New theatre and playhouse listings, reviews, productions and events from the Oxford Mail

Body of Work

3:57pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Belle de Jour is coming to town on Sunday to shake the Oxford Literary Festival’s traditional foundations to the core. Her latest book about life as a London call girl is titled Belle’s Best Bits. But if these are the best, what are the worst? Katherine MacAlister finds out.

Hardeep Singh Kohli has naked ambition

10:50am Thursday 11th March 2010

Hardeep Singh Kohli’s passion is for food and comedy in equal measure

Ricky Tomlinson gets it off his chest

10:37am Thursday 11th March 2010

Even at 71, Ricky Tomlinson shows little sign of slowing down.

Sister Act

11:43am Thursday 4th March 2010

Romola Garai feels as if she’s living someone else’s life at the moment. But with films like Atonement, Vanity Fair, I Capture The Castle, Glorious 39 and the recent BBC series of Emma under her belt, it’s not surprising. So how does Romola, who’s continually touted as the next big thing, keep her “surreal” life under wraps? Katherine MacAlister finds out.

Alice In Oxford

11:32am Thursday 4th March 2010

Alice?Alice? Who the….. yes, there have been many interesting takes on the name in music and literature, but none as famous as Oxford’s favourite story Alice In Wonderland. So proud are we in fact, that, film aside (see our cinema pages), Oxford has its very own annual Alice Day, this year on July 10. But for those of you still in the dark, it’s never too late to get in the know. Katherine MacAlister has compiled an idiot proof guide to Alice, and where to find her in Oxford.

Charlie's Angel

11:02am Thursday 25th February 2010

Katherine Macalister meets the talented duo behind much-loved puppet characters Charlie and Lola.

In The Frame

11:06am Thursday 25th February 2010

As a lifelong movie buff, reviewer Mark Kermode can still scarcely believe he gets to watch films for a living, writes Katherine MacAlister.

Packing A Punch

2:26pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Bringing Sinatra and the Rat Pack to life should be child’s play for Tam Ward, writes KATHERINE MACALISTER.

Mother's Pride

2:30pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Susan Hampshire’s latest role finds her playing mum to cast members on and off stage, she tells Katherine MACALISTER.

Stormin' Gorman

3:23pm Thursday 11th February 2010

Dave Gorman – comedian, man of extremes, TV star, documentary doyen and self-confessed nutcase. But then it’s always been about the comedy – which is why Dave dropped out of college and why it’s taken him so long to meet the woman of his dreams. Katherine MacAlister talks to this hilarious stand-up about breaking out, standing up and proposing on tour.