12 Artists; 12 Worlds
I’ve now spent 3 days at Oxford Brookes Interdisciplinary Art MA Festival, (entitled LOST/FIND). I have been lucky enough to meet and get to know several of the artists whose work is on display,...
Read MoreBarbara Kruger at Modern Art Oxford
https://38.media.tumblr.com/0cdf40a271c366d8f34c0f6efc05387d/tumblr_naofn91uY11rwu3h0o2_500.gif Barbara Kruger’s name first cropped up in my art history module at Banbury OCVC. A fleeting photo of a billboard, included in a lesson about pop art & post modernism; I was intrigued...
Read MoreZero Hours seems endless
During a week of frantic creativity at the Arebyte Gallery in Hackney Wick I popped over to the Yard Theatre to see a play which looked intriguing: Beyond Caring. I had no money, due...
Read MoreThoughts from the rehearsal room
Thoughts from The Fever rehearsal Room by Alice Malin
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Emma Leigh Artistic Director behind MadCap Theatre’s Twelfth Night
We have a chat with Emma Leigh, artistic director of MadCap Theatre about their upcoming show, Twelfth Night It’s great to have you back at the Old Fire Station! The Taming of the Shrew...
Read MoreWhat Became of Harley Warren?
New playwright/director (and friend) Russell Anderson’s latest work is an adaptation of ‘The Statement of Randolph Carter’ by H. P. Lovecraft, and provided some genuine scares, as well as a smattering of well-timed laughs. An...
Read MorePlayground: 2nd Anniversary Abstract Feast of Ideas
Last week I attended the 2nd birthday party for Oxford’s Playground, a forum for artists and musicians to develop work and socialise. As well as party snacks we were presented with a ‘Menu’ of...
Read MoreArtist Interview with Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley; One of the Musico-Lyrical beings behind the sounds for ‘Alexander the Great’
Today, the magnificent Folk Operetta ‘Alexander the Great’ will come crashing and morphing and lolloping and flitting and hurtling down George Street, into the doors of the Old Fire Station, and sprawl in a...
Read MoreSTAND – an Oxford Playhouse ‘Plays Out’ Production
Chris Goode & Company | West Oxford Community Association, 29th May- 8th June | #STANDOxford Following on from Soapbox City, a 12 hour event that saw May Day revellers take to the microphone and...
Read MoreAdventures in Lo-Fi: Imagistic Recreations of a Modern Obsession with all things Vintage, Craft, Rustic
“It’s 8:30, according to my (inferior) 90s style digitally-faced Casio watch, and my partner’s (inordinately superior) ‘real’ 70s leather-strapped wrist-piece. We swing by the local artisan bakery, picking up a couple of campagnaro loaves...
Read MorePlaywright Interview with Toby Parker-Rees: The lauded talent behind the bulging ‘WAIST’
WAIST is showing on March 20th, at 7.30pm: A Splendidly Absurd Time is Guaranteed for All Tickets are on sale, and selling like hot kebabs. Click here to grab one now. WAIST has been...
Read MoreArtist Interview with Emma Moxey – All the Familiar Landmarks
All the Familiar Landmarks is an intensely beautiful, and exhilaratingly though-provoking, exhibition at the Gallery at The Old Fire Station from 21st February to 29th March. The painting, printing, and sculpture of Emma Moxey evolves...
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