Author: Frankie Goodway

Christina Drollas gives an interview about adapting novels for the stage

Louisa Thompson asks whether it is fair to judge student shows by their professional peers.

James Carroll reviews Matilda The Musical, on at the Cambridge Theatre until October

Alexandra Christy previews Othello, on at the Corpus Christi Auditorium in 7th week

Megan Lynch previews Lars Sorken, showing at the Burton Taylor Studio in 6th Week

They’re ruthlessly stereotyped as insular, self-involved and just a little bit arty, and most of them apparently look like posters, but there remains something fascinating about the Oxford thespians that makes them easily one of the most attractive and identifiable groups of the Oxford scene. Night after night they put bums on seats, and they […]

We are making a Facebook group for the event, our first potentially useful work as marketing directors. We are deciding on a picture and Polly is leering at photos of Claire. Because Polly was inappropriate and slimy at the shoot, Claire comprises most of the album, interspersed with a few inexplicable ‘struggle shots’ and some […]

Freshwoman is a narrative sketch show that Tom Skelton and I wrote together over long summer evenings at his house off Cowley Road. We would talk very academically over a drink and a sunset about what was going to happen in a scene and then, with the help of Tom’s trusty dictaphone, record a number […]

Phosile Mashinkila previews Gormenghast, on in 6th week at the MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College.

Rachel Lovibond previews Mephisto, showing at the Oxford Playhouse in 6th week

Ayesha Jhunjhunwala previews The Good Body on at the Moser Theatre in 6th week.

Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. One of the fields included is Drama and after Athol Fugard’s inaugural stretch last year, Vanessa Redgrave has become the second Visiting Professor in […]

David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s Much Ado About Nothing is apparently available to watch online or download. This is both wonderful and…not so wonderful. On the one hand, fantastic production with brilliant actors that everybody deserves to see; on the other, the fact that recordings of something intended to be live, in a different medium, […]

“The Vagina Monologues? Do you play a vagina?” “So what, you just chat about sex?” “Vaginal issues…like thrush? It’s a play about thrush?” “Is it gross?” “My First Period! Is it basically that? It’s that, isn’t it!” “Well, no, it’s more about women’s perceptions of…” “Oh! Do you hate men?” These monologues were written over […]

Frankie Goodway previews Freshwoman, showing at the Burton Taylor in fifth week.

Megan Lynch previews Never Say Never, showing at the Burton Taylor in fifth week.

Zoe Apostolides watches a rehearsal of The Vagina Monologues, showing at the Simpkins Lee Theatre, LMH

Frankie Goodway previews W;t, on at the Burton Taylor from the 7th to the 11th of February