Samantha McGregor
Oxfordshire based journalist and founder of What’s On Oxon, Samantha covers entertainment and theatre reviews.
Hummingbird Centre Thanks Supporters As Fundraising Tops £200,000
In the past 12-months the local community have run, baked, climbed, cycled, led auctions, sold ice lollies, hosted beer and music festivals, staged performances...
Behind The Magic: Toby Hulse on Oxford Playhouse’s Dick Whittington
Writer-director Toby Hulse has sprinkled Oxford Playhouse’s pantomime with 90s glitter: breakdancing rats, a bus that sings, and a big heart about being yourself....
Review: Dick Whittington, Glitter, Gags and Britpop bangers at the Oxford Playhouse
Nothing says Christmas like a night at the panto, and Oxford Playhouse’s brand-new Dick Whittington is a gleeful, glittery treat. On a cold, rainy...
Review: MAMMA MIA! Dancing Queen energy storms Oxford ★★★★★
On a cold, rainy evening, MAMMA MIA! blew a warm Greek breeze through New Theatre Oxford and sent the whole house out grinning. This...
Big Feastival 2026: Basement Jaxx, The Streets and Bastille to headline
The Big Feastival has unveiled its first wave of music headliners for 2026: Basement Jaxx (Friday 28th August), The Streets (Saturday 29th) and Bastille...
Jak swaps the gym for the racing track to raise cash for cancer support
When associate electrical engineer Jak Lewis, 33, takes to the track at Silverstone on Saturday 23rd November, he won’t be in a sports car....
Review of Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright earns a roaring ovation at New Theatre Oxford
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith brought their BAFTA-winning world to the stage last night, opening Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright in Oxford to a standing...
Dick Whittington at Oxford Playhouse (21 Nov–4 Jan): Oxford’s big Christmas panto
Oxford Playhouse is revving up for its brand-new pantomime Dick Whittington (Fri 21st Nov 2025 – Sun 4 Jan 2026), and the cast have...
Supermarket Scrooge rolls into Pegasus; a puppet-powered Dickens Christmas Carol caper in a 90s...
Pegasus Theatre’s festive show this year is anything but ordinary: Supermarket Scrooge, a brand-new, puppet-packed retelling of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, created with Oxford’s...
Oxford Playhouse to stage Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A major new Oxford Playhouse production of Edward Albee’s Tony Award-winning modern classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will run from Friday 20th February...
