News·2nd October 2018Oxfordshire NHS Trust appoints first Winter Director Jafar Cain Image Credit: ceridwen (CC-BY-SA/2.0) In response to the crises of previous years Oxfordshire NHS Trust has announced it is appointing... Read More
Entertainment·10th May 2015Mary Harron: directing the undirectable Beth Lambert It’s hard not to feel depressingly boring when you interview Mary Harron. She’s incredibly rock’n’roll, wearing leather trousers at 50... Read More
Entertainment·3rd December 2014Remembering Mike Nichols, 1931-2014 Anthony Maskell Incontrovertible directorial legend of film, television, and theatre, Mike Nichols, has died at the age of 83. This was a... Read More
Entertainment·14th July 2014From ‘First Kiss’ to ‘Undress Me’ – awkwardly juggling science and Cyrus Thomas Barnett [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZa-Kb4Nng]  Perhaps I am revealing myself as a cynic, but Tatia Pilieva’s ‘First Kiss’ (a video of ten... Read More
Entertainment·23rd December 2012The Shrew Must Go On: Kiss Me Kate at The Old Vic Rebecca Hazel Roughan Brando meets Shakespeare: always a winning combination, surely. Â Rebecca Hazel Roughan lets us know if Trevor Nunn’s 1940’s musical take... Read More
Entertainment·25th November 2011Alan Ayckbourn’s favourite orphan plays Sir Alan Ayckbourn talks to The OxStu about his work, his passion for theatre, and what it means when people start frying eggs. Read More
Profile·3rd July 2017Profile: Susanna White Tara Snelling BAFTA and Emmy-winning director Susanna White has worked with the best dramatic talent offered by British drama, from Sherlock’s Benedict... Read More
Entertainment·29th April 2015Director Vicky Jewson: ‘How often do you see a real female action hero?’ Thomas Bannatyne Oxford is in Vicky Jewson’s blood. Born in the John Radcliffe Hospital, she has lived in or around the city... Read More
Entertainment·10th October 2014Interview Ramin Gray: “There is some delicious irony in turning up without any actors” Marcus Li After a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe, Ramin Gray’s production of Blind Hamlet is now touring around Europe. The play... Read More
Entertainment·31st October 2013Easy Access: Chatting to Claire Dowie Charlotte Goodman Claire Dowie has beef with theatre. A veteran director, writer and performer, she is renowned for her gut-punching plays: funny,... Read More
Entertainment·23rd July 2012Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises Gotham City is not in peril. It is a strange and unfamiliar opening to Nolan’s third and final piece in... Read More
Entertainment·28th May 2011New directions – 4th week Caitlin MacMillan gives us an insight into the directing lark - 4th week. Read More