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The Mermaid

The mermaid is dying, and no one cares.She does not belong here, here in the suburbsWhere council-mandated hedges block her from the sea.She does not belong where houses must...

Freida Toranzo Jaeger’s Prophetic Glitter

Freida Toranzo Jaeger names her paintings like items in a manifesto: Extinction is the...

Film around the world: Italy’s Suspiria

The first time I heard about Suspiria, I was nine and my babysitter was...

Sunak’s Samba with the fashion industry

In Rishi Sunak’s recent Downing Street Interview, his words and promises were certainly not...

The Human Body review: ‘A Socialist exploration of healthcare and romance’

I recently attended my first production at the Donmar (https://cherwell.org/2024/01/24/review-of-tennant-as-macbeth-an-auditory-experience/ - shameless self plug!)...

Review: Paperweight

Our reviewer finds that silence is golden in this absurd and moving piece of Theatre

Review: Fairy Queen

A single actor plays out a strange world...

First Night Review: tick…tick…Boom!

The Larson musical seriously impresses

Interview: Philip Pullman

Pullman talks dark materials and light comedy with Cherwell

Nuns and nipple-sucking

the strange world of the 24 hour play

Review: Terminator: Salvation

We're less than impressed by McG's reworking of an old favourite

Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan

Oscar Wilde, the patron playwright of Trinity, doesn't disappoint

Review: As the Mother of a Brown Boy

It all looks good - shame about the script, says our reviewer

Review: Three More Sleepless Nights

A show to make you slit your wrists - for all the right reasons!

The Insect Play

Cherwell reviews Trinity's garden play

tick…tick…Boom

Larson's rock monologue at the OFS

Review: We’ll Meet Again

Cherwell celebrates a new comedy that brings home the funny.

Review: Green Day

We review Green Day's long-awaited new album '21st Century Breakdown'

Review: Alphabetical Order

This newspaper-centred farce is just like OxStu, only funny.

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