Oxford PLAYHOUSE

Malorie Blackman, renowned author of Noughts & Crosses, and Esther Richardson, director of the award-winning stage production, chat about its latest incarnation....

7 - 11 March...

2022 was a year when theatres fully reopened, when live performance returned bursting with energy and inventiveness and gloriously free from all the Covid-caveats and restrictions. ...

8 - 12 November...

★★★☆☆ An imaginary meeting between two brilliant men offers fertile if dangerous ground for drama ...

★★★☆☆ Energetic central performances, interesting use of sound and design, elegant costumes and clever flashbacks - the result is slick rather than engaging....

★★★★★ At the heart of the Goons was Spike, and this is a well-deserved and beautifully crafted tribute to him....

★★★★☆ All told, a well-realised version of an Austen classic and one that provides a good case for the author’s modern appeal....

★★☆☆☆ There’s a clear intended appeal and audience for what The Glee Club is offering but The Glee Club struggles to step beyond stereotype or a sense that it is riding the coat tails of other more iconic wor...

★★★☆☆ An entertaining stage memoir, but fails to fulfil its promise...

★★★★☆ Steve Marmion, the Writer and Director, is a dab hand at this now, and his note in the programme about remaining loyal to the Great British Pantomime traditions of justice, gender fluidity, equality, fem...

★★★★★ There’s a real feeling of girl power and camaraderie, which I think is what attracted me to the show so much. The whole experience made for a roaringly good night, with the audience on their feet by t...