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✮✮✮ Hypnotist Theatre’s latest theatrical offering The Country is a tale of underlying tensions and untold secrets. The play opens on an idyllic rural scene, but is a study of the cracks that gradually appear in this picture.
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When God created the world, for the first time, it was a bit of a disaster, although according to Jesus the current one isn’t much of an improvement. In fact it was initially made entirely out of marmalade. Jackson & Grumitt explore the world of Planet Marmalade through 17 different sketches. Who knew that Katherine […]
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✮✮✮✮✮ Through the stripes of a craftily constructed American flag, suits loom on a multi-levelled rostrum as lighting throws the eyes of their wearers into dark, empty sockets. Immobile for at least ten minutes before the show begins they set up an underlying tension that is only amplified as Assassins progresses.
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Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins is set to arrive at the O’Reilly with a bang in 7th week. First performed off-Broadway in 1990, the revue-style musical presents nine would-be assassins in murderous attempts (only three of which are successful) spanning two centuries of American history.
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✮✮✮✮ Pillbox Theatre’s debut play Conscientious recounts a young professional’s experience of life in the office and the drama’s that come with it. Largely set in her workplace, this one-woman show provides a moving account of her experience of office bullying and her struggle to survive. Rebekah (Rachel Ashwanden) is a fresh-faced and motivated university […]
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What defines the fantasy genre? Generally, what happens within the pages of such books is impossible, and closing the book returns us to a different and more straightforward world. Fantasy stories travel, spanning whole worlds (sometimes crossing into more than one) and hurtling through time. And the characters: they’re rarely familiar and true to life […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to What’s On Stage?, our weekly update showcasing the editors’ picks for what to see in Oxford each week. This week: 4th week. Cool cool cool this week there are loads of cool things. Well done Oxford! In a frenzy of decisions, we’ve decided to slimline this thing and give you the very choicest of our […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to What’s On Stage?, our new weekly update showcasing the editors’ picks for what to see in Oxford each week. This week: 1st week! Term has begun in earnest. To our newcomers, welcome! To our old hands, welcome back! There is a time for speech-making, but this is a written article. Tuck in. Let’s start […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to What’s On Stage?, our new weekly update showcasing the editors’ picks for what to see in Oxford each week. This week: 0th week! Term has begun. The freshers have arrived. The Rad Cam is full of double-denimed finalists. And the Oxford stage begins to fill once more… …sort of. Actually this week […]
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