Review – Collaborators
Max, who is taking part in our Arts Training Scheme, reviews Ronin Theatre’s Collaborators, which was here in October 2018. From the first scene, I knew I was going to enjoy this encounter with Stalin’s...
Read MoreCollaborators
Cate Nunn is directing John Hodge’s Collaborators for Ronin Theatre. She tells us more about the show. There are things you feel you shouldn’t laugh about. The Great Terror – Stalin’s purge of perceived...
Read MoreThe Great Austerity Debate
Patrick Morris, director of The Great Austerity Debate, tells us about the show. We are a Cambridge based theatre company and are presenting The Great Austerity Debate at the Old Fire Station in Oxford on...
Read MoreAn Enemy Of The People
Anna Glynn, Joint Artistic Director of Flintlock Theatre, tells us why they chose to re-imagine Ibsen’s An Enemy Of The People. The show is here 2 – 6 October. We love reaching new audiences...
Read MoreThe Flop
Hijinx Theatre director Ben Pettit-Wade tells us more about The Flop, here Friday 22 September. We stumbled across a fantastic story during our creative development process for a new show, from a bizarre chapter...
Read MoreOur Place – September
Our Place is an exhibition by Crisis artists, which will open on 16 November. Artist Jordan Vanderhyde is keeping a blog – here’s what he has said so far. So today took an expected, but unexpected turn....
Read MoreLearning from stories
Jeremy Spafford, director of Arts at the Old Fire Station, tells us about a new report, and a different way of measuring impact. Evaluation can be such a pain. Like many organisations, we shout...
Read MoreAnd Suddenly I Disappear
Playwright Kaite O’Reilly tells us how she’s exploding myths and stereotypes of disability and difference in And Suddenly I Disappear, Saturday 8 September. For over a decade I’ve held the ambition of creating a body...
Read MoreOur Place: July
Our Place is an exhibition by Crisis artists, which will open on 16 November. Artist Jordan Vanderhyde is keeping a blog – here’s what he has said so far. I have been in conjunction with...
Read MoreI’d Be Lost Without It
I’d Be Lost Without It is at the Old Fire Station, Friday 16 March. We caught up with the company, Wet Picnic, to find out more about the show. How did the idea for...
Read MoreDRY: Gaye Poole
Gaye Poole, co-director of Human Story Theatre and author of DRY tells us more about the show. ‘Human’ stories were precisely what we wanted to collect and portray when we started Human Story Theatre...
Read MoreWorking Christmas: rehearsals
Anne, one of our volunteer ushers, sat in on a rehearsal for festive comedy Working Christmas. She tells us what she thought. I have been a volunteer usher at the Old Fire Station for...
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