TESS REVIEW: ‘A thoroughly deserved standing ovation at Oxford Playhouse’ in this take on...
‘Tess – a bold vision of Hardy’s classic novel’ exclaims the posters for Ockham’s Razor’s latest production. Bold indeed – for this is the story of Tess...
MUST SEE: ‘An emotional journey that touches your heart and opens your mind’ Critically...
When celebrated playwright Lekha Desai Morrison helped care for her father-in-law as his dementia developed, she felt very isolated.
Knowing very little about dementia, the care he required...
REVIEW: “An absolute riot from start to finish with some jaw-dropping numbers’ Chicago hits...
Ninety-nine years ago, the wonderfully named Maurine Dallas Watkins wrote a play satirising the conflation of criminal justice, violent crime, show-business and the public’s fickle obsession with...
REVIEW: ‘Shaw’s touching, sympathetic portrayal puts Thomas More centre stage’ in A Man For...
Never in my wildest dreams could my 11-year-old self have imagined that the great Martin Shaw would go from captivating me as special agent Ray Doyle in...
REVIEW: Terence Rattigan’s ‘Summer 1954’ double bill at Oxford Playhouse highlights the ongoing need...
Terence Rattigan's Table Number Seven is a shocking reminder of the normalised homophobia which existed in the summer of 1954, the Sexual Offences Act only decriminalising homosexuality...
Ian Shaw on Jaws, West End hit The Shark Is Broken at Oxford Playhouse,...
"It was a crazy idea, fraught with danger" writer and actor Ian Shaw recalls when considering staging the now global hit The Shark Is Broken, which took...
‘Labyrinth changed my life’ Kate Mosse on the bestseller’s 20th anniversary, new show at...
There's no stopping famous author Kate Mosse at the moment, considering she could be kicking back, enjoying her sixties and reaping the rewards of her bestselling books,...
REVIEW: ‘If I see a better musical this year, I’ll eat my Technicolour hat!’...
"Joseph?! That’s just that old Jason Donovan musical, innit?" sniffed my builder when I told him I was off to see the now-touring London West End production...
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO 2025 – WHAT TO BOOK NOW! Oxfordshire’s best comedy, art,...
Got the January blues? Fear not, because we've collated a momentous guide of what to book now for 2025 taking in Oxfordshire's theatres, museums, festivals, concerts and...
REVIEW: Judging by the standing ovation, War Horse at New Theatre Oxford has lost...
If it's a light, festive, Christmassy show you're after then War Horse isn't for you. But if you want to experience one of the most moving, immersive...
