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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.…


Autumn Stratford Literary Festival events offer rich feast

06 September 2017
Autumn Stratford Literary Festival events offer rich feast

Autumn Stratford Literary Festival events offer rich feast

06 September 2017

Stratford Literary Festival continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary festival with an exceptional non-fiction offering for its Autumn Series. The short…


Mischief Festival comes to RSC's Other Place

04 September 2017
Mischief Festival comes to RSC's Other Place

Mischief Festival comes to RSC's Other Place

04 September 2017

For the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Mischief Festival this autumn, Gemma Brockis and Wendy Hubbard present a new devised piece, Kingdom Come. Running…


September's Focus magazine is out with the Herald this week

31 August 2017
September's Focus magazine is out with the Herald this week

September's Focus magazine is out with the Herald this week

31 August 2017

We explore Snowshill Manor... Meet the new team behind Shipston's Bower House restaurant... Hear about the fascinating lives of actors on the Victorian…


Bequest will go to new Compton Verney gallery

31 August 2017
Bequest will go to new Compton Verney gallery

Bequest will go to new Compton Verney gallery

31 August 2017

COMPTON Verney has received a surprise bequest of £27,000 from the late Elizabeth Coxon, who regularly travelled from her home in Worcester to visit the…


Karl kicks off ArtsHouse autumn season

31 August 2017
Karl kicks off ArtsHouse autumn season

Karl kicks off ArtsHouse autumn season

31 August 2017

STRATFORD ArtsHouse autumn season starts on a high note thanks to talented tenor, Karl Loxley. On Saturday, 2nd September Karl will be celebrating songs…


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