Theatre

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

Culture Hattie Simpson -

Riotous Fun! ‘Little Women the Musical’ in review

Isaac Gavaghan reviews 'Little Women the Musical', Pembroke College’s annual musical directed this year by Dawuud Abdool-Ghany.

Culture Isaac Gavaghan -

Seeped in nostalgia: ‘Things I Know To Be True’ reviewed

Lighthouse Productions' 'Things I Know to Be True' had high expectations to meet. Put frankly, they nailed it.

Culture Charlie Bailey -

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.

Culture Beatrix Arnold -

Latest

‘Black Men Walking’ – Review

An exuberant meditation on nature, belonging, and blackness

Lysistrata Review – ‘some over-directing vitiates a few performances’

Katie Sayer's anticipation of Oriel Classics Society's interpretation of a bizarre Greek comedy turns out to be a tragedy

Death By Murder Review – ‘an endearingly ambitious bunch of clowns’

Oxford's newest improvised comedy troupe impress in their debut show at the Pilch

Travesties Preview – ‘I have never felt so threatened by a teacup’

Isabella Welch sees a lot of promise in a dynamic adaptation of Tom Stoppard's hidden gem

An interview with Bea Udale-Smith

We chat to Bea-Udale Smith ahead of her upcoming production of 'Travesties' on how to get involved with directing at Oxford

The Inheritance review – ‘it is hard to imagine this play is really as universal as it advertises’

John Livesey finds that Stephen Daldry's ambitious play loses its momentum

Upcoming Trinity Theatre – a guide

Cherwell Theatre takes a look at the most exciting shows for the term ahead

‘She is the one controlling the play’- Rufus Norris’ Macbeth

Norris’ production is a moving theatrical piece that allows Lady Macbeth to be the puppeteer she has so desperately always wanted to be.

RSC Macbeth Review: ‘technical wizardry fails to bring any tension or magic’

Dodgy directoral decisions and acting leaves one foreseeing a dark future for this unconvincing RSC production

TEDDY Review – ‘Music is a point of connection between then and now’

Laura Plumley reflects on a musical pursuit of the American Dream

The Ferryman Review – ‘bursting with intergenerational energy and tragic potency’

Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes' present a tale of a family riven by personal loss and political upheaval

The Great Wave Review – ‘a complete clash of cultures, identities, and outlooks’

Indhu Rubasingham's revealing production about a dark part of Japanese cultural history is relevant and immensely human

Shazia Mirza: ‘I don’t think about the audience anymore. I just go ahead and do it.’

Acclaimed comedian Shazia Mirza talks Acorn Antiques, ‘snowflakes’ and teaching with Izzy Troth

Best of Hilary Theatre

Cherwell contributors reflect upon the best student theatre of Hilary Term.

I Slept In These Clothes review – ‘comics to look out for’

Fenella Sentance is thoroughly entertained by the dynamic of Verity Babbs and Chloe Jacob's comedy duo

A Review of Reviewing: of Source-Texts and Slighting

Charles Britton ponders the relationship between a borrowed script and an adapted performance in theatre criticism

13 Review – ‘effectively and enjoyably portrays Bartlett’s broken Britain’

Bertie Harrison-Broninski is impressed by the ambition and scope of this drama of political intrigue and belief

Summer and Smoke Review – ‘re-staged inventively, but unpretentiously’

Rebecca Frecknall's musical re-imagining of William's play at the Almeida is dazzling

RSC Hamlet Review – ‘This is simultaneous creativity and destruction. To be or not to be.’

John Livesey reflects upon the Basquiat elements of this perceptive RSC production

The Crocodile review – ‘a carefully considered yet hilariously nuts production’

Cesca Echlin is left in fits after a performance of Dostoyevsky's short story

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Theatre

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

Riotous Fun! ‘Little Women the Musical’ in review

Seeped in nostalgia: ‘Things I Know To Be True’ reviewed

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

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