Orla Wyatt’s A+E is incredible
You’ve not really been to uni until you’ve sat overnight, squirming and overheated, on the JR’s cold, plastic chairs, anxiously waiting for your (or your flatmate’s, or teammate’s, or partner’s) name to be called out, granting you coveted access to a doctor through those swinging met
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui: a study in unnecessary subversion
Being funny is harder than most people think. Being funny on stage is even harder. And being funny in the way that German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s work often demands of his actors— in a way that uses humour first as a tool of distraction, and then to force the audience to reckon with their ow
Do not miss A View From the Bridge
When historians, whether AI-generated or human, look back on our time, what will be the singular issue they pick out as having defined this particular era? Perhaps such attempts at a grand theory will be viewed as even more futile then than they already are today. Grand theories may be futile in his
A review of DEPOT ‘25
‘Fusion Arts connects artists with communities promoting dynamic creative projects that drive social justice and celebrate diversity. Fusion Arts is a catalyst for creativity in Oxford and beyond.’ – The Fusion Arts brochure I’m no stranger to the pretensions of the Art World. My
CRITICAL NOTICES: The Tempest, Bull, Suddenly Last Summer, Troilus and Cressida
The Tempest (Magdalen President’s Garden, 20th-24th May) The Tempest lends itself particularly well to a natural setting, and the walled garden at Magdalen provided an apt location for a production fascinated by control. When I took my seat, the glowing loops of LEDs and wiry ba
Critical Notices: Exhibition 004
I think the biggest problem was probably getting things to stick.’ This, according to Jacob Byfield, was the greatest challenge in setting up Exhibition 004, Worcester’s student-run, student-led art exhibition. Byfield, the event’s Press Officer, is not speaking metaphorically; the display,
Critical Notices
Good Work by Melinda Zhu (Empty Space Productions) Burton Taylor Studio, 4th – 8th March. At its core, Good Work is a striking and deeply thoughtful exploration of grief—how it manifests in different ways and how unresolved relationships with the deceased complicate mourning. The play follow
