The first solo gig with a home crowd, lots of whom seemed to be personal friends - what nicer atmosphere for a chilly Wednesday night? As I joined unlikely folk legend John Spiers and his friends I ...

Like his protagonist, Tristan Bernays begins nervous-eyed and reticent, but by the end of his tale, and our experience, he has transformed into a bacchanalian hero and Homeric bard we'd all ...

Contractions is perfect fringe theatre. Compact, well acted, packed with ideas but not even long enough to notice the time, perfectly cast and tightly directed: a little nugget of ideas for a post ...

Being at Rosie Wilby's show tonight was like being invited to a lovely dinner party by a friend of a friend. She was, by turns, charming, witty, insightful, dull, funny, embarrassing and above ...

First things first, Boothby Graffoe is a very nice man. We all liked him as soon as we walked in the door, and we liked him even more when we left. He's funny, warm, charming and self deprecating ...

It's Friday afternoon, all over Oxford people are making that last phone call, replying to one final email, apart, that is, from the privelidged band who are settling down at The Playhouse to ...

Imagine you're writing a review. You're staring at a blank page, the heavy pencil poised in your unwilling fingers. A shaft of light reaches in through a gap in the ikea blind, you can hear ...

Go go go Joseph! If you've chosen to read this review, chances are the very title has started an earworm you won't be able to shake for the rest of the day (you're welcome). That goes ...