Parties and Perplexity
Lindsay Oldham previews The Birthday Party, showing in the Keble O’Reilly 23rd-26th November.
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Fear and Misery in the Third Reich
To dimmed lighting and an intimidating tenor of chanting, the five cast members trickle onstage and kneel before us, arms raised, frozen. A gun shoots. They all collapse. This is the welcome we receive to their claustrophobic underground production, which, played out beneath the arched ceiling of the Frewin Undercroft, makes me feel slightly as […]
Continue ReadingCan you stand Stendhal?
The action starts and we are called to attention by Stendhal, played by Jordan Waller, who is sitting at the table in front of the audience as though we are in a tutorial with him. Then he starts talking to us in a disconcertingly intimate manner: he returns our stares, comes up close, reasons with […]
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Lindsay Oldham review Journey’s End
Continue ReadingNews in brief – Week 4
Isis body named Police have identified the man found dead in the Isis last week as Andrew Swadling, a 35-year-old local resident. Swadling’s body was found near Folly Bridge on 12 May. Investigators have not yet determined a cause of death. Local police would like to speak to anyone who was in the area the […]
Continue ReadingWho?…Computer of tomorrow
In our weekly feature Who?, a writer speaks out for an underestimated group in our society. This week, Lindsay Oldham gives voice to the benevolent, intelligent computer of tomorrow.
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