Beyond the Fringe of, in 1960, by an Oxford graduate, Robert Ponsonby, artistic director for the Edinburgh International Festival. John Bassett, a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, who was Ponsonby's assistant, recommended Dudley Moore, his jazz bandmate and a rising cabaret talent. Moore in turn recommended Alan Bennett, who had had a hit at Edinburgh a few years before. Bassett also chose Jonathan Miller, who had been a Footlights star in 1957. Miller recommended Cook. Bennett and Miller were already pursuing careers in academia and medicine respectively, but Cook had an agent, having written a West End revue for Kenneth Williams. Cook's agent
The Oxford Revue Cambridge Union. In August 2010, the Revue took the show, "The Oxford Revue is Going Places", to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, under the presidency of Ollie Mann and the direction of Rory O'Keeffe. The poster was designed by photographer Adam Levy. They performed at the Underbelly venue and sold well, receiving 4 stars from Broadway Baby. The Revue have since updated their website (www.oxfordrevue.org) and continue to perform twice-termly 'Audrey' comedy nights in the Wheatsheaf pub. The annual collaborative show with the Durham Revue and Cambridge Footlights 'Funny Friends' continues to take place in the Oxford Playhouse. The current (2018/19)