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Sara Westh reviews What country, friends, is this?: Shakespeare in Minority Languages The world often turns out to be wider and broader than we think.…
It's just been announced that Grammy-award winning global megastar Michael Bublé will visit Warwick Castle on Friday, 31st July 2020 as part of his open-air…
Who was your favourite Bake Off 2019 contestant? Any worthy Stratfordian would surely, like us here at FOCUSLife, have been supporting our ‘local lad’…
The Boy in the Dress, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 8th March 2020 Excitement was at fever pitch on Thursday as Stratfordians speculated which A-listers…
From left, David Walliams, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams and Gregory Doran Last night (Thursday), the Royal Shakespeare Company celebrated the opening…
Stratford photographer Martin Salt regularly shares his images of local wildlife on Stratford's Facebook forum – highlighting the wonder of nature, and…
Dance me to the End of Love, Kempe Society at The Muses, Kempe Studio, Stratford, 10th November “They did not give their lives – their lives were taken.”…
Steve Sutherland reviews Medea at the Playbox Theatre, Dream Factory, Warwick, 8th November About 500 children are murdered by their parents every year…
David Walliams with Herald arts editor Gill Sutherland Tis the season to be jolly… and have your photo taken with David Walliams. The actor, author and…
Get ready to have your political conscience raised while listening to the rafters being raised as musical Made In Dagenham continues at the Stratford…
ROCK fans who like a good cover version or an unforgettable classic should pop into Stratford Playhouse to listen to three Stratford teen bands The Rip…
It may look like a clip from a Saturday night emergency services soap, but this video is just another day in the job for the Wellesbourne fire crew. The…
First reactions to The Boy in the Dress, which opened Friday, have been hugely positive. Here Gill Sutherland talks to Guy Chambers about writing the…
With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, local author Nicholas Milton’s new book on Neville Chamberlain seems especially timely – more so as today (Saturday)…
What comes to mind when you think about Stratford-upon-Avon icons? William Shakespeare and swans on the Avon perhaps. Well this fantastic footage published…
A Museum in Baghdad, Swan Theatre, until 25th January 2020 A museum isn’t the sexiest place to set a drama. Unless you’ve got mummies coming to life (hello…
Herald arts special guest reviewer is Emily Houghton, a Year 6 pupil from Bishopton School, who writes about seeing the RSC First Encounters production…
Sara Westh reviews Becoming Othello: a Black Girl’s Journey, 9th October It is difficult to summarise a performance as personal and resonant as that given…
What would you ask David Walliams?... Tell us and win this rather fab Boy in the Dress mug. The Herald is due to chat to author and comic, and we would…
The cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) new musical The Boy in the Dress enjoyed a surprise visit to rehearsals from singer-songwriter Robbie…
