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Steve Sutherland reviews Hamlet - at the RSC until 13th August TO be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the…
LOCAL playwright Mark Carey tells Gill Sutherland about how his new play, Body Double, which is on at The Bear Pit this week, came about. “In 1986 I did…
MUSICAL lovers look set to enjoy a heavenly dose of song and dance when Stratford Musical Theatre Company performs the hit show Godspell at the Royal…
LOCAL playwright Mark Carey tells Gill Sutherland about how his new play, Body Double , which runs at The Bear Pit next week, came about. “In 1986 I did…
DESPITE its off-putting misogynistic title, The Woman Hater was the perfect production to christen the theatre at The Other Place. Although the new RSC…
ALCESTER couple Andrew and Barbara Swinn are stepping down from their roles with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra after an incredible 47 years. The couple,…
“STRATFORD, it’s not all about Shakespeare”, is the often-trumpeted mantra beloved by many locals bored of the Bard — especially in this much-hyped 400th…
INSPIRED by the iconic 1970s girls’ magazine, Jackie The Musical runs at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry from this week. It tells the story of a 50-something…
A SHAKESPEARE Celebration is the Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society’s next concert on Saturday, 19th March, in Holy Trinity Church, at 7.30pm. The society…
WARWICKSHIRE’S Lunar Festival is to return this June with an enticing line-up of classic acts headlining. The festival’s headliners include Super Furry…
THIS year’s Chipping Campden Music Festival is looking set to break its own box office records with organiser Charlie Bennett describing the 2016 programme…
On 8 th March the Herald’s Mark Williamson was among the first photographers allowed into the new RSC theatre, The Other Place. RSC Deputy Artistic Director…
THE much-anticipated Don Quixote has opened at the Swan Theatre and runs until the end of May. Cervantes’ comic novel is widely regarded as one of the…
Explaining the moving story behind Brooke’s winning performance, Michele continued: “My sister Penny had little boy Harry Griffiths-Dyer, who was born…
Originally from Solihull, Elliott comes from a musical family with esoteric tastes. Captivated by his mother’s and grandmother’s piano-playing, he started…
So how’s the two-role thing going? Great! Olly [Ryan] is fantastic and we are really enjoying playing off each other. And the cast have been fantastic…
The Fame Contest, on Saturday, 18th June, in the Townsend Hall, is a must for aspiring local musicians to enter, with the winners of solo/duet, and bands…
“One particular one would be in Pompeii. It’s on a split level, with water features, terraces, fountains and pergolas. It must have been especially fine…
Tickets for the Birmingham show are on sale from www.orchestraoftheswan.org
There are three portraits of William Shakespeare that are deemed to be faithful likenesses: the Cobbe portrait (1610), the Chandos portrait (early 1600s)…
