Culture

A masterclass in devising: ‘Noether’

This original play tells the story of the mathematician Emmy Noether and her struggles with the misogyny of her male peers against the backdrop of the rising Nazi state.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

In defence of academic writing

In my year out before my postgraduate degree, I made the momentous decision to start writing fiction. I’d recently got back into reading novels, and thought becoming a novelist would be an ideal way to commit my name to posterity.

Books Ben O'Brien -

“Everything is political!”: How The Hot Mess Project is reviving Oxford’s creative communities

If you’ve been online recently, browsing in search of something to fill an empty...

Art Maya Heuer-Evans -

A show with bite: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ reviewed

Ong and Bouchta have mounted an incredibly successful run at the O’Reilly. The commitment and love for the show comes across.

Culture Rebecca Harper -

Landy’s ‘Art Bin’. Trash or Treat?

Sam Pilgrim ponders whether chucking away works of art can genuinely be considered, erm, art

Review: IMPerium

Elizabeth Biggs finds the Imps far from imperious

Review: Three Sisters

Perhaps take a rain check(ov)

Review: Samson Agonistes

Atmospheric surroundings pardon the flaws in this production

Review: Heligoland

Worth waiting seven years for? Probably, says Jane-Marie Saldanha

Review: ‘To The Rest of the World’ by Trail

James Andrewes is largley unimpressed by this unoriginal effort

15 years since

In our regular column, we take a look at the impact of Maxinquaye by Tricky

In praise of Evensong

James Maloney examines one of Oxford's great musical institutions

Ayck-born for the stage

Olivia Hanson talks to the playwright about his life's "fortunate series of events"

Haiti benefit concert: watch online from 20th February onwards

Berliner Philharmoniker (Sir Simon Rattle/Mitsuko Uchida)

Courtney Love speaks at the Union

The controversial Courtney Love talks depression, commericalism and dealing with life after Cobain

First Night Review: The Invention of Love

An ambitious but flawed production.

First Night Review: Blithe Spirit

Rozina Bashir on the first night of Coward's supernatural farce

Win tickets to see Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS

A unique opportunity for Cherwell readers

Review: The Lovely Bones

Sophie Adelman picks over the bones of a lacklustre adaptation

The Empire strikes back, or just a clone war?

The sub-par and the sublime in two London subcontinent shows

To infinity and beyond

Umberto Eco's lists leave us wanting more

Review: Life is sweet! Nice to meet you

Lightspeed Champion's latest offering is an exclamation of exuberance

To Kingdom Come

Our music editor chats to Animal Kingdom's Richard Sauberlich

The breaker of boundaries

Novelist Louis de Bernieres charms Cherwell with his gentle humour

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