drama Archives - The Oxford Blue

Illustration of an actor on stage, holding a skull in his left hand and surrounded by laughter

Why does tragedy make us laugh?

by Aria Chakravorty June 15, 2025June 15, 2025

Dim lighting, two people lying on top of a table next to a laptop and various items as part of The Antipodes's setting

Baker’s The Antipodes at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

by Rohit Ghosh June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

Two people standing next to a table on a dimly lit stage

Death of a Salesman at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

by Hannah Stewart May 16, 2025June 13, 2025

Two actors standing on a stage designed to look like a colourful, eccentric convenience store.

Kim’s Convenience at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

by Jade Glendinning and Mia Harrison May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Make me ugly: Friendship, lust, and directing Othello.

by Cici Zhang January 29, 2025May 29, 2025

Beth Caygill onstage

Haunted by Ghost Quartet

by Joseph Foley November 20, 2024November 20, 2024

Image of clownfish

Go Fish!

by Elspeth Rogers November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

‘You will laugh, you will sigh, and you will squirm’ Review of Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Kiaya Phillips November 9, 2024November 9, 2024

thetare stage with red seats

Demystifying OUDS: Interview with President Lydia Free

by Kiaya Phillips October 6, 2024October 6, 2024

Bel Powley as "Annie" (left) stands on stage, hugged at the knees by Oliver Johnstone as "Max" (right), kneeling at her feet.

‘As clean and witty as the original script’: Review of The Real Thing

by Sofia Mollona September 15, 2024September 17, 2024