‘Down With My Demons’, BT Studio, 6th Week: A Preview
Five people sit in the Southern Baptist Convention Church of the Old Town of West Cicuta, South Carolina. They were attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting when the lake flooded, blocking them in....
View Article‘The Cherry Orchard’ at Keble O’Reilly: a new lease of life
In this adaptation of Chekhov’s famous masterpiece, set to the backdrop of 1920s prohibition America, the narrative is enhanced by the effective use of Jazz music from the live band, and by the...
View ArticleThe Oxford Revue hits the West End
The Oxford Revue, the university’s world-renowned comedy troupe, are attempting a feat we’ve never seen a student society attempt before – pulling off a West End show. The Oxford Revue: Funraiser is a...
View Article‘Hedda’ Review: “Bold and innovative”
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View ArticleThe History Boys at the Moser Theatre: A Brilliant Play with Good Production
The History Boys is one of those plays which sheer brilliance demands a cast to match. The script, if handled clumsily, will simply fall apart. But the cast of this particular production shoulder Alan...
View ArticleReview: Ishtar at BT Studio
The ancient Mesopotamian myth of Ishtar visiting her sister Ereshkigal in the underworld is one full of intrigue and potential. The central clash of the two sisters should provide the emotional heft to...
View Article‘The Cherry Orchard’ at Keble O’Reilly: a new lease of life
In this adaptation of Chekhov’s famous masterpiece, set to the backdrop of 1920s prohibition America, the narrative is enhanced by the effective use of Jazz music from the live band, and by the...
View ArticleThe Oxford Revue hits the West End
The Oxford Revue, the university’s world-renowned comedy troupe, are attempting a feat we’ve never seen a student society attempt before – pulling off a West End show. The Oxford Revue: Funraiser is a...
View Article‘Hedda’ Review: “Bold and innovative”
Hedda, Lucy Kirkwood’s bold adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, is a powerful and defiant representation of modern feminism, and in the hands of Lucy Hayes, becomes an excellent production. Part...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Crocodile’–“another stunning success for Nitrous Cow”
After the phenomenal success of Lovesong (MT17), which sold out its entire run before the first performance had even started, expectations were high for the next dramatic venture from student...
View ArticleThe History Boys at the Moser Theatre: A Brilliant Play with Good Production
The History Boys is one of those plays which sheer brilliance demands a cast to match. The script, if handled clumsily, will simply fall apart. But the cast of this particular production shoulder Alan...
View ArticleReview: Ishtar at BT Studio
The ancient Mesopotamian myth of Ishtar visiting her sister Ereshkigal in the underworld is one full of intrigue and potential. The central clash of the two sisters should provide the emotional heft to...
View ArticlePreview: Travesties
Travesties, by Tom Stoppard, is largely set in Zurich in the middle of the First World War. The turbulence… The post Preview: Travesties appeared first on The Oxford Student.
View ArticleThe Phantom of the West End
Lou Lou Curry considers a West End favourite as it begins to be neglected by both its audience and its… The post The Phantom of the West End appeared first on The Oxford Student.
View ArticleFrom Travesties to Triumphs
Switzerland is anything but a state of neutrality in Tom Stoppard’s Travesties, as art and war wrangle with each other… The post From Travesties to Triumphs appeared first on The Oxford Student.
View ArticleHollywood moves to the West End
If all the world’s a stage… why is Hollywood moving to the West End? There is nothing more thrilling than… The post Hollywood moves to the West End appeared first on The Oxford Student.
View ArticleA Review about ‘A Comedy About a Bank Robbery’
Hailed as ‘the funniest show in the West End’ by the Telegraph, A Comedy About a Bank Robbery certainly lives… The post A Review about ‘A Comedy About a Bank Robbery’ appeared first on The Oxford...
View ArticleReview: What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors
Emma Bentley stars in What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors, a short and intense one-woman production depicting how… The post Review: What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors appeared first on The Oxford...
View ArticleReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Brasenose presents ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, a transfixing production of Shakespeare’s most magical tale, staged in the beautiful New Quad… The post Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream appeared first...
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