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Jane Austen gets musical

22 July 2016
Jane Austen gets musical

Jane Austen gets musical

22 July 2016

THE newly-adapted original musical of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which first premiered in Chicago in 2011 and has been touring domestically and internationally…


Hot weather shuts the RSC

20 July 2016
Hot weather shuts the RSC

Hot weather shuts the RSC

20 July 2016

Hundreds of theatre-goers were left disappointed when last night’s performances of Hamlet and The Alchemist were cancelled at the Royal Shakespeare Company…


Shakespeare is reincarnated!

15 July 2016
Shakespeare is reincarnated!

Shakespeare is reincarnated!

15 July 2016

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…


It’s a Festival fest!

15 July 2016
It’s a Festival fest!

It’s a Festival fest!

15 July 2016

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…


Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

14 July 2016
Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

14 July 2016

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…


REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

14 July 2016
REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

14 July 2016

Peter Buckroyd reviews the Thomas Nickell Concert at Orchestra of the Swan, Stratford ArtsHouse, Sunday, 10th July Introducing the concert Conductor David…


REVIEW: Marlowe meets his match!

13 July 2016
REVIEW: Marlowe meets his match!

REVIEW: Marlowe meets his match!

13 July 2016

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…


REVIEW: Merchant of Venice

11 July 2016
REVIEW: Merchant of Venice

REVIEW: Merchant of Venice

11 July 2016

Jennifer Lane reviews The Merchant of Venice by ShakeSoc, University of Exeter, at Stratford ArtsHouse, June 2016 An amateur university group bringing…


Pupils' top time at Albert Hall

10 July 2016
Pupils' top time at Albert Hall

Pupils' top time at Albert Hall

10 July 2016

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…


Teen hailed as the new Mozart

08 July 2016
Teen hailed as the new Mozart

Teen hailed as the new Mozart

08 July 2016

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…


Magic Mark

07 July 2016
Magic Mark

Magic Mark

07 July 2016

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…


Watch out for Hobbits at Warwick Folk Festival!

07 July 2016
Watch out for Hobbits at Warwick Folk Festival!

Watch out for Hobbits at Warwick Folk Festival!

07 July 2016

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,…


Daisy brings old school charm

07 July 2016
Daisy brings old school charm

Daisy brings old school charm

07 July 2016

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…


REVIEW: Marriage of Figaro at Longborough

04 July 2016
REVIEW: Marriage of Figaro at Longborough

REVIEW: Marriage of Figaro at Longborough

04 July 2016

Preston Witts reviews Le Nozze di Figaro, Longborough Festival Opera, Sunday, 26th June SINCE the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is one…


REVIEW: Shipston Proms

02 July 2016
REVIEW: Shipston Proms

REVIEW: Shipston Proms

02 July 2016

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,…


Music and mayhem at Compton Verney Festival

30 June 2016
Music and mayhem at Compton Verney Festival

Music and mayhem at Compton Verney Festival

30 June 2016

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,…


Focus is out Thursday

29 June 2016
Focus is out Thursday

Focus is out Thursday

29 June 2016

July's issue of Focus comes free with tomorrow's Stratford Herald... The magazine that celebrates local people and businesses


RSC's The Other Place hosts free open day

29 June 2016
RSC's The Other Place hosts free open day

RSC's The Other Place hosts free open day

29 June 2016

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 Fame Contest winners are . . .

29 June 2016
The Fame Contest winners are . . .

The Fame Contest winners are . . .

29 June 2016

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…


Bard homecoming!

29 June 2016
Bard homecoming!

Bard homecoming!

29 June 2016

THE Merchant of Venice is being performed by ShakeSoc, the University of Exeter Shakespeare Society, on 29th and 30th June, at Stratford ArtsHouse. It…


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