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TRAVEL: Arizona road trip

14 April 2017
TRAVEL: Arizona road trip

TRAVEL: Arizona road trip

14 April 2017

Gill Sutherland and her husband head for the Wild West to channel the cowboy spirit... with the kids in tow What is it about Scottish people and country’n’western…


REVIEW: Henry V at the Attic Theatre, Stratford

13 April 2017
REVIEW: Henry V at the Attic Theatre, Stratford

REVIEW: Henry V at the Attic Theatre, Stratford

13 April 2017

Rough, ready and yet totally convincing... Ronnie Mulryne reviews the Tread the Boards production running until 23rd April FROM its first-ever performances…


Matilda is back! RSC announce UK tour

11 April 2017
Matilda is back! RSC announce UK tour

Matilda is back! RSC announce UK tour

11 April 2017

Today, the Royal Shakespeare Company announces that its multi award-winning production of Matilda The Musical will embark on a UK and Ireland tour in…


A date with Marilyn

09 April 2017
A date with Marilyn

A date with Marilyn

09 April 2017

THE Dementia-Friendly Screenings at Stratford Picturehouse are proving to be a great success. And the next screening is on Wednesday, 12th April, at midday,…


Lion pride and injustice!

08 April 2017
Lion pride and injustice!

Lion pride and injustice!

08 April 2017

YOUTH drama company Playbox Theatre is continuing its adventurous season with a staging of Lion Boy , adapted from Zizou Corder’s novels for Easter at…


Harping on...

07 April 2017
Harping on...

Harping on...

07 April 2017

LEADING exponent of the harp guitar, Tommy Loose, plays a free concert in the Stratford Picturehouse bar this Sunday evening, 9th April. A harp guitar…


REVIEW: Julius Caesar, RSC

07 April 2017
REVIEW: Julius Caesar, RSC

REVIEW: Julius Caesar, RSC

07 April 2017

Empire lacks force Steve Sutherland reviewed the 23rd March performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre ‘Brutus is Obama and Trump is Mark Antony.’ The…


REVIEW: Antony & Cleopatra, RSC

07 April 2017
REVIEW: Antony & Cleopatra, RSC

REVIEW: Antony & Cleopatra, RSC

07 April 2017

What a Cleopatra coming at you! Production reviewed 23rd March While the nation gets embroiled in a debate about who’s got the best legs — May or Sturgeon…


Gore blimey! New exhibition looks at Tudor medicine

03 April 2017
Gore blimey! New exhibition looks at Tudor medicine

Gore blimey! New exhibition looks at Tudor medicine

03 April 2017

A brilliant new medical exhibition has opened at Hall’s Croft, home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her physician husband, John Hall (1575 – 1635). Method…


Artists from around the world donate work for charity art sale

03 April 2017
Artists from around the world donate work for charity art sale

Artists from around the world donate work for charity art sale

03 April 2017

A brilliantly unique art sale and exhibition, the Twitter Art Exhibit, is on at Stratford ArtsHouse until 19th April. Artists from 58 countries have submitted…


REVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well at the Playbox Theatre

03 April 2017
REVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well at the Playbox Theatre

REVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well at the Playbox Theatre

03 April 2017

Steve Sutherland reviews the production from 18th March ALL’S Well That Ends Well is a seldom-staged, hence little known, work by Shakespeare, dubbed…


INTERVIEW: Alex Waldmann on playing Brutus in Julius Caesar at the RSC

03 April 2017
INTERVIEW: Alex Waldmann on playing Brutus in Julius Caesar at the RSC

INTERVIEW: Alex Waldmann on playing Brutus in Julius Caesar at the RSC

03 April 2017

ALEX Waldmann is currently playing Brutus in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar, which opens tonight, Thursday. The 37-year-old actor was last…


Big wheel takes shape

28 March 2017
Big wheel takes shape

Big wheel takes shape

28 March 2017

CONSTRUCTION work on Stratford-upon-Avon’s big wheel is under way. Engineers arrived at the Recreation Ground yesterday (Tuesday) morning to begin a…


Drama group sell off props, costumes and furniture

23 March 2017
Drama group sell off props, costumes and furniture

Drama group sell off props, costumes and furniture

23 March 2017

The Avonside Players put on plays and other entertainments for 50 years, but decided to call it a day late last year. They are now holding a disposal…


Young jazz adventurers artephis call in at ArtsHouse

20 March 2017
Young jazz adventurers artephis call in at ArtsHouse

Young jazz adventurers artephis call in at ArtsHouse

20 March 2017

Stratford Jazz welcomes musical adventurers artephis to their monthly meeting on Wednesday at Stratford ArtsHouse. The award-winning, contemporary jazz-rock…


PREVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well currently on at Playbox

16 March 2017
PREVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well currently on at Playbox

PREVIEW: All's Well That Ends Well currently on at Playbox

16 March 2017

Youth theatre Playbox’s acclaimed Shakespeare Young Company are putting on a production of All’s Well That Ends Well from tonight through Saturday. Here…


Up, up and away...

15 March 2017
Up, up and away...

Up, up and away...

15 March 2017

With clear blue skies and temperatures hitting an unseasonably warm 16°C (the average is 11°C), it was no wonder a majestic Virgin hot air balloon was…


Welford Scouts' jumble fundraiser

15 March 2017
Welford Scouts' jumble fundraiser

Welford Scouts' jumble fundraiser

15 March 2017

BARGAIN hunters helped raise more than £430 for the 1st Welford Scouts by supporting the group’s jumble sale on Saturday. It took place at Welford Memorial…


REVIEW: Snow in Midsummer at RSC

15 March 2017
REVIEW: Snow in Midsummer at RSC

REVIEW: Snow in Midsummer at RSC

15 March 2017

China 1, Rome 0 (so far!) Ladies and gentlemen, fans of the theatre and its amazing spectacles, roll up, roll up and witness the battle of the imperialist…


Political cartoons at RSC: Rome, Trump and all that

14 March 2017
Political cartoons at RSC: Rome, Trump and all that

Political cartoons at RSC: Rome, Trump and all that

14 March 2017

To coincide with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s forthcoming Rome Season a new Curator David Taylor exhibition of political cartoons opens at the theatre…


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