REVIEW: ‘Exciting, unsettling, darkly humorous, satirical and life-affirming” OTG brings Gormenghast to OFS
The 900 page Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake has been sitting defiantly unread on my bookshelf for a couple of years now.
Not having the patience for long...
REVIEW: ‘A great evening’s entertainment that makes you laugh and think in equal measure’...
Pygmalion is a George Bernard Shaw play written and set over 100 years ago. You might know the basic story outline from the film classic ‘My Fair...
MARIA IS BACK: OXOPS brings The Sound Of Music to New Theatre Oxford this...
Come January, when Christmas is over and New Year malaise has set in, OXOPS will be there to revive our spirits with a rousing adaption of The...
‘It’s going to be an absolute scorcher’ Why MYCO is making sure Everybody’s Talking...
As far as Oxford goes, thanks to MYCO, Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Yes the famous musical is being brought to the Oxford Playhouse stage and excitement around...
‘It’s a musical to really get your teeth into’ OXOPS’ Jesus Christ Superstar, the...
Iconic rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar is being brought dazzling to life at Oxford Playhouse thanks to Oxford Operatic Society (OXOPS), transporting us to the climactic final days of...
REVIEW: ‘Never say no to adventures’ The ambition of MYCO’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...
Taking on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was always a big ask. Yes, Oxford's revered Musical Youth Company Oxford always pulls it out of the bag, and their...
‘What would you do?’ Book to see Pygmalion at Oxford Playhouse as OTG brings...
"If you're going to perform Pygmalion for a modern audience you have to think abut what makes it relevant - what is familiar," OTG director Daniel Whitley...
‘It made such a lasting impression on me’ OTG gives T.S. Eliot’s Murder In...
"It's such a powerful piece of theatre and a very exciting project," Oxford Theatre Guild's Simon Tavener says when describing T.S. Eliot's Murder In The Cathedral, coming...
‘It will be fantasmagorical!’ MYCO to stage famous musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at...
"There's already a really contagious energy around Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It's on another level," says Max, who's starring in MYCO's adaption of the famous musical, coming...
REVIEW: ‘Some lovely moments of wit and frolicking’ OTG’s Twelfth Night defies the downpour...
The rain fell, the wind blew - no, this wasn’t The Tempest, but the opening night of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night - tucked away in a wet corner...
