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JOIN US NOWTHE newly-adapted original musical of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which first premiered in Chicago in 2011 and has been touring domestically and internationally…
Hundreds of theatre-goers were left disappointed when last night’s performances of Hamlet and The Alchemist were cancelled at the Royal Shakespeare Company…
YOU know all the hoo-ha earlier this year, as Stratford commemorated Shakespeare’s death 400 years ago? Well, the big news is that we needn’t have bothered. It…
THIS weekend marks the start of Bretfest 2016 in the village of Bretforton, while in Stratford folk fans are preparing for two days of folk music and…
WHAT do you call a Shakespearean actor on a bike? A HandleBard. Well you do if he/she is one of the intrepid HandleBards — a group of touring actors who…
Peter Buckroyd reviews the Thomas Nickell Concert at Orchestra of the Swan, Stratford ArtsHouse, Sunday, 10th July Introducing the concert Conductor David…
Herald work experience students, Molly Sutherland and Tom Hawkins in Year 10 at Chipping Campden School, went to review Dr Faustus at the RSC last Wednesday In…
Jennifer Lane reviews The Merchant of Venice by ShakeSoc, University of Exeter, at Stratford ArtsHouse, June 2016 An amateur university group bringing…
THOMAS Jolyffe Primary School’s choir recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of a massed choir of 2,000, with a live band and celebrity…
IMAGINE if Mozart was coming to Stratford ArtsHouse on Sunday? OK, so Amadeus isn’t really coming, but a 17-year-old who has been hailed a ‘new American…
MARK Quartley has joined the cast to play Ariel in the RSC’s forthcoming production of The Tempest , which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in November…
The hugely-popular Warwick Folk Festival, now in its 38th year, returns on Thursday, 21st, to Sunday, 24th July. The festival is headlined by The Unthanks,…
THERE will be laughs galore when comedy romp Daisy Pulls It Off , by Denise Deegan, plays at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford, from Wednesday, 13th, to…
Preston Witts reviews Le Nozze di Figaro, Longborough Festival Opera, Sunday, 26th June SINCE the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is one…
Chris Roberts recaps a great week: The first full week of the Shipston Proms 2016 included many gems — The Soul Traders, Debbie Bond Band, The Klee Quartet,…
Fancy romping around the palatial grounds of a grand house this weekend? Then head to Compton Verney, where the second CV Festival takes place, from Friday,…
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Theatre tickets will be on sale for the bargain price of 70p when the RSC’s The Other Place holds an open day this Saturday, 2nd July. There will also…
THE winners of this year's Shipston-on-Stour Proms' Fame Contest have been announced. Singer Savannah Eden won the Solo/Duet category and Rock Roots Revival…
THE Merchant of Venice is being performed by ShakeSoc, the University of Exeter Shakespeare Society, on 29th and 30th June, at Stratford ArtsHouse. It…