Culture

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s 2009 tragicomedy. The play follows a group of people of different ages taking a beginners’ drama...

Culture Lara Machado -

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...

Culture Peter Chen -

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...

Culture Charlie Bailey -

‘Lux’ by Rosalía review: A breath of fresh air

'The Latin title ‘Lux’ perfectly embodies the concept and overall aesthetic of divine femininity, as well as the multilingual aspects that run throughout the work. With complex and meaningful lyrics written in 13 languages, and split into four movements, the record is a breath of fresh air for the pop scene'.

Culture Imogen Forrest -

Review: Awaydays

Cherwell aims a kick at Holden's offering

Top Five Films to…make you laugh irritatingly loudly

A comedic twinge for filmic fiends

Interview: Bombay Bicycle Club

Cherwell chats to the band at the Great Escape Festival

Uncooping diverse talents

Chickenshed: a company destroying social divides through drama

Fit Fiction: Shakespeare’s Men

Our contributor gets hot under the collar for Willy's dramatic creations

Review: This is India

A British gap-year student goes to India in this new production

All’s Well That Ends Well

Shakespeare's Blackest Comedy in Magdalen College Gardens

Interview: Holy Fuck

what the Fuck is up with this music scene?

Interview: The Sunshine Underground

we bring a little bit of Sunshine into your life

Review: The Pitchfork Disney

Almost as good as that bit in Bambie where his mother dies

Review: As You Desire Me

Not a play for theatre-goers desiring anything substantial

Review: Angels and Demons

Is the new Dan Brown flick hellish, or simply divine?

Review: Synecdoche, New York

Pericles Megas takes us through Charlie Kaufman's latest offering

Designs for a Happy Home by Matthew Reynolds

Will Small reviews a novel about interior design, not just upholstery

Every Man out of his Humour

Edwin Black reviews a Ben Jonson comedy

Off the Wall and into the theatre

Harry Phillips visits the exciting North Wall Arts Centre in Summertown

Review: The Little Mermaid

Cherwell takes a dip into a dark adaptation of the classic.

Review: Twelfth Night

Harry Phillips looks ahead to 'Shakespeare week' with a review of the classic cross-dressing comedy.

Top Five Films To: Make You Not Want To Have Kids

Natalie Dibsdale looks at her top films to keep broodiness at bay

Coraline

Henry Selick's new stop motion fairytale provides a feast for the eyes

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