Review: War Horse is back in Oxford, but is it as good this time...
Although The New Theatre has welcomed back the award-winning drama War Horse, having sold out last time around, expectations for the internationally acclaimed production, beloved by so...
REVIEW: How The Black Boy in Headington became the heart of the community
The Black Boy in Headington already has an extensive history, and during lockdown new owners Samantha and Simon Stonehouse have added to its backstory by turning it...
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim at The North Wall: “A refreshing, contemporary, seismic play and...
No wonder Brown Boys Swim won so many awards at Edinburgh Fringe, because the new play by young, local playwright Karim Khan hits you like a freight...
Review: “Beg, borrow or steal but go” WNO’s new production of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly,...
Beg, borrow or steal but go . . . The Welsh National Opera’s new production of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, at Oxford's New Theatre tonight and tomorrow, is...
REVIEW: What a laugh! Jericho Comedy’s Mind gala raises £30,000 in unprecedented sell out...
It was all a bit of a decadent, if slightly naughty, way to spend a Saturday afternoon, but the third Oxfordshire Mind Comedy Gala's matinee sold out...
REVIEW: Private Peaceful at Oxford Playhouse captures the futility and horror of war at...
The irony of watching a play that questions the futility of war wasn't lost on last night's Oxford Playhouse audience.
Set in the trenches of WW1, Private Peaceful...
REVIEW: “What a joyful evening. Uniformly excellent. Please go!” Oxford Opera Company’s Magic Flute...
What a joyful evening! Mozart meets Pantomime in “The Magic Flirt” (oops, “Flute”), a bawdy take on this classic English-version opera, directed by Paul Carr.
Despite the modern...
REVIEW: Why Stick Man at Oxford Playhouse is “a must see for any family”...
Stick Man has been a favourite book in our house for a few years now. Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, it is a recurring bedtime go-...
REVIEW: ‘The prolonged standing ovation was charged with emotion.’ Blood Brothers at the New...
Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers has gained legendary status in the world of theatre, so you know you're in treat before you’ve even sat down in Oxford's recently...
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...
