Culture·25th June 2019Star Trek Discovery’s 2nd season renders resistance futile Nancy Epton Warning: Spoilers ahead. Big budgets aren’t unusual with Netflix; millions of dollars can be invested in a single episode. Reports... Read More
Culture·24th May 2019‘A Little Night Music’ at The Queen’s College Amelia Stout Adaptations of this musical have famously been met with varying degrees of success, but this modern version was charming. Full... Read More
Culture·16th May 2019Nancy Epton on the art of the trailer: spoilers or the best bit? Nancy Epton You can’t just go to the cinema to watch a film. You need to sample the upcoming releases that play... Read More
Entertainment·20th November 2018Review: How to Save a Rock With a Circle Maya Little Image credit: Pixabay How to Save a Rock With A Circle is exploratory. It has a think about individual versus... Read More
Entertainment·7th June 2018Review: Dining Al Desko Miriam Tomusk Dining Al Desko leaps forth with a gleeful nihilism, capturing the very worst of office life in the very best... Read More
News·2nd June 2018Review: Hereafter Miriam Tomusk Life meets death meets virtual life in Hereafter, a new play by Chloë Taylor exploring the inhumane and even inhuman... Read More
Entertainment·1st June 2018Review: A Doll’s House Lou Lou Curry If you haven’t been to the Michael Pilch theatre before, allow me to set the scene. It is a small... Read More
Entertainment·31st May 2018Doing justice to Kafka’s seminal tale of injustice Harry Hatwell Harry Hatwell reviews the German play, Der Process, at the Burton Taylor Studio I must confess that before watching Der... Read More
Entertainment·30th May 2018The Burton Taylor Studio: Maximising Minimalism Miriam Tomusk Nestled away unassumingly behind the Oxford Playhouse, the Burton Taylor Studio can feel remarkably untheatrical. Seating a mere 50 people... Read More
Entertainment·26th May 2018Medea: a musically enchanting experience Caleb Barron Based on Robin Robertson’s translation of the Greek tragedy by Euripides, Khameleon Productions’ presentation of Medea was nothing short of... Read More
Entertainment·24th May 2018Review: NSFW at the Pilch Miriam Tomusk It is difficult to fault Lucy Kirkwood’s NSFW, a play that probes the depths of misogyny with an astute awareness... Read More
Entertainment·22nd May 2018Review: The White Devil Freya Chambers Stepping into the shadows of Jesus College’s candlelit hall on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the audience find themselves plunged into... Read More
Entertainment·21st May 2018Hamilton: The musical everyone is talking about Emma Rumford Hamilton, a musical so loved it kept its namesake on the 10 dollar bill, is as much a success of... Read More
Entertainment·21st May 2018Preview: Amy’s View Miriam Tomusk In the aisle of Jesus College chapel a few chairs, paintings, table and wine bottles invoke domesticity, setting the scene... Read More
Entertainment·20th May 2018Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Amy McGillivray Brasenose presents ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, a transfixing production of Shakespeare’s most magical tale, staged in the beautiful New Quad... Read More
Entertainment·18th May 2018Lady Gaga meets Brecht at the Old Fire Station Robyn Allen A Berlin Kabaret advertises itself as ‘Lady Gaga meets Brecht’ and a ‘Response to the Refugee Crisis’. It is underselling... Read More
Entertainment·18th May 2018The House of Improv: the cool new kids on the block Ruby Nicholson Ruby Nicholson Interview The House if Improv, the creators behind the improvisational comedy show Death By Murder. With the Oxford... Read More
Entertainment·17th May 2018Confusions: an ordinary Joe takes on a 70s comedy Owen Tuck (Spoilers ahead) Confusions… confusions? Sitting in the front row as the first of three one-act plays began to unfold in... Read More
Entertainment·17th May 2018Review: Thoroughly Modern Millie Lou Lou Curry Thoroughly Modern Millie is as thoroughly delightful as ever. Now on tour, and having just graced Oxford’s New Theatre with... Read More