It’s said that Shakespeare spent his time during the playhouse closures from the plague writing King Lear. Isaac Newton is reputed to have defined his…
The RSC’s Boy in the Dress made theatre fans of big and small around the area... The latest superfan to tell us about their love of the musical is Ruby…
Can you go four rounds with the Bard? We've got four rounds of cunning questions to test your Shakespeare. Will you be 'Marvolio' or Bottom of the class?!?…
One local theatre company that has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus is Tread the Boards, whose base is the Attic Theatre, Cox’s Yard, Stratford. For…
Catherine Mallyon, Royal Shakespeare Company Executive Director Catherine Mallyon, Royal Shakespeare Company Executive Director, talks to Gill Sutherland…
RSC Executive Director Catherine Mallyon spoke to the Herald this week about how the theatre had responded to the coronavirus outbreak. She explained…
The Birmingham Hippodrome has just announced that hit show The Book of Mormon has been cancelled with immediate effect. A statement on the Hippodrome's…
The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, is the latest local theatre to announce its immediate closure. In a Twitter post late last night it said: "Further to…
Mollie Bluck, aged nine, from Long Marston, has shown fan-tastic dedication by seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company’s festive musical an impressive six…
Peter Shum reviews The Caretaker,Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 29th February After bringing the homeless Davies back to his flat, Aston asks him where…
This week innovative professional ensemble Anərkē Shakespeare bring their candlelit production of Macbeth to Holy Trinity Church. They recreate some of…
Innovative professional ensemble Anərkeē Shakespeare bring a candlelit production of Macbeth to Holy Trinity Church from Saturday. They recreate some…
Liverpool poet and Poetry, Please presenter Roger McGough is at Stratford Play House tonight (Friday) at 7.30pm with poetry and music giants Little Machine.…
Fancy learning about space science, making protein jelly, and lighting up a few LED circuits – all before you enjoy tea and cake? An event at the University…
Children, teachers, parents and even the odd knight have all been getting involved in World Book Day in the area. Taking place today (Thursday, 5th March)…
Actor Ben Woods tells Gill Sutherland about how treading the RSC boards as a youngster led him into an acting career – and how his latest role as young…
Powerful and worthy play Gill Sutherland reviews The Whip, The Swan Theatre, until 21st March Katherine Pearce as Horatia Poskitt. Photo: Steve Tanner/RSC…
RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran A magical musical and top war stories come to the Royal Shakespeare Company for its winter 2020 season. Here artistic…
You may know that every four years February gets an extra day and we have what’s called a “leap year”. But how are leap years calculated and who worked…
Actor Ben Woods may be up for a prestigious ‘Offie’ theatre award this year, and living and working in London, but he always makes time to take an important…