Theatre

Behind glass: Lighthouse Productions’ ‘The Seagull’

The thematic potency and the overall success of Lighthouse Productions’ iteration of Anton Chekhov’s 'The Seagull' all came together in a great and terrible revelation.
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‘Burning Down the House’: A review 

During the odd ‘in-between’ space that is Week 0, I searched for a show to give me something to do, amid the random dilly-dallying and the odd collection currently occupying my time.
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Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
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“What is a good life?”: The Standard of Living in review 

“What is a good life?” This axiological question, asked earnestly in the opening lines of James Graham’s The Standard of Living – playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket until December 12 – is often overlooked by the fractured and hyper-specialised discipline of economics.
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‘Undeniably and uniformly exceptional’: Uncle Vanya reviewed

It is a privilege to attend the most anticipated production of the term, and even more so when that it is a triumph. As...

“You will kill my children!”: ‘A View from the Bridge’ reviewed

The stellar cast of Labyrinth Productions’ A View from the Bridge delivered a layered, spellbindingly emotional interpretation of a classic. Director Rosie Morgan-Males told...

On the edge of honesty: ‘The Man Who Turned into a Stick’

To rehearse and perform an entire student production before the second week of Michaelmas term is no easy feat - and The Man Who...

Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s 

Lovers mismatched, siblings detached, and plans of trickery hatched: it is the time of year for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (otherwise known as What you...

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons) and Isabella (Céline Mathilda), uncle and niece, embracing and sharing...

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’ 

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political context – it uses the unhappy relationships between Estonian immigrant...

‘Extremely funny and emotionally intense’: ‘Your Funeral’ at the Burton Taylor Studio

Your Funeral is Pharaoh Productions’ debut play written by Nick Samuel, about the last conversation that ex-partners Anna (Rebecca Harper) and Jeff (Matt Sheldon)...

‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation...

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time - and she’s dying.” Your Funeral is the debut play of...

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY.” It is this (somewhat incomplete) motto of the Post...

Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre

When people think of podcasts, they probably wouldn’t associate them with theatre. Yet it was this seemingly unlikely convergence between the two forms that...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar (UK for short), who leaves his job at a call...

Be brave, Oxford: Let’s put creativity back in the creative arts

Welcome back, Oxford. While you were away preparing for the next academic year, or busy attending the Edinburgh Fringe, the facebook Oxford University Drama...

Where Oxford University Drama Society can take you

I loved theatre at school, and, aged 14, told my parents they had to let me go to drama school. In reply, they suggested...

‘Delusions and Grandeur’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ If there is one word to describe Karen Hall’s Delusions and Grandeur, it is anxious. The one-hour solo cello comedy show is filled with...

The Oxford Revue at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Returning for their 62nd annual pilgrimage to the Edinburgh Fringe, the Oxford Revue rolled into town with their new sketch comedy hour For Revue...

‘Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? is a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through the apocalypse. After a 'catastrophic' magnitude 1-ish earthquake, the dead are...

‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’

★★★★☆ Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful run in New York City...

‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only proves that point. HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL, created by...

Review: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – “A new sensation”

There is a new sensation at Christ Church Drama Society, and it is called Wolf Hall. Adapted from the novel trilogy by Hilary Mantel,...
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