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'Dream' teaming of RSC and Google

GOOGLE has teamed up with the RSC to produce a three-day performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream to a global audience through the social network, Google+. Next month, on Midsummer weekend...

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Two more arenas at GlobalGathering as Afrojack joins main stage

TWO further arenas have been added to this year's GlobalGathering festival, and Afrojack has been added to the Main Stage, the organisers have announced. The annual rave culture and electronic...

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Literary festival speakers sent to prison

PRISONERS at the maximum security jail in Long Lartin will be included in this year's Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival. Two best-selling crime writers, Mark Billingham and John Connolly, are being sent to...

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Al Murray and Ed Byrne coming to new Stratford comedy festival

AL MURRAY, The Pub Landlord, will be topping the bill at Stratford-upon-Avon’s new four-day comedy spectacular, The Comedy Hullabaloo, during the late May bank holiday weekend, it has been announced. The...

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Python and politician headlining Stratford Literary Festival

AUTHOR, traveller and Python Michael Palin, elder statesman Tony Benn, best-selling creator of War Horse Michael Morpurgo, and the Cotswolds’ The Fabulous Baker Brothers are just some of the headline...

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One man and his national guitar coming to Brailes

THE George Hotel in Brailes is bringing over an amazing American bluesman on February 4th. Kent DuChaine, who plays a National Steel guitar has played with a veritable who’s who of...

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David Tennant returning to Stratford as Richard II

FORMER Dr Who star David Tennant will be returning to Stratford-upon-Avon in October to take on the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Richard II. The ex-BBC...

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Alice Cooper playing Cropredy

AMERICAN rock icon Alice Cooper will be headlining the opening day of Fairport’s Cropredy Convention in August – and it is expected to be Cooper’s only UK public appearance during...

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Blessed are the Cheesemakers at the RSC

The Royal Shakespeare Company has been experimenting with the senses this year – not only with its tactile environmental exhibitions but now it is stretching to visiting theatre productions.   Last...

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Doran challenges director to lead play in Stratford after female-casting jibe

GREGORY Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has challenged a top female director to come and lead a half-male, half-female cast in Stratford-upon-Avon after she said 50% of...

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