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Editorial
The Editing Room:
‘What shall we write our editorial about this week?’
‘I dunno.’
‘Thank God there’s no more Doctor Faustus on this term!’
‘Pass me an eyeball.’*
‘Why doesn’t anyone film Oxford plays anymore?’
‘I can’t believe you’ve never seen Casablanca!’
‘I got bored, Star Trek was on.’
‘STAR TREK!’
‘We should just draw a picture instead.’**
Click here to see the picture
Over The Rainbow
Only Thesps Read
Obey The Revolution
Oh! The Russians
Opposites That Retract
Orchestra Takes Refunds
Objections To Reason
Only Truth. Really?
Old Tripe Rehashed
Obviously Too Retro
*A tasty Halloween chocolate treat.
** Picture by Helena Maratheftis
(nb. not an editor and not responsible for this).
The …

Editorial
This week brings with it a branching-out from conventional student theatre. We have sent reviewers to the Welsh National Opera version of The Merry Widow and, even further afield, to a local production of The Mikado on in Abingdon. We think it important that Oxford student theatre is aware of its place in Oxford theatre as a whole, beyond the professional productions in the Playhouse.
True to our desire to only review performances, and not rehearsals, a review of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties, which opens this Thursday, will not be found in …

Editorial
It may surprise some of you that student theatre at Oxford is only 125 years old – a relative newcomer amongst other venerable Oxford traditions. But the age-old ban on students taking part in ‘amateur theatricals’ was lifted in 1880, to make way for the very first Oxford Greek Play. This year the anniversary of that occasion was marked by the OGP production of Orestes in 1st week – such an important event, we think, for Oxford student theatre that we have reviewed it here, though it has already closed.
Ever …

Editorial
The Oxford Theatre Review is a new publication that aims to fill a current gap in Oxford theatre writing. For all the obvious advantages of the current press preview system: advance publicity, lengthy writing and editing time and the chance for committed students to iron out any last minute glitches, we believe that there can be no substitute for reviewing the full play as it will appear in situ to the general audience.
A review, ideally, should perform two complementary functions. It should answer the fundamental question, ‘is this a play …