REVIEW: Why Barber Shop Chronicles is such an energy-fuelled and life affirming play
There is an immediate immersion into the world of Barber Shop Chronicles as soon as you step into the Oxford Playhouse auditorium, the cast greeting us on...
Just clowning around: Comedian Chris Michael brings slapstick comedy ‘The Immigrant’ to Pegasus and...
In 2017, professional clown Chris Michael, discovered a Chaplin film called 'The Immigrant', and knew instantly that he'd found his next show. Two years later it is...
Let’s talk about Sex! Louise Orwin asks if female desire ties in with feminism...
"Before we start, let’s get this straight: I am performing because I want to perform this, you are here because you want to be here. We will...
Award winning Barber Shop Chronicles, recently named one of ’50 best theatre shows of...
Word on the street is that The Barber Shop Chronicles is one of the best plays, not only of the decade, but of all time.
The Guardian recently...
Unhappy housewives escape to an Italian castle as ‘The Enchanted April’ is brought to...
When Helen Taylor narrated the audiobook of Elizabeth von Arnim’s 1922 novel ‘The Enchanted April’ a few years ago, she fell completely in love with it.
"Arnim’s...
REVIEW: Why you should go to see Motown The Musical, coming to the Oxford’s...
What to expect from Motown the Musical? Tribute acts en masse? A parody of some of America’s finest musicians? Unlimited schmaltz?
Wrong. This is the story of Motown,...
Two legends in one evening: Beverley Knight on why she’s singing Stevie Wonder at...
Beverley Knight say that the most defining moment of her life so far was being up on stage with both Prince and Stevie Wonder. The famous British...
Two friends, a new theatre company and Still No Idea will keep them laughing...
“Luckily running your own company is much more glamorous than we thought. Just yesterday we stayed in the Novotel in Milton Keynes and had to walk up...
REVIEW: “Malory Towers is an irresistibly alluring package of stagecraft, music and characters –...
Emma Rice attributes her adaption of Malory Towers' enormous success to the casting, and after it's performance at Oxford Playhouse I realised she was spot on -...
REVIEW: GREASE IS THE WORD – SEXY, FAST AND FURIOUS – AND THAT’S JUST...
If you only go and see one show this week, make it Grease at The New Theatre in Oxford, for two hours of pure pleasure with high...
