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Peacocks

Their grounds abut a large colonial on Staten Island: Five or six of them Swaggering along verdant lawns, Brick walkways, man-made ponds – Such bravado. What pretty boys! Pets of somebody, clearly. They preen each...

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All in a day’s Work.txt: Metatheatre’s extremes

For £5 (and a 42p booking fee), I found myself in a room full...

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CW: Gun violence. “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” is the driving question of...

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May Anderson diagnoses a case of dramatic apathy in this production of Sarah Kane's final work

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Following the success of We Need To Talk About Kevin at Cannes, Cherwell asks what makes a good adaptation of a book to film

Here comes the sunflower

Remi tells us what happens when you put a bunch of hipsters in a room full of poetry, indie music and 60s rock n' roll

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Eleri Thomas finds a new production of Wilde's farce 'utterly droll'

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Ishmael Butler from the Seattle based hip hop group, Shabazz Palaces, ironically talks to Cherwell about shying away from press

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Cherwell is blown away by the energy and passion of this Grammy Award Winning latin collective

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Finola Austin is thoroughly turned off by a reworking of The Oresteia and discusses how it takes metatheatre too far

First Night Review: DNA

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Send in the Clowns

Lauri Saksa takes advantage of a ringside seat at Michelle Obama's address at Christ Church on Wednesday and sneaks some snapshots of FLOTUS and her attendant media circus

From Page to Picture: Kazuo Ishiguro

Cherwell meets the authors behind the books behind the films you love. Kazuo Ishiguro speaks about the complex relationship between film and the written word

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Conor Tucker discusses how RSC's most recent production of The Merchant of Venice doesn't quite add up

Review: An Evening of Dance

Rebecca Tatlow watches dancers reach for the stars at Wadham's town and gown charity event, An Evening of Dance

Dramatherapy: theatre’s love-child

Carla Neuss discovers the psychological benefits of theatre

The Tortoise and the Fair

Kathleen Bloomfield and Lauri Saksa spend the day watching and photographing Oxford's annual tortoise fair

Review: Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices – Stories

Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voices in an enthusiastic and dramatic performance of John Cage and Luciano Berio

Knowing the score

Cherwell reports on the Cavatina Trust, an organisation aiming to break down the stuffy conventions of classical music

Review: Friendly Fires – PALA

The trio from St Albans offer us a sophomore album which, despite its tropical beats and infectious ambience, doesn't fully live up to expectation

Review: Kate Bush Director’s Cut

Cherwell is unconvinced by Kate Bush's latest offering which remasters and reimagines her old hits rather than offering up new ones

An odd future for hip hop?

Thomas May talks about how Tyler, The Creator has taken his transgressive act from the blogosphere to the mainstream with aplomb

Mambazo are on a mission

Cherwell chats with Albert Mazibuko, one of the original members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Peacocks

All in a day’s Work.txt: Metatheatre’s extremes

What I learned from Tracey Emin about regeneration

In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

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