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Author Archives: Reya Muller

Reya (she/her) is a Theatre Editor at the Oxford Blue. Outside of her degree, Reya spends most of her time involved in student theatre and is an avid writer of both prose and poetry. She was an editor for the lockdown art collective Hypaethral and has published articles at the Blue ranging from gushing about Michaela Coel to describing how best to fry bread (never too much butter). In her spare time, she can be found either making or eating dumplings.

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Mischievous Entertainment: A Preview of ‘Waiting For George-O’

by Reya Muller March 9, 2021July 18, 2021
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‘I Care A Lot’: A commentary on amoral female protagonists

by Reya Muller March 6, 2021March 13, 2021
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‘Spoon River Anthology’ Preview: Innovation and Creativity Triumph

by Reya Muller February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
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Behind the Scenes with the Cast and Crew of ‘And the walls spoke’

by Reya Muller November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
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Musical Medicine: Six melodies to soothe your broken heart

by Reya Muller August 19, 2020August 19, 2020
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Euphoria & Pain: How Michaela Coel is challenging the limits of modern storytelling

by Reya Muller July 23, 2020July 23, 2020
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TV Dinners: The Chef Show

by Reya Muller May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
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Rooms of their own: Boiler Room takes things House to House

by Reya Muller May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
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Review: The Pillowman

by Reya Muller February 1, 2020February 1, 2020

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So Bad, It’s Good: Megalopolis taught me to lower my expectations

Reya Muller Mar 2, 2026 6 min read
An illustration of a scene from Megalopolis: a woman in a gold dress is laying on a red couch.

Film is perhaps the most commercialised form of art. Multi-million-dollar investments are the industry standard, and manifold returns are the typical measure of box office…

Faith, Food, and Friendship at Wadham College’s First Interfaith Ramadan Iftar Formal

Reya Muller Mar 1, 2026 4 min read
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Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, began late February of this year. Fasting during this month (sawm) is a core religious duty alongside…

To be Cringe is to be Free: In Defence of the Cast Party 

Reya Muller Mar 1, 2026 4 min read
Two students at a cast party, one of them wearing a rubber duck head.

Everyone involved in theatre vows that they are not that kind of theatre kid. Statistically speaking, someone’s got to be lying – but, after being…

InterMEDIAte: No mo’ FOMO

Reya Muller Mar 1, 2026 7 min read
InterMEDIAte: No mo’ FOMO

“I plead to myself, and I will continue to do so, to enjoy what I’ve done, think about some of the things I will do…

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