Sunday 19th October 2025

Culture

Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre

When people think of podcasts, they probably wouldn’t associate them with theatre. Yet it was this seemingly unlikely convergence between the two forms that led me to attend the...

Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’

As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical,...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar...

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

There is no reason why a remake should remain inferior to its source material;...

Tim Hecker: organs, long-form and the death of rave

Harry Scholes talks to Tim Hecker about his latest album, Ravedeath, and his upcoming London concert

Shedding light on film noir

Matthew Perkins continues our Decades in Film feature, with films of the 40s

Review: Goon

Nathan O'Neill enjoys the blood and gore of Michael Dowse's ice-hockey comedy

Review: The Iron Lady

Nicholas Mutch looks at the latest incarnation of Margaret Thatcher

Review: Borgen

Rosie Oxbury takes a look at the internationally acclaimed Danish political drama

Memorialising Mephisto

Jessica Campbell on fascism and foreplay in the second Playhouse production this term

Hotseating The Hothouse

Charlotte Lennon interviews the stars of The Hothouse, Ruby Thomas and Ziad Samaha

Pictures from a beautiful mind

Rachel Savage meets artist Kit Williams to discuss his intricate, outlandish paintings and the inspirations behind his work

Dramatic Decorum and Interval Alcohol Etiquette

James Fennemore and Joshua Philips,the boys behind Brazen Cheek, cast their vote for the G&T

Welcome to the House of Play

Cherwell Stage on the history of Oxford’s most famous theatre

Press Preview: The Man Upstairs

John O'Connor enjoys, but remains unconvinced by, this piece of new writing.

Review: Craig Finn – Clear Heart, Full Eyes

Adam Piascik analyses the high and low points of Craig Finn's first solo album

Review: It’s a Hit

Fen Greatley is disappointed by It's a Hit's whistle stop tour through the musicals of the twentieth century

First night review: Celebration

Barbara Speed attends a darkly comic gathering

Review: M83, O2 Academy

Natasha Frost spends an evening listening to stadium pop in the swamp

Review: Top Girls

Edward Bell spends two and a bit hours completely absorbed in an accomplished performance of an era-defining play

Review: Latin! Or Tobacco and Boys

Charlotte Van Regenmortel is enchanted by a production that is perhaps more Greek than Latin

Review: Spamalot

James Fennemore hails the sheer silliness and stupidity of Spamalot, a musical that will make you 'rejoice to be alive'

Press Preview: Twelfth Night

Pollyanna Marsden calls the upcoming production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a 'triumph'

Press Preview: The Hothouse

Angus Hawkins is enthralled at an open rehearsal for The Hothouse

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