Culture
Videogames:
Design/Play/Disrupt
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt celebrates the innovative and rapidly changing design field of videogames. The exhibition explores videogame design since the mid-2000s, when major technological advancements – such as increased access to broadband, social media and newly available means of making – transformed the way games are designed, discussed and played.
Review:
Macbeth
There are decent moments in Rufus Norris’ Macbeth, now touring following its run at the National last year, though in the main it feels fairly flat and unadventurous. Despite some moving moments, this National Theatre offering is missing energy and adventure.
Page Turner
A Balance to the Relentless Optimism
Mandela:
His Message Lives On
Evan Davis:
Deep-Rooted Optimism
Suzi Ruffell:
Rationale in the Ridiculous
Claire Christie Sadler:
A Sense of Silence
In a quiet garden studio tucked away within Oxford’s ring road, artist Claire Christie Sadler is inspired by the visual music of the west coast of Scotland. Claire, who originally trained as a cellist, is the winner of the 2019 Artweeks Mary Moser Award, an annual award intended to help develop the career of a professional artist who has taken up art as a second career later in life.
Glass Half-Full:
The Optimism Feature
This is our Optimism Feature. As such we’ve pulled together some buoyancy from the corners of the OX universe to provide an antidote to the darker nights and impending global political doom.
Barking on Time:
Mark Williams as Doctor Dolittle
Mark Williams talks strange rooms, puppets and superhuman skills with Toby Hambly. Doctor Dolittle comes to Oxford’s New Theatre from 15-26 January having opened at the Lowry in Salford.
Keep an Ear Out:
Acts to Watch in 2019
Oxford continues to foment serious musical talent across all genres. Here are three acts that we expect to do great things this year.
Top 5s of 2018:
Books
As we end 2018, what were the top books of the year? Sylvia Warren said…