Interview – Edward II
Megan Husain interviews Charlotte Vickers, director of Edward II ahead of the show’s run next week. What drew you towards directing Edward II? It’s a fun story because it begins in a library and not in...
View Article‘The Fringed Curtains of Thine Eyes Advance’: Theatre, The Tempest, and...
Gregory Doran concluded his season as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company with an innovative performance of ‘The Tempest’. The production which uses live performance capture technology –...
View ArticleRemembering History: The Mitzvah Project
On the 19th of January, The Mitzvah Project will be arriving at the Old Fire Station; part play, part lecture and part audience discussion, it is mainly concerned with the history of the thousands of...
View ArticleIlluminated: A Review
‘Illuminated’, a light-themed dance performance by Quinksandance, is innovative, energetic, and brilliant. The performance is comprised of ten interconnected dance pieces, each showing off virtuoso...
View ArticleTissues Are Recommended: STOP A Preview
A brand new musical focusing on issues of mental health, STOP looks to be the theatrical event of the term. Attending one of the cast’s rehearsals I was witness to what is very much a work in progress,...
View ArticleEdward II: A Preview
The marketing photos for Edward II – in their depiction of a graffitied squiggly-moustache on the King, and a bold ED2 – clearly demonstrate that this production at the Oxford Playhouse is set to have...
View Article“Perfectly Unpolished”: A Review of The Commitments at The Oxford New Theatre
That I now want to go and read the book of The Commitments is testament to its success in performance. Energetic, spectacular but also sensitive and in possession of a raw charm, Jamie Lloyd’s...
View ArticleMind-reading and the Cold War: An Interview with ‘The Psychic Project’
On the 27th of January, The Psychic Project will be arriving at the Old Fire Station; focusing on the psychic spy research that the CIA conducted during the Cold War, it will engage the audience both...
View ArticleSTOP: A Powerful and Grounding Production
STOP is a deeply moving and grounding play, reminding us of the importance of ‘stopping’ in this chaotic, highly pressured modern world. The four characters – Justin, Lewis, Chloe and Martha – all meet...
View ArticleCollaborators Balances Humour and Darkness: A Review
‘Collaborators’ opened to the flustered but undeniably exciting tune of ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King,’ with the dream scene of a terrified Mikhail Bulgakov (Rory Fraser) being pursued by the...
View ArticleThe Thwarted Ambitions of Edward II: A Review
Drame Fatale’s interpretation of Christopher Marlowe’s sixteenth century play Edward II transports the rule of its eponymous king into the Cold War world of 1980s Russia, a movement which serves to...
View ArticleAn Interview with The Two Way Mirror: The Complexities of Love
The Two Way Mirror is an Arthur Miller production featuring two plays – ‘Elegy of a Lady’ and ‘Some Kind of Love’. Walking around the grounds in Magdalen with the Aimée Kwan, the director, and the...
View ArticleOxford Revue’s Hilary Term ‘Audrey’: An Interview
Student comedy in Oxford is a flourishing, yet often under-appreciated, part of the creative scene at the university. However, thanks to the Oxford Revue’s newest committee, comedy is well on its way...
View ArticleProstitutes and Petunias on London Road: A Review
Prostitution, petunias, serial killers and community. These issues might seem to be an unconventional combination and yet they all come together seamlessly in ‘London Road.’ This is a musical that...
View ArticleFour Lions is a First Rate Play: A Review
The poet Shailja Patel called Urdu a ‘language of dancing peacocks / rosewater fountains / even its curses are beautiful.’ She might change her mind if she saw Adham Smart and Johnny Lucas’ stage...
View ArticleAn Interview with Sammy Glover: Director of Suddenly Last Summer
It’s a drizzly Wednesday morning, and I’m sipping on an Americano in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. I’m meeting with Sammy Glover, member of the Experimental Theatre Club and director of Suddenly...
View ArticleTwo Way Mirror: A Review
The first thing an audience member will notice walking into the Burton-Taylor Studio for Arthur Miller’s Two Way Mirrror is how readily the set lends itself to intimacy and intensity. Working off a...
View ArticleDying Light: A Review
James D. Martin’s one act play, ‘Dying Light’, chronicles the relationship of two teenage cancer patients, Tom and Jenny, who meet in the hospital waiting room as they both prepare for radiation...
View ArticleThree Men in a Boot: A Rather Sketchy Show: A Preview
Georgie Murphy speaks to Olly Jackson and Jack Sutton. Three Men in a Boot: A Rather Sketchy Show is an evening of stand up comedy and sketches, taking place at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building at...
View ArticleSuddenly Last Summer: A Preview
Tennessee William’s Suddenly Last Summer is one of his most rarely performed works but, as usual, the Experimental Theatre Club refuse to shy away from any production which might prove demanding. It is...
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