Stade-up comedy
How did you get into comedy? You know what; I always wanted to be an actor. That’s what my mom had planned for me. But one night, I…
Modern Metamophoses on Oxide Radio
I feel like I’ve answered a Starter for 10 wrong on University Challenge, but instead of a Jeremy Paxman boring a look of disdain into my skull, instead I’m thrown…
Top 5: American TV Comedies that bring light into the darkness
Readers of the OxStu, do not be afraid. I know I come to you sheathed in a blinding light, glowing like the holy (in a sassy way) love child of…
Bad audiences: an Imp-ossible task?
If you don’t have the cojones to get up on a stage and be paid to make an audience laugh, don’t knock them. With this principle in mind, sat at…
What’s On This Week: 1st week
What’s on this week Sunday 1st Week (April 21st), 10:00am – 11:30am Still Sundays A chance to relax at the Pitts Rivers Museum – a space to draw, study or stand and…
You Can’t Beat Community’s Spirit
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who watch Community, and those who are wrong. However, when it comes to the discussion of the new fourth season…
Kindness Over Cruelty: Ricky Gervais softens up British Humor
In last month’s Vanity Fair, A. A. Gill, a writer on both sides of the Atlantic, did his best to summarise British comedy for an American audience. “It’s bully humour”,…
We’re missing all the ‘right’ jokes
Stewart Lee was wrong, right-wing comedy can exist, and Oxford is a great breeding ground for it.…
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