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Miss Tabitha was pleased with the spoils of the Oxford Film Fund’s short film competition!
We went along to Freerange at the Cellar this week to survey the talent – get ready for the ‘funk and grime’.
A hit-and-miss affair, highly entertaining in parts, but dragging at times also.
Alligators, Somali pirates, cock fights, gymnastics and more!
Weigh up the world according to the views of Starbucks’ keenest clientele
This performance of Bunny from award-winning writer Jack Thorne deserves a full house every night!
The trippy collective (and friends) play a cracking, off-beat set at Modern Art Oxford
This production of Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ has its moments but is ultimately amateurish
After speaking to Katie Ebner-Landy and Barney Iley-Williamson of Heck, the Tab recommends that you keep your eye on this collective and go and see Volporne XXX.
Enjoy one hour of light-hearted, simple fun with Life Sentence, a new play written by Jamie Carragher (no, “not that one”).
Nobody watches short films – but Hacked Off proves they don’t have to be bad and boring
This production of Bloody Poetry does not add up to more than the sum of its parts. But there were many, many thoroughly enjoyable parts.
Charting the Oxford University experience, past and present, through twenty objects
Straight from winning the Mercury Prize on Thursday, alt-J headed to Oxford to play a powerful but intimate gig at the O2 Academy, with support from Liverpool band Stealing Sheep.
Care and thought has gone into the premiere of this ambitious translation of Luigi Pirandello’s Italian tale.
Henry and Roxy from The Tab spoke to Miles from Bristol band The Other Tribe early one morning. We learned a little about playing dress up and what comes of naughtiness when clubbing.
The Tab talks to George Cooke, Rob Yates and Holly Manners about being in Oxford’s best student band
Teknikal (Fred Parry) and Red-I (Rob Cole) talk to the Oxford Tab about DJing at Oxford’s main underground music venue, The Cellar, and the joys of dancing to live music on your Wednesday night.
We are stepping to an eight-beat count and bringing you lots of cowbell – let us introduce you to the world of salsa dancing in Oxford!
A massive breath of fresh (or Cowley Road infumed) air; bands walked around as punters after their sets without being hassled or mauled, and there were no riot-related incidents – if that’s not a festival success then we don’t know what it is.
Beneath a few nervous deliveries and the odd long pause, this showed Oxford comedy is to be encouraged
The Tab charts the Oxford University experience, past and present, through twenty objects sourced from the university collections and the surrounding city.
Stood Up in Oxford is five nights of Oxford’s finest student comedians sharing their freshest material at the BT Studio. We’ll let you decide whether they make the cut.
The Tab meets one of the finest comedians our great institution has to offer.
Dry The River, Lucy Rose, and Bastille will all descend on Oxford this weekend.
Roxy Rezvany