Clive Peacock heads to the Stratford Music Festival: seeing Toby Young with Contemporary Concert at the Shakespeare Institure on 21st october; and then…
Clive Peacock looks at the best of the SMF's lunchtime events at the Town Hall, 19th – 23rd October. Not a cough, not a rustle of sweet wrapper, not a…
There’s no need to go Christmas gift-shopping this year– we’ve done it all for you Our fabulous stocking features some very special gifts donated by local…
Jo Brand was on top form when she took to the ArtsHouse stage last night (Wednesday). The comedian was trying out new material in the show, given the…
Tom Kerridge is one of the most popular chefs on TV, and next Thursday (22nd October) he appears at Stratford ArtsHouse as part of the autumn series being…
With a temporary Work in Progress title, the show promises her usual blend of deadpan delivery, depreciating self-analysis and shrewd observation. Long…
CHOCOLATE-POWERED racing cars, creativity and curry will be on the menu when the University of Warwick celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend. The…
THE periodic table doesn’t sound like the sexiest subject for an art exhibition, but in the hands of the Compton Verney curators it turns out to be sexy,…
Parents were sent a letter by school governors on 28th September announcing a “proposal to consolidate the split site of the St James’ and Ebrington Primary…
IT’LL be laughs galore and plenty of political digs when stand-up comedian and writer Mark Steel headlines at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this Sunday. Mark…
TWO Stratford boys completed an amazing double by both appearing at prestigious national theatres on the same night. King Edward VI School pupils Pascal…
Be warned, watching the new production of Hecuba at the RSC is largely a harrowing business (see review, goo.gl/mxpUhN ). But there is one beguiling component…
It’s a tale of two battles at the Royal Shakespeare Company at the moment. While Henry V gives the French a hiding at Agincourt at the Royal Shakespeare…
There’s always something terrifically accomplished and elegant about director Greg Doran’s plays, and Henry V does not disappoint in that respect. It…
FIRMLY established as part of the local cultural calendar, Stratford Music Festival is looking forward to its 20th year and organisers are keen to hear…
IT requires exceptional virtuoso musicianship to perform Beethoven’s hugely demanding work for violin and piano known as the Kreutzer Sonata. It also…
TO say that Playbox’s production of The Little Mermaid went swimmingly would be an understatement. The five-day run at Warwick’s Dream Factory was a near…
EDMUND Kingsley looks like a Greek god. Which is probably how it should be, considering he is in rehearsals for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production…
SEVEN local boys from have been cast in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s forthcoming production of Hecuba. The role of Polydorous, Hecuba’s youngest son,…
See Thursday's Herald to find out what they thought and when you can see thes much-talked about film from the creators of Horrible Histories and starring…