Tuesday 21st July 2026

Culture

Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

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

Get ready for Latin! or Tobacco and Boys at the BT

Get excited. Zoe Apostolides from Latin! gives Cherwell the low-down on one of the first student productions of Hilary Term

The Hothouse – Actor’s Blog, Week 2

Hothouse lead Matt Gavan talks about his experience of Pinter and the Playhouse

Review: The Artist

Benjamin McEvoy paints us a picture of Michel Hazanavicius’ celebrated silent film

Review: Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE

Adam Lebovits sings praises for the new Gonjasufi mini-LP

Review: The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

Sarah Poulten feels that the new Maccabees album is too manicured

A Bluffers’ Guide to: New Wave

Natasha Frost explores the finer points of the New Wave

Dancing to the beat of her own drum

Nicola Roberts to Natasha Frost talks about tribal patterns, head-fucks and the importance of being loose

‘More stars than there are in heaven!’

Amy Rollason relives Hollywood's Golden Age in the second installment of our Decades in Film feature: the 30s

Preview: Celebration

Joshua Philips is delighted by what he calls a 'fitting introduction to Pinter for anyone who has not yet seen any of his works'

First Night: Sleeping Beauty

Claire Harrill is both perplexed and amused by a performance of the the ballet Sleeping Beauty at the New Theatre

Wrap up for Oxford’s Pinter Winter

Eleanor Wade examines the Pinter revival in student drama and beyond

Small screen, silver screen, or something in-between?

Is TV still Film's irritating younger brother, or has it finally grown up?

Stafford-Clark makes a mark

Ianthe Roach interviews Max Stafford-Clark about his latest production

Nouveau-ver to Sander’s

Jack Powell visits Oxford's new exhibition of Art Nouveau lithographs

Down and Out in Literary Paris

Christy Edwall goes to Paris in search of books, bohemians, and the legendary George Whitman

Masters at Work

Cherwell speaks to Kunal Basu, business academic and historical novelist

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