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Review: Life Sentence
Enjoy one hour of light-hearted, simple fun with Life Sentence, a new play written by Jamie Carragher (no, “not that one”).
Review: Future Shorts Festival
Nobody watches short films – but Hacked Off proves they don’t have to be bad and boring
Review: Bloody Poetry
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.
Oxford in twenty Objects: No. 2
Charting the Oxford University experience, past and present, through twenty objects
Review: alt-J at the O2 Academy
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.
Review: The Mountain Giants
Care and thought has gone into the premiere of this ambitious translation of Luigi Pirandello’s Italian tale.
The Tab interview The Other Tribe
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.
Introducing…Marvellous Medicine
The Tab talks to George Cooke, Rob Yates and Holly Manners about being in Oxford’s best student band
Introducing…Teknikal and Red-I
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.
Hips Don’t Lie
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!
What You Missed At Gathering Festival
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.
Stood Up In Oxford
Beneath a few nervous deliveries and the odd long pause, this showed Oxford comedy is to be encouraged
Oxford in 20 objects
The Tab charts the Oxford University experience, past and present, through twenty objects sourced from the university collections and the surrounding city.
Stood Up with Rory O’Keeffe
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.
Stood Up with Louis Fletcher
The Tab meets one of the finest comedians our great institution has to offer.
Gathering Festival comes to Oxford
Dry The River, Lucy Rose, and Bastille will all descend on Oxford this weekend.