s a button-down-shirt-wearing ex-zoology student with a penchant for writing songs about Pret A Manger.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s blog 3

Stephen Hyde on the trials and tribulations of his character's canine companion

Working Titles

Xin Fan digs up a few first titles from a selection of perennial favourites

Lauri Saksa in London

The inimitable Lauri Saksa's take on London - in colour

Celtic Waters

Sophie Baggott reflects on the waters of Wales

Review: Delilah – 2-4am Mixtape

Delilah's mixtape leaves Patrick Scott wanting more and eagerly awaiting the upcoming LP

Review: Chromatics – Kill For Love

Kyle Sawhney finds Chromatics' new LP cementing their reinvention as brooding synth-poppers, despite erring on the side of self indulgence at seventeen tracks

Review: Kindness – World, You Need A Change of Mind/ at XOYO

Matt Walsh finds out first whether Kindness' debut delivers and then how it comes across live

Review: The Cabin in the Woods

Nick Hilton spends his Easter with a new kind of horror film

Amy Rollason in Washington DC

Sunny shots from the US capital in springtime

After the Revolution

Barbara Speed documents her visit to post-revolutionary Cairo

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Music Director’s Blog

Zalman Kelber on weaving together the score for the production

Review: Joshua Caole – Moon Palace

Sarah Poulten finds Joshua Caole's debut EP showing potential, but not quite yet the finished article

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors

Ellie Halls is largely very amused by this life-sized seaside postcard, on at the Royal Haymarket

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s Blog 2

Alice Fraser on why acting is like breaking in new shoes

Review: Rocket Juice & the Moon – Rocket Juice & the Moon

Patrick Scott finds Rocket Juice and the Moon's album to be less than the sum of its parts

Review: Grimes – Visions

Susan Yu is left entranced by Grimes' blend of chillwave and electro

Review: OUJO at the Jericho Tavern

Adam Lebovits finds himself entranced by what the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra has to offer.

A Shark’s Tale

Viccy Ibbett interviews Headington's favourite resident, Bill Heine

What the Folk?

Olivia Arigho Stiles looks at what the Oxford Folk weekend has to offer

JLS to Pay a Visit to Oxford’s Dreaming Spires

Olivia Arigho Stiles on what JLS' recently announced Oxford tour date means for those staying over the summer

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