Monday, September 22, 2014
The Theatre, Chipping Norton: The centre spread in the programme for this new take on the Jules Verne classic gives us a potted account of steampunk, that 21st-century take on the sometimes …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMThursday, August 7, 2014
Lady Margaret Hall Gardens, Oxford: While the setting is glorious - almost overwhelmingly so - and the script is leaner and meaner than many a Macbeth, Jonathan Holloway's new productio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMThursday, July 17, 2014
Wadham College Gardens, Oxford: After bravely tackling less-trammelled ground last year with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Oxford Shakespeare Company is back this summer with a more well-loved…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMFriday, December 13, 2013
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford: Gonzo Moose's Christmas residencies at the Pegasus have become a key part of Oxford's theatrical calendar in recent years. I'm an Aristocrat is the la…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMNorth Wall, Oxford: Christmas is all about perennial favourites and CS Lewis' eternal Chronicles of Narnia are perfect for seasonal theatre. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe even fe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMWednesday, November 27, 2013
The Theatre, Chipping Norton: The clue to what makes this pantomime different is in the title. While all the familiar details of the Jack and the Beanstalk story remain, the emphasis on the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMFriday, August 30, 2013
Oxford Castle, Oxford: This Henry V from Creation marks the first time that the company has produced a history play. It is a brave undertaking indeed for three actors, given that the list of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Wadham College Gardens, Oxford: The Merry Wives is a rare finding among all the inevitable Much Ados and Midsummer Night's Dreams of the summer Shakespeare season. Oxford Shakespeare Co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMFriday, June 14, 2013
Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford: The Norrington Room of Blackwell's Bookshop is one of Oxford's most hallowed spaces, but it's also one of its most haunted, home to dead philosop…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMFriday, December 14, 2012
The North Wall, Oxford: Creation's Christmas productions tend to eschew the pantomimic for the eccentric and enchanted, and this Aladdin, penned by Lizzie Hopley, is no exception. At ti…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMWednesday, December 12, 2012
Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse: Christmas theatre isn't all about pantomime - in addition to its Dick Whittington, Oxford Playhouse is also putting on this more intimate, intera…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMOxford Playhouse, Oxford: It seems pantomime is alive and thriving in these recessionary times, and Oxford Playhouse's traditional offering is a real heart-warmer this year. There are s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMMonday, December 3, 2012
Pegasus, Oxford: Many seasonal shows this year will invoke the spirit of Charles Dickens - after all, he virtually invented Christmas. However, few will do it with such panache as Gonzo Moos…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
The North Wall, Oxford: As the financial crisis continues, the Great Depression continues to be a rich source of material for writers, and a thought-provoking basis for revivals. Recently Ox…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMThursday, July 12, 2012
Said Business School, Oxford: Creation's 2006 production of The Merchant took place in the stark courtyard of Oxford Castle and almost made a rock opera of one of Shakespeare's dar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMFriday, June 8, 2012
New Theatre, Oxford: Set in the slump years of the Great Depression, the premise of 42nd Street seems apt for these times of austerity. Still, like all great musical theatre, context never g…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
Blackwell's, Oxford: Just when you think there can't possibly be another way to do Hamlet, The Factory and Creation Theatre come up with one. In fact, there are multiple ways, and this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMMonday, March 5, 2012
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford: In recent years, Kevin Tomlinson has become a great ambassador for both improvised theatre and masks, and Seven Ages combines the two to brilliant effect. It also ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMThursday, March 1, 2012
Oxford Playhouse, Oxford: In recent years, Theatre Alibi, based in Exeter, has been drawn to narratives set during wartime. The theatre already has impressive adaptations of Graham Greene�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM 
