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A Museum in Baghdad, the new play from Hannah Khalil now on at the Swan Theatre and directed by Erica Whyman, tells the story of two Iraqs. In 1926, the…
Dracula - One Bloody Fang After Another comes to Stratford Playhouse this Friday. Grimsby-born performer John Hewer who has portrayed Harold Steptoe in…
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” so wrote Virginia Woolf, pictured, in her clarion call extended essay, A Room…
Deemed one of the great plays of the 20th century, John Osbourne’s 1957 play The Entertainer tells the story of washed-up comic Archie Rice – a man who…
Local coffee roaster Monsoon Estates Coffee Company has won a host of gold stars at the national Great Taste Awards. The family-run business based at…
A WARWICK mother-of-two is undergoing extensive training in preparation for swimming the length of the English Channel next year in aid of the British…
IT was another clean sweep of Bidford on Saturday as Bidford Rubbish Friends took to the streets for one of their scheduled monthly picks. About 40 litter…
Feel the funk King John, The Swan Theatre, until 21st March 2020 Katherine Pearce as the Cardinal The newly-crowned king is looking rough as rats – slovenly…
With one month to go before the first preview of The Boy in the Dress, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) new musical, images from rehearsals have…
We are becoming more used to seeing female actors taking on Shakespeare’s well-known male characters (hello King John on page 8!) but what is it like…
Writer, actor and director Mark Ravenhill has written the book for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s much-anticipated Christmas musical, The Boy in the…
The brilliant BBC sitcom Upstart Crow is coming to its natural home, the stage, with an all-new comic play – again written by Ben Elton – set to delight…
A special 20th anniversary of The Dream Factory production of Strikes runs from tomorrow (Saturday) until next Saturday. After 20 years Playbox Theatre…
A season of Shakespeare plays exploring separation, loss and deep bonds of family is promised for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s summer season 2020. Miles…
This month, from 12th October, for the first time ever in the UK, Compton Verney Art Gallery will host Magnum Manifesto, an exhibition featuring some…
Throughout the summer holidays Stratford’s Second Thoughts drama company have been rehearsing Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy A Chorus of Disapproval, which opens…
Leamington Spa's Loft Theatre is offering a joyful celebration of the great names of Music Hall in their production The Theatre of Music Hall, which is…
In real life actor Rosie Sheehy is funny, warm and friendly and a delight to chat to... The polar opposite of King John, who she is playing in the Royal…
“It’ll be like where the Hobbits live: there will be food planted in the streets, there will be more water around and we will all be unified and happy…
Folk warrior or rock cop-out? In last week's Herald we featured two alternative views of Robert Plant's recent gig in Stratford. While reviewer Karl Walker…
