Review: Twelfth Night ***
Thomas Hughes reviews a little cross-dressing Shakespearean comedy.
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Is ballet still en pointe today?
Rebecca Loxton evaluates the place and problems of ballet in today’s world.
Continue ReadingSir Thespalot – Stage Manager
Olivia Upchurch tells of the work and woes of a stage manager.
Continue ReadingAlan Ayckbourn’s favourite orphan plays
Sir Alan Ayckbourn talks to The OxStu about his work, his passion for theatre, and what it means when people start frying eggs.
Continue ReadingPenis envy at a posthumous cocktail party
Claire Morley reviews Kafka’s Dick, showing at the BT in 8th week.
Continue ReadingVoracious goosing and slickness at The Birthday Party
Aakash Balani reviews The Birthday Party, showing this week at the Keble O’Reilly.
Continue Reading“A Man for All Seasons”: an opulent spectacle
Vickie Morrish previews A Man For All Seasons, showing in 8th week at St Mary’s University Church.
Continue ReadingFruity sex, anyone?
Alexandra Christy previews Apples, opening today in the BT and showing until Saturday.
Continue ReadingMacbeth: meticulous and fluent, but “too nice”?
James Fennemore previews Macbeth, to be showing 23rd-25th November in the JDP Auditorium, St Hilda’s.
Continue ReadingPOSH is a riot!
Rebecca Loxton previews Posh, to be showing at the Oxford Union 21st-25th November.
Continue ReadingFant-sy some Sci-Fi? Watch Broken Stars
Zoe McGee explains why Fantasy and Sci-Fri aren’t synonymous, and why should watch Broken Stars.
Continue ReadingA sniffly audience, an empty stage and some beautiful music
Ayesha Jhunjhunwala reviews HMS Pinafore, showing 16th-18th November at the Moser Theatre.
Continue ReadingNuanced fascism, vultures, and Caligula’s “Pookie”
Rosalind Stone previews Caligula, showing in the BT in 7th week.
Continue ReadingAbsurdist Activist might not “gast your flabber”
Alexandra Christy previews The Activist, showing at Brasenose 17th-19th November.
Continue ReadingThe English Jerusalem
Thomas Hughes reviews Jerusalem, showing in the Apollo theatre 8th Oct-14th Jan.
Continue ReadingAntony, Cleopatra and a hint of the Nazi
Alexandra Christy reviews Antony & Cleopatra, showing in the Keble O’Reilly in 5th week.
Continue ReadingDrinking with Dionysus: Greek plays in Oxford
Michael Galvin compares and adapts Greek plays of the past to Oxford’s attempts today.
Continue ReadingDramatising the dreaming spires
Rebecca Loxton takes a look at a few of the literary classics which take the ancient University city as their backdrop.
Continue ReadingSlapstick comedy, half-naked nurses and Pokémon
With “Dead Funny” showing at LMH this week, Ollie Mann asks what, indeed, is “funny”?
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