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Stratford-born actor Ben Woods is up for an 'Offie' award

04 March 2020
Stratford-born actor Ben Woods is up for an 'Offie' award

Stratford-born actor Ben Woods is up for an 'Offie' award

04 March 2020

Actor Ben Woods tells Gill Sutherland about how treading the RSC boards as a youngster led him into an acting career – and how his latest role as young…


REVIEW: The Whip, RSC ★★★

02 March 2020
REVIEW: The Whip, RSC ★★★

REVIEW: The Whip, RSC ★★★

02 March 2020

Powerful and worthy play Gill Sutherland reviews The Whip, The Swan Theatre, until 21st March Katherine Pearce as Horatia Poskitt. Photo: Steve Tanner/RSC…


'Elephants and anarchy' – Gregory Doran on the RSC Winter Season 2020

02 March 2020
'Elephants and anarchy' – Gregory Doran on the RSC Winter Season 2020

'Elephants and anarchy' – Gregory Doran on the RSC Winter Season 2020

02 March 2020

RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran A magical musical and top war stories come to the Royal Shakespeare Company for its winter 2020 season. Here artistic…


Happy 29th February! But what the blooming heck is a 'leap year'?!

29 February 2020
Happy 29th February! But what the blooming heck is a 'leap year'?!

Happy 29th February! But what the blooming heck is a 'leap year'?!

29 February 2020

You may know that every four years February gets an extra day and we have what’s called a “leap year”. But how are leap years calculated and who worked…


Actor Ben Woods brings songs and joy to Ambleside Care Home

28 February 2020
Actor Ben Woods brings songs and joy to Ambleside Care Home

Actor Ben Woods brings songs and joy to Ambleside Care Home

28 February 2020

Actor Ben Woods may be up for a prestigious ‘Offie’ theatre award this year, and living and working in London, but he always makes time to take an important…


What next for the RSC's The Boy in the Dress?

27 February 2020
What next for the RSC's The Boy in the Dress?

What next for the RSC's The Boy in the Dress?

27 February 2020

With only a week to go until it reaches its last performance on 8th March, many are wondering what the future of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production…


INTERVIEW: Nicky Cox on directing The Norman Conquests at the Bear Pit Theatre

27 February 2020
INTERVIEW: Nicky Cox on directing The Norman Conquests at the Bear Pit Theatre

INTERVIEW: Nicky Cox on directing The Norman Conquests at the Bear Pit Theatre

27 February 2020

Director Nicky Cox tells Gill Sutherland about the challenges of staging Alan Ayckbourn’s epic domestic trilogy The Norman Conquests, which is currently…


REVIEW: Pen versus sword in Michael Mears' Now Thrive the Armourers

25 February 2020
REVIEW: Pen versus sword in Michael Mears' Now Thrive the Armourers

REVIEW: Pen versus sword in Michael Mears' Now Thrive the Armourers

25 February 2020

Actor Michael Mears' solo performance Now thrive the Armourers, Kempe Society, Stratford, 2nd February It’s easy to conjure political figures of hate…


INTERVIEW: Rufus Hound on playing Dad in the RSC's Boy in the Dress

20 February 2020
INTERVIEW: Rufus Hound on playing Dad in the RSC's Boy in the Dress

INTERVIEW: Rufus Hound on playing Dad in the RSC's Boy in the Dress

20 February 2020

Rufus Hound takes a seat at the RSC offices Stand-up turned actor Rufus Hound talks to Gill Sutherland about his career, DIY, politics, and being a dad…


RSC's Gregory Doran delivers Stratford Society lecture on Monday

14 February 2020
RSC's Gregory Doran delivers Stratford Society lecture on Monday

RSC's Gregory Doran delivers Stratford Society lecture on Monday

14 February 2020

In a joint meeting between the Stratford Society and the Shakespeare Club, RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran gives a talk on 'Shakespeare: the God of…


Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!

14 February 2020
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!

14 February 2020

What better symbol of love than two swans performing a mating ritual? These two were captured looking loved up on the River Avon at Stratford by Herald…


Blockley am-dram performs Sue Townsend play Bazaar and Rummage

12 February 2020
Blockley am-dram performs Sue Townsend play Bazaar and Rummage

Blockley am-dram performs Sue Townsend play Bazaar and Rummage

12 February 2020

Sue Townsend’s thought‐provoking comedy about an agoraphobic self‐help group running an old‐fashioned jumble sale is coming to Blockley next week. 'Bazaar…


OUTing the Past Festival: LGBT+ plus Bard – talks tomorrow at Birthplace

11 February 2020
OUTing the Past Festival: LGBT+ plus Bard – talks tomorrow at Birthplace

OUTing the Past Festival: LGBT+ plus Bard – talks tomorrow at Birthplace

11 February 2020

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) will be taking part in this year’s OUTing the Past Festival — the international celebration of LGBT+ history that…


Hilary Mantel heads up great Stratford Literary Festival line up

08 February 2020
Hilary Mantel heads up great Stratford Literary Festival line up

Hilary Mantel heads up great Stratford Literary Festival line up

08 February 2020

Dame Hilary Mantel, pictured, one of the world’s most acclaimed writers, and Rory Bremner, the UK’s leading impressionist, headline the stellar line-up…


'Real life Jessica Rabbit' Ivy Paige comes to Stratford for Valentine's cabaret

07 February 2020
'Real life Jessica Rabbit' Ivy Paige comes to Stratford for Valentine's cabaret

'Real life Jessica Rabbit' Ivy Paige comes to Stratford for Valentine's cabaret

07 February 2020

Sizzling singer and performer Ivy Paige hosts burlesque and cabaret evening A Midsummer Night’s Tease at the Welcombe Hotel, Stratford, on Saturday, 15th…


Meet children's author Evgenia Golubeva... just don't call her 'Mouse'!

05 February 2020
Meet children's author Evgenia Golubeva... just don't call her 'Mouse'!

Meet children's author Evgenia Golubeva... just don't call her 'Mouse'!

05 February 2020

Gill Sutherland goes to a happy place as she talks to creative dynamo Evgenia Golubeva about her new children’s book, I Am Not A Mouse. The book is being…


See Stratford band Scratchy Beard on Thursday

05 February 2020
See Stratford band Scratchy Beard on Thursday

See Stratford band Scratchy Beard on Thursday

05 February 2020

Gill Sutherland gets aboard the ‘trans-Europe express’ with Stratford band Scratchy Beard ahead of their gig to promote their debut album on Thursday…


‘We feel his loss deeply’ RSC pays tribute to former artistic director Terry Hands

04 February 2020
‘We feel his loss deeply’ RSC pays tribute to former artistic director Terry Hands

‘We feel his loss deeply’ RSC pays tribute to former artistic director Terry Hands

04 February 2020

Terry Hands pictured in 1983. Photos RSC Tributes have been widely paid to inspirational theatre director Terry Hands who has died aged 79. Terry oversaw…


RSC delivers new musical and Wars of the Roses for winter 2020

04 February 2020
RSC delivers new musical and Wars of the Roses for winter 2020

RSC delivers new musical and Wars of the Roses for winter 2020

04 February 2020

A new musical and The Wars of the Roses come to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) this winter, the company has just announced. The Magician’s Elephant,…


Don't miss this month's FOCUSLife magazine...

30 January 2020
Don't miss this month's FOCUSLife magazine...

Don't miss this month's FOCUSLife magazine...

30 January 2020

In the February edition of the magazine – free with this week's Herald: Read our interview with super chatty, funny and whip smart Rufus Hound , currently…


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