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Carmina Burana review - A testament to the uniting power of music

“The wheel of fortune turns”. With these words, sung by the choir early in Carl Orff’s ... More info

Review | uncategorised

The Merry Wives of Windsor review - Riotously funny update to Shakespeare's comedy of middle England

Are we in a new era of Falstaffs? In a recent interview in The Times, Ian McKellen said that ... More info

Review | theatre

The German composer Fanny Mendelssohn (or the Other Mendelssohn) is this subject of another hit ... More info

Review | theatre

Reaction to The Zone of Interest has been polarised. On one side there are the Igeddits: "They ... More info

Review | cinema

One of the running gags in the late-1960’s US TV comedy show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In was a ... More info

Review | theatre

For a play about the angst of changing times, this production of The Cherry Orchard certainly knows ... More info

Review | theatre

Back in the 80s, each term’s roster of shows would always include one that was designated the ... More info

Review | theatre

This week Oxford is offering up two giants of Germanic art. Presenting, in the Keble corner, ... More info

Review | theatre

I have enjoyed many recitals of German art songs over the years but nothing could quite have ... More info

Review | concerts

Money. It makes the world go round, if Cabaret’s Emcee is to be believed. Of course, seven years ... More info

Review | exhibitions