Culture·11th May 2022Girls and Dolls Review: Refreshingly Professional Elsie Clark Image Description: a promotional photo for Girls and Dolls. Given the ubiquity of Derry Girls at the moment, it... Read More
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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·27th November 2016Prepare to Leave Your Comfort Zone In The Republic of Happiness: A Review Katrina Gaffney This family drama turned dystopia is a four star performance for Katrina Gaffney. Arriving at the Burton Taylor for the... Read More
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Entertainment·27th January 2015Preview: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Laura Caccia How do we watch people? How much can we really see beneath the mask of a familiar scene? David Foster... Read More
Entertainment·26th November 2014Review: Ridley’s Choice Rosie Durkin ✮✮✮✮ Ridley’s career may have been destroyed by negative reviews, but James P Mannion and George Varley have no... Read More
Entertainment·1st November 2012A hit with the critics: The Real Inspector Hound at the BT Daniel Malcolm “Unforgettable! What was it?… Oh I remember…” A critic reviewing critics, in a play about plays – it doesn’t get... Read More
Entertainment·21st February 2022“She Felt Fear”: Review Georgie Morley Image Description: Show picture from She Felt Fear. A student play with spoken word poetry and a ukulele? She may... 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
News·12th February 2018‘Down With My Demons’, BT Studio, 6th Week: A Preview Katie Stanton Five people sit in the Southern Baptist Convention Church of the Old Town of West Cicuta, South Carolina. They were... Read More
Entertainment·5th June 2016Preview: Splendour James Riding Splendour is a play which delights in being enigmatic. Written by Abi Morgan, screenwriter of Suffragette and The Iron Lady,... Read More
Entertainment·28th January 2015Review: Richard Parker William Shaw ✮✮✮✮ Imagine Life of Pi as written by Steven Moffat. Brutal, metafictional and hugely entertaining, Richard Parker balances a razor-sharp... Read More
Entertainment·27th November 2014Broadcast: Looking Back at Cuppers Harriet Fry and Amelia Brown The OxStu talks to audience members, casts and the judges about their experiences of Cuppers.... Read More
Entertainment·23rd November 2014Preview: Ridley’s Choice Rob Hayes Director Jack Saville and writer James P Mannion, the duo behind last year’s Surprise, return with another seemingly familiar tale... Read More