REVIEW: ‘A first class affair’ Oxfordshire Youth Music Theatre’s ‘Anything Goes’ is ‘a slick,...
Far be it from me to go overboard with praise, but Oxfordshire Youth Music Theatre’s latest production can only be described as a first-class affair.
Putting on the...
REVIEW: Licence to thrill – Creation goes from strength to strength with Don Quixote...
Where to start with Don Quixote in Oxford’s Covered Market? Perhaps as Creation does with a man urinating into a saucepan, an instant reminder that whether you’ve...
REVIEW: SOB AWAY – Blood Brothers at Oxford Playhouse is an emotional roller-coaster of...
Although Blood Brothers has toured the world, it was a first for Oxford Playhouse and for us. But after so long on the road could the mammoth...
Review: Toast opens at Oxford Playhouse fresh from the West End….with free sweets. It’s...
Having been previously berated, and rightly so, for snacking noisily during theatrical performances, to then be presented with not just a handful of retro pick ‘n’ mix sweets but...
REVIEW: Tweedy’s take on Conan Doyle is ‘beyond funny’ in his new show The...
There is much chatter about the imminent arrival of Tweedy when we arrive at The Mill in Banbury - lots of talk from the children about how...
REVIEW: If you only see one thing this year make sure it’s ‘Pride and...
Pride and Prejudice is a sacred text, not to be trivialised, messed with, badly adapted or patronised.
So news that an all female cast were taking on...
REVIEW: We can see why Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, as it hits New Theatre...
"Why isn't Everybody's Talking About Jamie on the school curriculum? Everyone should see it!" the lady next to me at Oxford's New Theatre said, as the standing...
“Deliciously innovative” Steak night and A Christmas Carol? Thanks to Hawksmoor and Creation you...
Those who don't want to embrace the wind, rain and statistics can rest assured that thanks to Hawksmoor and Oxford's Creation Theatre, you can still be fed,...
REVIEW: Why you should go and see David Hare play Skylight, at The Theatre...
Written by David Hare in 1995, Skylight is uncomfortably voyeuristic and tantalisingly engrossing. Like a jigsaw as the plot weaves and winds fatalistically through Kyra and Tom's...
REVIEW: “Uplifting and emotional, ‘Becoming Electra: A Queer Mitzvah’ at OFS caught me by...
"'There’s one life and no return or deposit” is a line that lingers in my mind"
Electra is wearing fairy lights and singing ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ in her London...
