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Samantha McGregor

Samantha McGregor
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Oxfordshire based journalist and founder of What’s On Oxon, Samantha covers entertainment and theatre reviews.
The brick frontage and covered wooden veranda of Hickory’s Smokehouse Abingdon in Wootton.

Review: Hickory’s Smokehouse brings big Southern barbecue flavours to Oxfordshire

Hickory’s Smokehouse has transformed a former Wootton pub into a lively American cuisine-inspired restaurant built around low-and-slow barbecue, generous sharing platters and warm, playful...
Festivalgoers walking beneath the illuminated Funky Town sign at Lakefest after dark.

Review: Lakefest delivers great music, family fun and feel-good atmosphere

From Madness and The Charlatans to an Elvis-fronted Nirvana tribute act, our first visit to Lakefest delivered a weekend of big singalongs, unexpected discoveries...
Promotional artwork for Once Upon a Time in Sokoto by Inua Ellams, directed by Roy Alexander Weise.

Cast announced for Inua Ellams’ Once Upon a Time in Sokoto at Oxford Playhouse

The world-premiere production of Inua Ellams’ award-winning historical drama will come to Oxford this autumn, with Adeola Yemitan, Antonia Layiwola, Bayo Gbadamosi and Will...
A cappuccino on a saucer at Dirty Bones Oxford, with another coffee and orange juice behind it.

Review: Dirty Bones Oxford serves a breakfast built for big appetites

Dirty Bones has expanded its breakfast menu into the working week, and its indulgent mix of waffles, burgers, eggs and crispy potatoes offers a...
Leon Ockenden, Jack Ashton, Bob Barrett and Jodie Steele around a desk with a vacuum cleaner in Our Man in Havana.

Review: Our Man in Havana spins a hilarious web of lies at Oxford Playhouse

Tall tales, fiddled expenses, a British vacuum-cleaner salesman and Cold War spies: Our Man in Havana has all the ingredients for theatrical chaos, and...
A performer in a silver fringed outfit and mirror-ball helmet points across a stage lit with colourful beams.

Discos for Grown Ups brings daytime dancefloor party to Oxford Town Hall

A daytime disco promising 70s, 80s and 90s dancefloor classics, glitter, mirror balls and confetti is coming to Oxford Town Hall for the first...
Alex James sitting cross-legged on the grass between hay bales beneath a large Big Feastival sign.

One month to go until Big Feastival returns to the Oxfordshire Cotswolds

The countdown is on for Big Feastival, with Basement Jaxx, The Streets and Bastille set to headline a bank holiday weekend of music, food,...
Chesterton FC Under 10s players posing together in blue kit on a sunny football pitch.

Chesterton FC takes on Lapland running challenge for children affected by cancer

Players and families from Chesterton Football Club are taking on a 2,026-mile virtual running challenge to raise money for Christmas gifts for children affected...
Rachel Roper as Lesbia, Samuel Pantcheff as Sandro and Siân Dicker as Fatima around a table in Zemira e Azor.

Review: Bampton Classical Opera’s Zemira e Azor is a magical fairytale revival

Bampton Classical Opera’s rarely heard Zemira e Azor proved an absolute delight at Cokethorpe School, combining glorious music, playful staging and a beautifully accessible...
Danny Bayne as Basil Fawlty looking startled while holding the hotel telephone.

Review: Fawlty Towers – The Play is a brilliantly timed blast of comic chaos

Nearly half a century after Basil Fawlty first slammed a hotel door on television, Fawlty Towers is still capable of filling a theatre with...

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