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...
Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft to headline Nocturne Live 2025 at Blenheim Palace with support...
Notorious Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft is the first headliner to be announced for next summer’s Nocturne Live.
Supported by Lightning Seeds and The Zutons, he will perform at the five-night Nocturne...
REVIEW: ‘Reserve a ticket’ Rambert Dance’s ‘Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby’ at...
Opening amid the horrors of Flanders, before sweeping in to post-war industrial Birmingham, Rambert Dance's adaption of Peaky Blinders was always going to be dark, judging by...
Saltburn fans – don’t miss ‘undiscovered gem’ Gormenghast at OFS as Oxford Theatre Guild...
Considered impossible to adapt, Gormenghast is a series of novels by British author Mervyn Peake about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure ruled by the noble family of...
EXCLUSIVE: Abigail Thaw on the Endeavour reunion, Ian Rankin’s new play ‘Rebus: A Game...
"It will be so nice coming back to Oxford. I just hope I won't be a bit maudlin because of Endeavour," Abigail Thaw tells me. "But the...
Ruby Wax, Lemn Sissay, Max Richter, Tim Flach and UK premiere of Evolver –...
The Cultural Programme season opens with a bang as Ruby Wax brings her one-woman show I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was to Oxford Playhouse on Thursday (October...
OXFORDSHIRE’S BIG AUTUMN GUIDE: Plays, musicals, festivals, big names, music, comedy, museums, art, dance...
Now's the time to plan your autumn's entertainment with so much on offer across Oxfordshire, from plays and musicals to festivals, big names, music, comedy, museums, art,...
REVIEW: A Raisin In The Sun is a life defining play that you can’t...
Headlong's revival of A Raisin In the Sun at Oxford Playhouse will stay with me for a long time to come thanks to its depth, rawness, emotive...
REVIEW: ‘Lively, fun and colourful’ Don’t miss Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at New Theatre...
There were so many unexpected things to enjoy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; the incredible energy, the sheer scale of the singing and dancing, the stunning choreography,...
MUST SEE: ‘It’s a real train ride of a play’ Headlong’s revival of American...
Denzil Washington starred in the Broadway revival of A Raisin In The Sun, Sidney Poitier in the 1961 film, but the classic American tale by Lorraine Hansberry...
