The Future of the Arts
22/5/20 Today the UK awoke to a hurricane of headlines about the future of arts industry, and theatre in particular. The voices of venues, thus far lost in the midst of all of the horrors which have...
Read MoreDesign To Sale: Lucy
Crisis artist Lucy tells us about her experience of a new project, Design To Sale. The Design 2 Sale Course: A Comprehensive Guide The Design to Sale course is a brand new, innovative scheme...
Read MoreDesign To Sale: Demelza
Crisis artist Demelza tells us about her experience of a new project, Design To Sale. In January, earlier this year, the Old Fire Station and Crisis were starting a new training scheme. It was...
Read MoreMicroscopic Landscapes
Crisis artist Demelza attended Chris Oakley’s Microscopic Landscapes workshop in February 2020. She tells us what it was like. We first visited the gallery to see Chris’s exhibition, Microscopy of the Union Flag. We...
Read MoreHidden Spire 2020: writing session
Crisis artist Lucy tells us about the Hidden Spire writing day. Hidden Spire is a project which brings professional and homeless artists together to create a brand new show from scratch. Find out more....
Read MoreInterview: The Oxford Improvisers
Crisis client George interviews Dan Goren of the Oxford Improvisers. Dan, a trumpeter from the Oxford improviser’s has arranged to meet with me for an interview regarding the extraordinary music his collective produces. I...
Read MoreSkylight
Director Matthew Addis tells us about Skylight, here 11 – 15 February. Skylight is nothing if not a personal play. Personal in the way that we as the cast and crew approach it, and...
Read MoreChristmas with Boozers
Crisis artist Lucy performed this poem at Crisis Skylight Oxford’s Carol Service, 2019. “Shatter the baubles, all jagged & jinxed”. That set the tone on one Christmas. Her mythic enshroudings, like dragon or sphinx;...
Read MoreReview: The Last Noël read-through
Crisis artist Lucy attended a read-through of our new Christmas show for grown-ups, The Last Noël. Here is what she thought: The icy grip of winter may be almost upon us, but this year’s...
Read MoreReview: The Oxford Improvisers
Crisis client George reviews The Oxford Improvisers The Oxford Improvisers invite guests from Britain and abroad to perform an evening of new and improvised music at the Old Fire Station once a month. Tickets...
Read MoreDaily Bread – review
Usher and Crisis artist Mark saw Flintlock Theatre’s Daily Bread, 13 September 2019. He tells us what he thought: Companions lend me your ears. It was Friday evening and Robin Colyer was baking bread...
Read MoreOffbeat 2019: review round-up
Usher and Crisis artist Mark saw shows all the way through the Offbeat festival – here, he presents his thoughts! Skip Skip Skip Enjoyable, if naive, coming of age story of a ‘young Goth’...
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