"Things I Know To Be True". Grove Theatre
Things I Know To Be True is a tsunami-level emotional experience. But it’s more than that. It’s a significant step forward in the history of student theatre at Oxford. For the first time, Magdalen College has opened up its theatre for use by OUDS, the Oxford University Dramatic Society. This is important, because most student drama happens in either the Burton Taylor Studio or the Pilch: tiny, black-box spaces ideal for experimental pieces. The other regular venue is Keble’s O’Reilly, which is large and adaptable. But none of these is a ‘traditional’ big theatre, with a proscenium arch, wings and full-size audience. And when student production companies get to the Oxford Playhouse, the challenges are enormous because the environment is so different from what they’re used to. The Grove Theatre at Magdalen is the ideal stepping-stone between the Burton Taylor and the Playhouse. And Lighthouse Productions have risen to the challenge of a large-scale space with imagination, style and smoo...