Reviews

It’s not often that the sons of famous historical politicians sit in the audience of a play about their fathers. But on Wednesday evening, 28...

Suspense, terror and an underlying sense of menace fill the stage production of The Silence of the Lambs, now at Oxford’s New Theatre. The atmosphere...

If your ‘feel good’ needs topping up, then get yourselves to the New Theatre Oxford this week for a dose of Dirty Dancing. The musical...

It was a hugely deserved standing ovation for the cast of Fences as they concluded their opening-night performance. The play, at Oxford Playhouse, is a...

The former Jamie’s Italian on Oxford’s George Street has a very different look these days. Megan’s by the Spires has brought Eastern Mediterranean-inspired food,...

Ruby Wax and producer Clive Tulloh revisit the chaotic celebrity interviews that made her one of television’s most unpredictable stars in a hilarious, candid...

A new opera company created by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra will make its debut this September with a fully staged production of Puccini’s political...

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...

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...

Dirty Bones has expanded its breakfast menu into the working week, and its indulgent mix of waffles, burgers, eggs and crispy potatoes offers a...

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...

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...

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

Warm, funny and quietly devastating when it needs to be, Waitress serves up a hugely enjoyable night at New Theatre Oxford, led by a...

Front Row Festival marked its 10th anniversary in style at Fritwell Playing Fields, with a packed day of live music, children’s entertainment, food, fundraising...

There was always one big question hanging over The Karate Kid – The Musical: could a much-loved 1980s film really work on stage in...

Oxford Playhouse audiences were given a gloriously silly, relentlessly energetic dash through Shakespeare’s entire canon as the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s much-loved comedy arrived in...

Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel has been brought to the stage in a production that is both deeply humane and emotionally bruising, with strong central...

Wendi Peters brings warmth, comic precision and real feeling to the role of Florence Foster Jenkins in a production that is far more moving...

The obvious question hanging over Operation Mincemeat is this: how do you turn one of the strangest intelligence operations of the Second World War...