Theatre
‘The Furnace of Art’ : A Review of Amadeus at the Keble O’Reilly
‘Nowadays all cats appreciate are coloratura,’ Salieri says gravely ‘like the rest of the Public’. This sums up Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (which is currently playing at the Keble O'Reilly);...
“The poetry of motion!”: Toad of Toad Hall Review
Toad of Toad Hall A.A Milne’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 beloved classic The...
“Immersive and interesting”, King Lear at the Wyndham Theatre
Kenneth Branagh has taken on a new project: directing and starring in the Shakespearean...
“Slightly out of joint”: Hamlet Review
That Isaac Asimov’s retelling of a bemused reader’s response to Hamlet – ‘I don’t...
Innovating Euripides: Medea Opening Night Review
The Oxford Greek Play is a bizarre tradition: an undergraduate foray into Greek tragedy...
‘The Furnace of Art’ : A Review of Amadeus at the Keble O’Reilly
‘Nowadays all cats appreciate are coloratura,’ Salieri says gravely ‘like the rest of the Public’. This sums up Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (which is currently...
“The poetry of motion!”: Toad of Toad Hall Review
Toad of Toad Hall A.A Milne’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 beloved classic The Wind in the Willows, is a testament to throwing responsibilities...
“Immersive and interesting”, King Lear at the Wyndham Theatre
Kenneth Branagh has taken on a new project: directing and starring in the Shakespearean classic ‘King Lear’ this winter at the Wyndham Theatre in...
“Slightly out of joint”: Hamlet Review
That Isaac Asimov’s retelling of a bemused reader’s response to Hamlet – ‘I don’t see why people admire that play so. It is nothing...
Innovating Euripides: Medea Opening Night Review
The Oxford Greek Play is a bizarre tradition: an undergraduate foray into Greek tragedy which first occurred in 1880 and has continued triennially ever...
“An ambitious testament to Epic theatre”: Angels in America Review
Angels in America: Milennium Approaches is a big show. Indeed, a play with a three-hour runtime and a Pulitzer Prize can really be nothing...
“Surprising, and slightly macabre”: Sampi at the Burton Taylor
A play about friendship, breakdowns, a chicken sandwich, existential questioning and a nosebleed, Sampi at the Burton Taylor Studio is a piece of new...
Angels in America Interview: “Incredibly Challenging”
Kiaya Phillips in conversation with Andrew Raynes (director) and Will Shackleton (who plays Louis) of Happier Year Productions' version of Tony Kushner's award-winning play,...
An Introduction to Oxford Drama
The drama scene at Oxford is vibrant and thriving - in fact, the Oxford University Dramatic Society (or OUDS as everyone calls it) is...
‘Hamlet’ in the Modern World: Interview with Cast and Crew
Shakespeare is making a return to Oxford's Keble O'Reilly and it’s a big one, Hamlet is back and fresher than ever!
When I heard there...
“Emotionally and physically draining”: ‘A Little Life’ on West End
Ivo Van Hove’s dramatization of Hanya Yanagihara’s divisive novel A Little Life took to the West End this summer, with a brief stint at...
Is Shakespeare’s Globe still Relevant?
The Globe is certainly still one of the biggest and most recognisable names when it comes to theatres despite now being over 25 years...
Fringe: “Quite absurd”, Review of Blue Dragon
“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”, says a harried wife to her brooding husband as she looks out onto a small and scattered audience in an...
Fringe: “Continuously Shocks”, a Review of Cruelty
“Imagine. You're a character. You're in a club.”
This may be Oli's (Luke Nixon) first line to the audience but it does not feel necessary....
