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New play on Shakespeare premieres at The Other Place

19 October 2017
New play on Shakespeare premieres at The Other Place

New play on Shakespeare premieres at The Other Place

19 October 2017

Playwright Nick Wilkes and his Malvernbard Theatre Company are performing his new work, To Build A Wooden O, at the RSC’s The Other Place until Saturday,…


Sean Hughes dies aged 51

16 October 2017
Sean Hughes dies aged 51

Sean Hughes dies aged 51

16 October 2017

The death of Irish comic and actor Sean Hughes, 51, was announced earlier today (Monday). It is believed that he died as a result of liver cirrhosis. The…


INTERVIEW: Musical satirist Mitch Benn

13 October 2017
INTERVIEW: Musical satirist Mitch Benn

INTERVIEW: Musical satirist Mitch Benn

13 October 2017

Comic-with-guitar Mitch Benn, well-known for his musical turns on Radio 4’s The Now Show, talks to Gill Sutherland about bringing his new show, Don’t…


INTERVIEW: The Battle of the Sexes scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy

10 October 2017
INTERVIEW: The Battle of the Sexes scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy

INTERVIEW: The Battle of the Sexes scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy

10 October 2017

Scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy is responsible for such well-loved films as The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire. Stratford Samaritans are hosting a charity…


INTERVIEW: RSC Coriolanus actress Haydn Gwynne

09 October 2017
INTERVIEW: RSC Coriolanus actress Haydn Gwynne

INTERVIEW: RSC Coriolanus actress Haydn Gwynne

09 October 2017

Gill Sutherland talks to Haydn Gwynne about her role playing pushy mum Volumnia in Coriolanus at the RSC Haydn Gwynne A brilliant comic actor, stage,…


Campden writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize

05 October 2017
Campden writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize

Campden writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize

05 October 2017

Local writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is the first Briton to do so for ten years. The novelist, who has homes in Chipping…


FOCUS magazine: free with this week's HERALD

04 October 2017
FOCUS magazine: free with this week's HERALD

FOCUS magazine: free with this week's HERALD

04 October 2017

In this month's issue...Get spooked in Stratford's most haunted bits. Take a tour with Stratford Town Walk. Hear about a wartime correspondence between…


REVIEW: Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC

03 October 2017
REVIEW: Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC

REVIEW: Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC

03 October 2017

We can be action heroes... Gill Sutherland reviews Coriolanus, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 14th October Watching a fork lift truck raise sacks…


REVIEW: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, RSC

03 October 2017
REVIEW: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, RSC

REVIEW: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, RSC

03 October 2017

‘By far the most stunning experience of the season’ – Steve Sutherland reviews Dido, Queen of Carthage, at the Swan Theatre, Stratford, until 28th October MUCH…


Female directors take charge at RSC

19 September 2017
Female directors take charge at RSC

Female directors take charge at RSC

19 September 2017

A day ahead of the Royal Shakespeare Company announcing their spring/summer 2018 season, artistic director Gregory Doran talked Arts Editor Gill Sutherland…


REVIEW: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, RSC

18 September 2017
REVIEW: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, RSC

REVIEW: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, RSC

18 September 2017

It seems fitting that on the day the founder of the RSC and great innovator Sir Peter Hall exits our world pursued by love and homage, a challenging and…


INTERVIEW: Miss Saigon director Jean Pierre Van Der Spuy

17 September 2017
INTERVIEW: Miss Saigon director Jean Pierre Van Der Spuy

INTERVIEW: Miss Saigon director Jean Pierre Van Der Spuy

17 September 2017

There's still a chance to see Miss Saigon which is on at the Birmingham Hippodrome until 23rd September. Based on Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, musical…


REVIEW: The Townhouse, Stratford

15 September 2017
REVIEW: The Townhouse, Stratford

REVIEW: The Townhouse, Stratford

15 September 2017

After visiting The Townhouse, Stratford, for dinner last Friday, I have a new motivation in life. Listening to Radio 4 on the same day, I heard a presenter…


MP Nadhim Zahawi paid £200 BBC panel fee

15 September 2017
MP Nadhim Zahawi paid £200 BBC panel fee

MP Nadhim Zahawi paid £200 BBC panel fee

15 September 2017

STRATFORD MP Nadhim Zahawi was paid £200 for an appearance as a panel guest on the publicly-funded BBC World Service in July, according to the latest…


Stratford festivals celebrate music, film, food and words!

14 September 2017
Stratford festivals celebrate music, film, food and words!

Stratford festivals celebrate music, film, food and words!

14 September 2017

Roderick Williams Stratford Music Festival, 26th September to 3rd October Orchestra of the Swan has teamed up with Stratford Music Festival to offer a…


'Godfather of theatre' Sir Peter Hall dies

12 September 2017
'Godfather of theatre' Sir Peter Hall dies

'Godfather of theatre' Sir Peter Hall dies

12 September 2017

Sir Peter Hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has died aged 86, the theatre has confirmed. He passed away on Monday at University College…


RSC announce spring/summer 2018

12 September 2017
RSC announce spring/summer 2018

RSC announce spring/summer 2018

12 September 2017

Six new shows, all helmed by female directors, are coming to the Royal Shakespeare Company in the spring/summer of 2018, the company has announced today. The…


Stratford salutes Sir Derek Walcott

11 September 2017
Stratford salutes Sir Derek Walcott

Stratford salutes Sir Derek Walcott

11 September 2017

As a tribute to Sir Derek Walcott (1930-2017), who died in March, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is devoting its September Research Conversation to…


Pebworth parties on this Sunday

08 September 2017
Pebworth parties on this Sunday

Pebworth parties on this Sunday

08 September 2017

THIS Sunday Pebworth Party In The Park takes place in the village, which featured on TV last week when comic Miranda Hart and her mum, Dee, visited to…


The Bower House reopens in Shipston

06 September 2017
The Bower House reopens in Shipston

The Bower House reopens in Shipston

06 September 2017

The Bower House restaurant in Shipston reopens tonight (Thursday) with Australian duo, chef Paul Merrony and his partner Tracey Petersen, at the helm.…


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