Theatre
“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King
It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed into a wide beach overlooking the expanse of the sea: The Sun King inspires us...
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."
‘Frost/Nixon’ by St John’s Drama Society – Review
"Rohan Joshi is a star turn as President Nixon. His wounded gait, booming American accent, and measured pace of delivery kept the audience rapt."
A day in the life of… A script writer
Stage editor Katie Sayer considers the Oxford drama scene from the perspective of a budding playwright
“Student theatre at its finest”
Miriam Nemmaoui finds 'As You Like It' to be enchanting and captivating
“A piece of theatre that feels incredibly close and genuine”
Nina Crisp finds much to praise in 'I Know You', Sam Moore's postmodernist piece of new writing
“The play-text should never have been selected for performance”
Will Austin finds 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress' to be outdated and hackneyed at the Michael Pilch Studio
“A tense and deeply disturbing piece”
Emily Lawford is left shaken by 'Orca', an award-winning drama about sacrifice and redemption
“Fun, thoroughly amusing and worth watching”
Freya Thorpe praises Ambriel Productions’ musical ensemble
A day in the life of… a lighting director
I came to Oxford with very little backstage experience. It’s really easy to get into the scene—TAFF (the University network of backstage crew) is...
“If you’d told me a year ago I would never have believed it”
Katie Sayer chats to Callum Cameron, the writer and star of They Built It, No One Came – coming to Oxford following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out week in London
An odd mix of Sophocles, Stoppard and Wilde
Katie Sayer gives four stars to Simon Callow's revival of a 1970s classic
A day in the life of… an assistant director
Rebekah King describes her role assistant directing Brontë, Polly Teale’s successful 2005 period drama
“An aspirational first performance”
Jacob Greenhouse is impressed by 'Blatavsky's Tower', the first production from newly founded company
“A little-known gem”
Thomas Player gives four stars to 'Dear Brutus', an underrated classic
“Sharp humour with profound philosophical underpinnings”
Giovanni Musella looks ahead at a new production of Blavatsky's Tower
“Elegant, witty, sophisticated, remarkable”: The ‘Philanthropist’
Katie Sayer and Emily Lawford meet the all-star cast of Simon Callow's production of 'The Philanthropist'
