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LOCAL ATTRACTION: The Stratford Townhouse

23 August 2017
LOCAL ATTRACTION: The Stratford Townhouse

LOCAL ATTRACTION: The Stratford Townhouse

23 August 2017

The exterior view of The Townhouse Gill Sutherland finds the pull of the recently renovated Townhouse irresistible when she pops by to meet the team.…


INTERVIEW: Alex James on this weekend's Feastival

22 August 2017
INTERVIEW: Alex James on this weekend's Feastival

INTERVIEW: Alex James on this weekend's Feastival

22 August 2017

Alex James, the Blur bassist and cheese impresario, is hosting his seventh food and music festival, the Big Feastival, on his West Oxfordshire farm over…


Stratford short film wins award

17 August 2017
Stratford short film wins award

Stratford short film wins award

17 August 2017

A SHORT film written and directed by a local film-maker has picked up a prestigious award. Mike Booth from Clifford Chambers made Doctor for Mr Chaplin…


Clavstock Festival held in memory of local soldier

26 July 2017
Clavstock Festival held in memory of local soldier

Clavstock Festival held in memory of local soldier

26 July 2017

Clavstock Festival is being held this Saturday in aid of 353, a charity close to Claverdon's heart. On February 9th 2011, Private Conrad Lewis became…


Wakeboarding fun at Wootton Wawen

13 July 2017
Wakeboarding fun at Wootton Wawen

Wakeboarding fun at Wootton Wawen

13 July 2017

A WEEKEND of wakeboarding fun took place at Wootton Wawen, as Spot-On Wake celebrated its official opening. Although the venue opened for business on…


INTERVIEW: Ceramicist Eddie Curtis

05 July 2017
INTERVIEW: Ceramicist Eddie Curtis

INTERVIEW: Ceramicist Eddie Curtis

05 July 2017

Eddie Curtis' solo exhibition is on at The Stratford Gallery until Saturday, 8th July, Here he talks to Herald arts about his work LIKE his coal miner…


In July's Focus magazine

05 July 2017
In July's Focus magazine

In July's Focus magazine

05 July 2017

Free with Thursday's Herald... Find out about the real local ‘horse whisperers’ Take a tour round Charlecote Park Look back at Stratford’s first cinema Hear…


REVIEW: Life Raft at Playbox Theatre

04 July 2017
REVIEW: Life Raft at Playbox Theatre

REVIEW: Life Raft at Playbox Theatre

04 July 2017

'Troubling brilliant' says reviewer Steve Sutherland IF there’s one thing people seem to agree on now the General Election’s done and dusted, it’s that…


Richard’s Royal appointment

04 July 2017
Richard’s Royal appointment

Richard’s Royal appointment

04 July 2017

AS part of the RSC’s showcasing of Midlands musicians, Richard Fairlie will perform in the foyer of its studio theatre, The Other Place, at 7.30pm, on…


Prom-goers arrive in unusual style

03 July 2017
Prom-goers arrive in unusual style

Prom-goers arrive in unusual style

03 July 2017

NEVER mind trains, planes and automobiles, some very unconventional modes of transport have been used around local secondary schools this prom season. 'We…


See brilliant trumpet player Jay Phelps tonight!

28 June 2017
See brilliant trumpet player Jay Phelps tonight!

See brilliant trumpet player Jay Phelps tonight!

28 June 2017

Canadian-born trumpeter Jay Phelps has worked with some of the best artists in the world and hosted a late-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s. He speaks…


Escape Arts celebrates 20th with exhibition this weekend

28 June 2017
Escape Arts celebrates 20th with exhibition this weekend

Escape Arts celebrates 20th with exhibition this weekend

28 June 2017

ESCAPE Arts are celebrating 20 years of bringing people together through creativity with a landmark exhibition at Stratford Town Hall. This unique, two-day…


Stratford schools put on promenade Julius Caesar: When in Rome, roam!

27 June 2017
Stratford schools put on promenade Julius Caesar: When in Rome, roam!

Stratford schools put on promenade Julius Caesar: When in Rome, roam!

27 June 2017

ALVESTON Primary School is one of 12 in Stratford taking part in a promenade performance of Julius Caesar in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare…


An invasion of Morphs?!

27 June 2017
An invasion of Morphs?!

An invasion of Morphs?!

27 June 2017

On Sunday, 18th June the Chapel service at Warwick School celebrated the ‘Warwick Field.’ The ‘Field’ is an art installation that comprises over 1,200…


Cinema-goers perform emergency CPR after woman collapses

22 June 2017
Cinema-goers perform emergency CPR after woman collapses

Cinema-goers perform emergency CPR after woman collapses

22 June 2017

A 65-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest at the Everyman Cinema in Stratford's Bell Court last night (Thursday). The woman was at the showing of…


INTERVIEW: Matthew Tennyson on playing Salomé

22 June 2017
INTERVIEW: Matthew Tennyson on playing Salomé

INTERVIEW: Matthew Tennyson on playing Salomé

22 June 2017

Matthew Tennyson talks to Gill Sutherland about taking on the title role in director Owen Horsley’s new production of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, which runs…


REVIEW: Salomé at The Swan, RSC

21 June 2017
REVIEW: Salomé at The Swan, RSC

REVIEW: Salomé at The Swan, RSC

21 June 2017

STEVE SUTHERLAND reviews the production at the RSC that runs until 7th September There’s been a fair old fuss in the media recently about The Beatles’…


INTERVIEW: Tom Morton-Smith on Making Mischief at the RSC

15 June 2017
INTERVIEW: Tom Morton-Smith on Making Mischief at the RSC

INTERVIEW: Tom Morton-Smith on Making Mischief at the RSC

15 June 2017

A YEAR after its first Radical Mischief Festival, the RSC’s Other Place continues to make thought-provoking theatre as it hosts its Spring Mischief Festival.…


REVIEW: Giffords Circus 2017

12 June 2017
REVIEW: Giffords Circus 2017

REVIEW: Giffords Circus 2017

12 June 2017

Steve Sutherland reviews Giffords Circus, Daylesford Organic Farm, Saturday, 3rd June, and touring the south west, Cotswolds and Oxfordshire until 24th…


REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

09 June 2017
REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

09 June 2017

Peter Buckroyd reviews The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Attic Theatre, playing until 11th June HAVING seen this show when it…


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