Sorrel Evans
Dr Faustus is an eerie play, of that here is no doubt, and this production of it gave a masterclass...
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William Shaw
National society plays don’t seem to get much in the way of hype, at least not from the usual Oxford...
Lara kotecha
I went to the opening night of The House of Bernarda Alba at Cellar on Monday. I had never been...
Christopher Jotischky
Doctor Faustus, I have come to realize, is a deeply odd play, and not only because of its age. Poet...
Sorrel Evans
Sorrel’s guide to the top 10 Shakespearean insults and how to use them in your everyday life. “There’s small choice...
Sorrel Evans
The detritus on a table slowly builds up, the focal point of one of the cleverest plays ever written. A...
Imogen Stead
Iphigenia in Aulis is an intense play, one fraught with high tensions, emotional drama and fundamental ethical questions that face...
Yolanda Shamash
When I was working as an usher at the English National Opera last year, I saw Sweeney Todd: The Demon...
Lara Kotecha
Jake is a second year student studying Spanish at Exeter College. We met at the very sociable hour of 8...
Charles Pidgeon
As I sat down in the Pilch Studio, and the preview of Gruffdog Theatre’s Rhinoceros commenced, I was flabbergasted. Suddenly,...
Imogen Stead
Walking into a deserted Wadham first quad on a Monday evening, you’d have no idea that somewhere, squirrelled away in...
Alice Robinson
Shakespeare’s Dead – a day of Shakespearean activities – Alice Robinson For a Bard Nerd like me, April 23rd any...
Imogen Stead
The focus of theatre is often literary, aiming to explore the plays themselves, but it’s also important to remember that...
Shannon Rudden
 In some ways, it is fortunate that this page does not contain a transcript of incomprehensible stuttering. This is...
Imogen Stead
There are few works of literature that are so simple, yet so touching, as Saint-Exupéry’s ‘Le Petit Prince’, an enduring...
Florence Kettle
‘What would you have me do? I am a subject/ And I challenge law’ I’ll come clean: I was late...
Imogen Stead
To many, the thought of Russian literature conjures up bad memories of trying to read War and Peace, because ‘it’s...
Verity Bell
“Why the 23-year-old Sarah Kane chose to write it is her affair. Presumably because she was given a grant by...
William Shaw
This play begins with an apology. It’s the sort of metatheatrical student show styling it would be easy to snort...
