Entertainment·15th March 2014Devised Play I: Fear not, it’s good Alice Troy-Donovan Rough-Hewn Theatre Company lives up to its name in Devised Play One: FEAR: the play eschews smoothing over unattractive issues,... Read More
Entertainment·9th March 2014Behind this year’s New Writing Festival James Waddell Thereās been some serious hype around the OUDS New Writing Festival this year, and it all comes to a head... Read More
Entertainment·9th March 2014No pity but a long round of applause Ben Wilkinson-Turnball ā®ā®ā®ā® Without beating around the bush too much, Commensalās production of John Fordās play Tis Pity Sheās a Whore is... Read More
Entertainment·9th March 2014Interview with Pterodactyls: more than just the bare bones OxStu Stage Pterodactyls by Nicky Silver is a new project funded by the Oxford Revue and comes to the Burton Taylor Studio... Read More
Entertainment·5th March 2014Review: NWF – Polly Rufus Stirling ā®ā®ā® Howard Coase shines as writer of Polly, part of the OUDS New Writing Festival at the Burton Taylor Studio.... Read More
Entertainment·5th March 2014Review: NWF – Lover’s Suicide Violet Adams ā®ā®ā® Lover’s Suicide ā Jamie Biondi’s entry into the OUDS New Writing Festival ā toes a difficult line. It gives... Read More
Entertainment·5th March 2014Breathing corpses comes to life Olivia Sung ā®ā®ā®ā® Contemporary playwright Laura Wade stands accused of a facility for language – something any company aiming to put on... Read More
Entertainment·10th February 2014Preview Sweeney Todd: The ballad of pie and murder Katariina Kottonen A ship arrives from Australia, bringing a thoroughly disenchanted man to London. Equipped with shiny silver razors and assisted by... Read More
Entertainment·10th February 2014Breathing Corpses has no skeletons in the closet (or only good ones) James Waddell āWhen a man has lost all happiness, he’s not alive. Call him a breathing corpseā. If the quote from Sophocles... Read More
Entertainment·10th February 2014Review: Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model Carolina Grierson ā®ā®ā®ā® Are you aware of what examples you set to young girls around you? Do you worry that you tell... Read More
Entertainment·7th February 2014In his eyes it’s thought-provoking Gavin Elias ā®ā®ā® Itās safe to say that āIn Her Eyesā ā a new hour-long student production boasting music and lyrics by... Read More
Entertainment·7th February 2014Tartuffe tantalises and tickles the humour glands Alice Troy-Donovan ā®ā®ā®ā® Tartuffe is āthe patron saint of swindlersā ā a charming rogue who takes centre stage in MoliĆØreās farcical satire,... Read More
Entertainment·31st January 2014Interview: 12 Angry Women, this term’s ‘hot topic’ at the Oxford Union Lisa Bernhardt Out of the vast body of work produced by the American writer Reginald Rose, the court room drama Twelve Angry... Read More
Entertainment·21st January 2014Almost Random: random as ever, and wonderfully worth it Emily Holman One theatre group, two nights, six plays. Almost Random Theatre (ART) is barely twenty months old and has begun 2014... Read More
Entertainment·16th January 2014Keep watching this space: from carts to Cubism Madeleine Chalmers The stage is where left becomes right and right becomes left. With its confusing sense of direction, slang and superstitions,... Read More
Entertainment·8th January 2014Endgame – Praise for the Ultimately Absurd James Waddell ā®ā®ā® āFinished, it’s finished. Nearly finished.ā The opening line of Beckettās absurdist icon Endgame is a neat illustration of the... Read More
Entertainment·28th November 2013Mind the gap: the glass ceiling still damages drama Carolina Grierson and Zoe Sandford Scrolling through the list of casting calls in 5th weekās University Drama Officerās newsletter, female actors didnāt have much to... Read More
Entertainment·31st October 2013Shock, stoning and social decay in Saved Tucker Cholvin Any discussion of Saved, Edward Bondās 1965 play about class and social strife in 1960s working-class London, ultimately has to... Read More
Entertainment·31st October 2013Behind the scenes at the art museum Ipshita Ghosh One of the challenges that every museum faces is connecting – with a variety of people, and not just students... Read More