Theatre
“Tragic but thought provoking”, ‘An Enemy of the People’: Review
Ibsen has re-entered the drama scene with the current production of his classic play An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York theatre this spring. With big...
“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King
It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed...
The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue
'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'
Dynamic, Chaotic and Physical: Review of Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis
"Frantic Assembly takes on a new challenge, taking a decades old Kafka novel, The Metamorphosis, and putting it to the stage in their signature physical theatre style."
Mature and Intelligent: Julius Caesar at the TS Eliot Review
"From start to finish, it was a show filled with excellent performances from leading cast members."
A Streetcar Named Desire Review – “a play that unpicks toxic masculinity”
The effects of modernisation upon Williams' play
Review: Brave New World
Cesca Echlin is unsettled by Four Seven Two's evocation of Huxley's World State
Review – “Nell Gwynn”
University College Players capture the extravagance and obscenity of Restoration London in their production of Swale’s 2013 comedy
No Market For Old Men review – ‘an hour of fast-paced sketch comedy’
Krysianna Papadakis finds a lot of nuance in Oxford Revue's latest sketch show
The Writer review – ‘jumping out at you in wild, exciting, provocative vitality’
Hickson tries one formal experiment after another and each time brings a different gender-dynamic under her lens
Review – The House of Bernarda Alba
Ela Portnoy is impressed by this elegant adaptation of the Lorca masterpiece
OCTOPUS – Review
Is OCTOPUS, like the Sex Pistols are now, “just” uncontroversial protest? Or does it strike deeper than that?
Travesties review – ‘a very competent production of a fiendishly complicated play’
Roddy Howland Jackson is charmed by a dynamic, absurdist comedy of historic proportions
How do we stage Shakespeare in the digital age?
Efforts to combine the theatrical and the digital are shaping how we experience Shakespeare in the twenty-first century
Clean Break – Theatre and the Criminal Justice System
Cesca Echlin talks to Clean Break, the theatre charity offering female offenders a means of expression
‘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
