REVIEW: ‘Fast, filthy, frantic, fun, furious and beautifully sung’ WNO’s Rigoletto at New Theatre’s...
The Welsh National Opera production of Guiseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto at the New Theatre until tonight (October 26), is fast, filthy, frantic, fun and FURIOUS. Â
The focus in...
REVIEW: West End’s ‘Heathers The Musical’ at Oxford Playhouse is hilarious, murderous and darkly...
There is a caveat on the Oxford Playhouse website re Heathers The Musical advising: 'This production contains haze, loud noises including gunshots, flashing lights, strobe, strong language...
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...
