Friday 6th March 2026

Culture

Let’s go to the movies: Fennec Fox Productions’ ‘The Flick’

After their staging of Company at the Oxford Playhouse earlier this term, Fennec Fox Productions are set to return next week with a run of The Flick (2013) at the Burton Taylor Studio.

A deeply Singaporean play: In conversation with ‘Late Company’

OUMSSA Theatre makes their debut with Jordan Tannahill’s Late Company. While the text originated in Canada, OUMSSA Theatre’s take on it is nonetheless entrenched in Singaporean culture.

Why I only run to classical music, and you should too

I decided on a whim to put on Gershwin instead of my usual playlist. It was life changing.

Questioning the nation’s obsession with ‘Love Island’

Love Island’s formulations have begun to seem increasingly sinister. Last summer’s season (series twelve) saw a particularly high number of complaints.

Bon Iver: Blood Bank

We review Bon Iver's latest release.

Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light

We review Antony and the Johnsons' second album.

Interview: Emmy the Great

Sweet Valley High, destructive relationships and Emmy the Great's debut album...

Straight to DVD Review: Trailer Park of Terror

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a film not even the director bothered to see.

Review: Valkyrie

In cinemas January 23

Review: Milk

In cinemas January 23

Romeo and Juliet at the RSC

Shakespeare's tragedy impressed our reviewer

Auditions

We ask some thesps what acting in Oxford's really like

From Interzone to Atlantis

Miguel Gately considers the distorted legacy of William S. Burroughs

A Christmas Turkey

Following festive gluttony, this French Fancy will just cause indigestion

See Frost/Nixon First and for Free

Once in a lifetime offer of preview tickets to Frost/Nixon

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

We weigh in on the highly acclaimed ninth LP from Maryland's finest

The Theatre By The Brewery Entrance

Two years after a £5.1m restoration programme, Cherwell goes to visit the Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds

The Critic as Artist

A case for the writer as hero

What’s On in Hilary

Cherwell looks at the plays of the first half of term

London Laughs

The Oxford Revue come to the capital (8th and 9th January)

Coldplay @ The O2 Arena

Bestsellers pound out an energetic, energising live show

Review: Che (Part 1)

the revolution will not be televised

Theatre isn’t supposed to be grey

So why do so many professional performances of classic plays look exactly the same?

Review: Gonzo

Fear and Loathing in the Cinema

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