Wednesday 21st 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.

Review: True Grit

‘I’m too Old and Fat’ - Cherwell takes a look at re-making the Western.

Review: Year of the Rat

George Orwell finds love and talking animals on a remote island...

We’re All Bokononists

Kurt Vonnegut's insight applies to today's political culture.

Review: Tribes gig at the Cellar, 5th February

Flo manages to catch up with the band before their gig

Review: Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie xx – We’re New Here

An album that will win you over to the 'post-dubstep' sound of 2011

Review: Barber Of Seville

Leah Broad praises New Chamber Opera's production of The Barber at the Sheldonian Theatre

Prepare to De/Install

Henrietta Landells chats with Peter Shenai, one of the brains behind MAO's new installation.

‘And the loser is…’

Cherwell looks at the best films to have not won a Best Picture Academy Award

When TV thinks big

Cherwell considers the thinning line between television and cinema

Review: Batman The Pantomime

The Dark Knight becomes Light Entertainer

Review: A Dream Play

William Hooper finds his dreams coming true in this spectacular production

Farce: A Serious Business

An interview with author and director of Restrictions May Apply

First Night Review: Monsters

Rimika Solloway sees this powerful production answer its critics

The awards season hits oxford

A look at the upcoming Oxford Film Festival and the "Ox-scars"

Love During Wartime

All's fair in love and war

Watch Together/Watch Alone

A guide to what to opt for whether you're on a date or having some alone time....

Review: Never Let Me Go

Young British heavyweights Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s novel set in an alternate Britain.

Review: Spring Awakening

Conor Tucker is impressed by this powerful, punkish musical

Review: Paul

Pegg and Frost's latest effort is in dire need of the Wright stuff.

Interview: Mark Romanek

Cherwell speaks to director Mark Romanek, the self-professed 'film brat' behind 'Never Let Me Go'

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