Classical
REVIEW: Second World War setting for Opera Anywhere’s Hansel and Gretel triumphs in Sunningwell
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The innovative Opera Anywhere – now approaching its 20thanniversary – has come up trumps again with this lovely production of Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck’s...
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Skylight is the limit: How Chipping Norton Theatre’s home productions go from strength to strength
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Skylight is David Hare's most produced work, but news that director John Terry is taking on the Olivier award-winning play, has given the...
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Fascism v unicorns and other pressing issues in 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fringe show Unicorn Party at Burton Taylor Theatre
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"Unicorn Party is a very contemporary response to the crazy times we live in," Nick Field tells me when discussing his one-man show.
Unexpected,...
Comedy
Keeping Morecambe and Wise alive: Eric and Ern are back and coming to Oxford Playhouse
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It started off as a comedy sketch for a charity do in a golf club. Actor Jonty Stephens, whose impressions of Eric Morecambe...
Family
Fingest Great Barn Opera raises money for children’s charities with two epic concerts
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Just when you thought the summer opera season was over, up pops Fingest Great Barn Opera near Henley with an enticing pair of...
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Like getting blood out of a turnip: Nearly 1.5 million Twitter views and still no word from Michael Gove. How Baz at The White Hart in Wytham has gone...
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It began as a joke, an exasperated reposte, a provocation, anything really to incite a response either from Michael Gove himself, or the...
Music
Lesley Garrett, Hansel & Gretel, A Tale of Two Cities, plus Corona Orchestra & Oxford Chorus are Singing For Syrians, in this week’s classical music round-up
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Opera Anywhere
HUMPERDINCK: HANSEL & GRETEL
Sunningwell Village Hall
Friday, 7pm
Tickets: https://operaanywhere.com
Opera Anywhere updates Humperdinck’s classic fairytale opera to wartime Britain. It’s Christmas Eve 1938, and Harry...
Art
“It’s just part of you. I don’t think of it as a job.” Sarah Spackman reflects on her fourth solo exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, becoming a member of...
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The artist Sarah Spackman is dressed in a navy canvas jacket, jeans and DMs, her glasses hiding a pertinent pair of eyes, totally...
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My interview with Tyger Drew-Honey on his stage debut in POSH at Oxford Playhouse, life after Outnumbered and facing his demons
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The Tyger Drew-Honey sitting opposite me discussing his stage debut in POSH with such passion is not the same Tyger of yesteryear.
Yes,...
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Petrol heads alert! Fastest accelerating car in the world features at Blenheim Palace’s Salon Privé.
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With final preparations now in full swing, brothers Andrew and David Bagley have a clear message – “Get set for the greatest Salon Privé...













