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REVIEW: Sublime times at Stratford Music Festival

29 October 2015
REVIEW: Sublime times at Stratford Music Festival

REVIEW: Sublime times at Stratford Music Festival

29 October 2015

Clive Peacock heads to the Stratford Music Festival: seeing Toby Young with Contemporary Concert at the Shakespeare Institure on 21st october; and then…


REVIEW: Out to lunch at Stratford Music Festival

29 October 2015
REVIEW: Out to lunch at Stratford Music Festival

REVIEW: Out to lunch at Stratford Music Festival

29 October 2015

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…


COMPETITION: Win your Christmas presents

28 October 2015
COMPETITION: Win your Christmas presents

COMPETITION: Win your Christmas presents

28 October 2015

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…


Stratford Herald inspires Jo Brand

22 October 2015
Stratford Herald inspires Jo Brand

Stratford Herald inspires Jo Brand

22 October 2015

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…


Lit fest kicks off with Tom Kerridge

19 October 2015
Lit fest kicks off with Tom Kerridge

Lit fest kicks off with Tom Kerridge

19 October 2015

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…


Jo Brand in Stratford on Wednesday

18 October 2015
Jo Brand in Stratford on Wednesday

Jo Brand in Stratford on Wednesday

18 October 2015

With a temporary Work in Progress title, the show promises her usual blend of deadpan delivery, depreciating self-analysis and shrewd observation. Long…


Ska legend appears at university's 50th

17 October 2015
Ska legend appears at university's 50th

Ska legend appears at university's 50th

17 October 2015

CHOCOLATE-POWERED racing cars, creativity and curry will be on the menu when the University of Warwick celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend. The…


REVIEW: Periodic Tales at Compton Verney

14 October 2015
REVIEW: Periodic Tales at Compton Verney

REVIEW: Periodic Tales at Compton Verney

14 October 2015

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,…


Relief as village school saved from closure

14 October 2015
Relief as village school saved from closure

Relief as village school saved from closure

14 October 2015

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…


Comic Mark Steel talks about his RSC show

08 October 2015
Comic Mark Steel talks about his RSC show

Comic Mark Steel talks about his RSC show

08 October 2015

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…


Brothers' amazing double Shakespeare theatre feat

08 October 2015
Brothers' amazing double Shakespeare theatre feat

Brothers' amazing double Shakespeare theatre feat

08 October 2015

TWO Stratford boys completed an amazing double by both appearing at prestigious national theatres on the same night. King Edward VI School pupils Pascal…


INTERVIEW: Hecuba singer Lara Stubbs

07 October 2015
INTERVIEW: Hecuba singer Lara Stubbs

INTERVIEW: Hecuba singer Lara Stubbs

07 October 2015

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…


REVIEW: Hecuba at the RSC

07 October 2015
REVIEW: Hecuba at the RSC

REVIEW: Hecuba at the RSC

07 October 2015

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…


REVIEW: Henry V at RSC

02 October 2015
REVIEW: Henry V at RSC

REVIEW: Henry V at RSC

02 October 2015

There’s always something terrifically accomplished and elegant about director Greg Doran’s plays, and Henry V does not disappoint in that respect. It…


WANTED: Young writers

01 October 2015
WANTED: Young writers

WANTED: Young writers

01 October 2015

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…


Actor Hicks is a natural-born thriller

30 September 2015
Actor Hicks is a natural-born thriller

Actor Hicks is a natural-born thriller

30 September 2015

IT requires exceptional virtuoso musicianship to perform Beethoven’s hugely demanding work for violin and piano known as the Kreutzer Sonata. It also…


Little Mermaid is simply magical

30 September 2015
Little Mermaid is simply magical

Little Mermaid is simply magical

30 September 2015

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…


‘It’s all blood, swords, sacrifice and horror!’

30 September 2015
‘It’s all blood, swords, sacrifice and horror!’

‘It’s all blood, swords, sacrifice and horror!’

30 September 2015

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…


Local boys join cast of Hecuba at RSC

30 September 2015
Local boys join cast of Hecuba at RSC

Local boys join cast of Hecuba at RSC

30 September 2015

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,…


The best horrible film... ever!

27 September 2015
The best horrible film... ever!

The best horrible film... ever!

27 September 2015

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…


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