Reviews by Victoria Bentata
Treasure Hunt Oxford
I awoke at dawn to join Captain Elizabeth Digby (alias Capt. Bess) on her ship The Rising Pearl. Right after breakfast, we weighed anchor and set sail through Oxford to hunt for treasure. Capt. ...
4 years ago
Treasure Hunt Oxford
Top Secret: From Ciphers to Cyber Security
Dr Elizabeth Bruton (codename ‘Liz’), Curator of the London Science Museum’s exhibition Top Secret: From Ciphers to Cyber Security and a former Oxford student with ‘links’ to Oxford’s ...
5 years ago
Top Secret: From Ciphers to Cyber Security
Alexander McCall Smith - The Department of Sensitive Crimes
Alexander McCall Smith was on ebullient form last night, and with his irrepressible giggle escaping at regular intervals, he repeatedly had the audience in stitches. He clearly entertains himself as ...
6 years ago
Alexander McCall Smith - The Department of Sensitive Crimes
As You Like It
For an enthralling evening of Shakespeare with an unusually Gallic flavour and a fair amount of exercise thrown in, Creation Theatre’s As You Like It in Lady Margaret Hall’s idyllic gardens is ...
9 years ago
As You Like It
The History Boys
Opening to a packed and enthusiastic house on their first night, the members of the Oxford University Student Company provided absolutely first class entertainment in this play about school, growing ...
11 years ago
The History Boys
The Grumpiest Boy In The World
Victoria Bentata
In an auditorium filled with young children accompanied by their parents, The Grumpiest Boy in the World did not disappoint either audience. Zachary Briddling is ‘awfully middling’ and ...
11 years ago
The Grumpiest Boy In The World
Henry V
Victoria Bentata
Staging a convincing battle of Agincourt with only three actors can’t be easy, but Creation’s Rhys King, Morgan Philpott and Christopher York rose magnificently to the challenge, assisted ...
11 years ago
Henry V
Murder On The Nile
Victoria Bentata
Benefitting from a punchy script and some fine individual performances, The Official Agatha Christie Theatre Company’s production of Murder on the Nile at Oxford Playhouse was a good ...
12 years ago
Murder On The Nile
The Little Prince
Victoria Bentata
Presented in the round on the pristine lawn of The Master’s Garden at University College, this short piece was both charming and original. Theo Metz’s adaptation of Saint-Exupéry’s ...
14 years ago
The Little Prince
Flamenco Dance Spectacular
Victoria Bentata
This year’s Flamenco Dance Spectacular was a riot of colour and sound and a delight for eye, ear and soul. In the sweaty interior of Didcot’s Cornerstone Arts Centre, where the heat of Seville ...
14 years ago
Flamenco Dance Spectacular
Twelfth Night
Victoria Bentata
In the delightful setting of the Blenheim Palace pleasure gardens, the first night of the Oxford School of Drama’s production of Twelfth Night was a real treat. Half the audience seemed to be made ...
14 years ago
Twelfth Night
Oxford Student Pranks: A history of mischief and mayhem by Richard O. Smith
Victoria Bentata
Presumably proof-read by a prankster on his way to a third in English with a rather hazy notion of English history, this book’s eccentric appeal may even be enhanced by the suggestion that The ...
14 years ago
Oxford Student Pranks: A history of mischief and mayhem by Richard O. Smith
Riverdance
Victoria Bentata
A spectacular evening’s entertainment, Riverdance played to a packed house on the first night of the Oxford leg of its farewell tour. After fifteen years, the enthusiasm of both performers and ...
16 years ago
Riverdance
Artemis Fowl
Victoria Bentata
The Oxford Playhouse was buzzing with anticipation and packed with children of all ages for the visit of the ‘mastermind behind the criminal mastermind’ Artemis Fowl at 5pm on Friday 15th ...
16 years ago
Artemis Fowl
Much Ado About Nothing
Victoria Bentata
The first night of Much Ado about Nothing in St John’s beautiful Crocus Gardens was sheer delight. Produced by students, most of whom were finalists, the play was largely rehearsed over only three ...
18 years ago
Much Ado About Nothing
Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves
Victoria Bentata
This is classic panto at its best. A cast of thousands ensures a packed hall of supporters and the enthusiasm from both actors and fans makes this show a really fun, family event.
Ian Biggs and ...
18 years ago
Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves
The Glass Menagerie
Victoria Bentata
The Abingdon Drama Club truly excels itself in this superb interpretation of Tennessee Williams’ classic of 1930s America. This tale of dysfunctional family life and the pressures on an only son ...
18 years ago
The Glass Menagerie
