REVIEW: 10/10. Why even the Austen purists are queueing up to see this modern...
I was scanning the faces outside Oxford Playhouse anxiously, trying to ascertain whether the purists had enjoyed the brave new adaption of Persuasion we'd enjoyed so much.
Were...
REVIEW: “Moving, funny and thought-provoking. Go see” The electrifying new production of Frankenstein at...
February 1 is the anniversary of Mary Shelley’s death in 1851 so it seemed a fitting night to go and see a new production of Frankenstein at the Old Fire...
REVIEW: ‘Go and see this production with an open mind, but go nonetheless’ Macbeth...
As soon as Lady Macbeth picks up her phone to receive a video-message from her elated and victorious husband, babbling about three fortune-telling witches he’s just met,...
REVIEW: “A harrowing but unmissable ride.” The Lovely Bones will have you on the...
There was an unusual air of expectation at Oxford Playhouse last night as we waited for Lovely Bones to begin.
We knew we were in for a treat...
REVIEW: Puss in Boots takes you to 1950s London via EastEnders, Only Fools and...
“Mummy what does ‘ipnotist mean’?” my daughter whispered as King Rat, the East End baddie threatened Chipping Norton Theatre’s audience, accompanied by much booing and hissing.
We were...
REVIEW: ‘An astonishing performance. Anton Lesser and Charlie Hamblett in Red Sky at Sunrise...
Deirdre Shield’s adaptation of Laurie Lee’s much-loved trilogy played for one night only at Oxford Playhouse took place on a simple stage with Orchestra of the Swan and...
REVIEW: ‘A morality tale for our times’ Complicité ‘has triumphed’ with Plow Over the...
Complicité, with its multi-media devised production of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, at Oxford Playhouse this week, has triumphed.
Not so much a fairy...
REVIEW: Is that a banana in your pocket? Chippy panto Cinderella is a jungle...
The Chippy panto manages to pull something intoxicatingly joyous out of the bag year after year. But when Cinderella was announced we wondered how they'd add their...
REVIEW: ‘The magic of Truck Festival lies in its variety and small but mighty...
As ever, the magic of Truck Festival lies in its variety and ‘small but mighty’ punch. The rain and mud might have scared off a few festival-goers,...
REVIEW: Creation’s Grimm Tales for Fragile Times and Broken People is a “deliciously dark...
As Grimm Tales for Fragile Times and Broken People, the latest innovative digital production from Creation Theatre, began on Saturday night we were encouraged to turn off...
