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REVIEW: Treasure Island, Tread the Boards at The Attic Theatre

28 August 2019
REVIEW: Treasure Island, Tread the Boards at The Attic Theatre

REVIEW: Treasure Island, Tread the Boards at The Attic Theatre

28 August 2019

CHARLES ESSEX REVIEWS THE PRODUCTION WHICH RUNS UNTIL 1ST SEPTEMBER Are the school holidays dragging? Are the children getting bored and under your feet?…


FOCUSLife magazine FREE with this week's Herald

28 August 2019
FOCUSLife magazine FREE with this week's Herald

FOCUSLife magazine FREE with this week's Herald

28 August 2019

IN THE SEPTEMBER EDITION: Journalist Matthew Bates died three years ago aged 27, his mum Louise has written a book about her bereavement – she tells us…


Stratford landmarks 'not as old as previously thought'

28 August 2019
Stratford landmarks 'not as old as previously thought'

Stratford landmarks 'not as old as previously thought'

28 August 2019

NEW research has revealed that the Falcon Hotel and Church Street almshouses in Stratford are actually around 100 years younger than originally thought. The…


RSC show briefly halted on Friday

27 August 2019
RSC show briefly halted on Friday

RSC show briefly halted on Friday

27 August 2019

The Friday night performance of The Provoked Wife at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre had to be stopped ten minutes from the end on Friday…


First casting announced for Boy in the Dress

22 August 2019
First casting announced for Boy in the Dress

First casting announced for Boy in the Dress

22 August 2019

Casting kicks off with the first announcement for The Boy in the Dress, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) new musical which runs in the Royal Shakespeare…


Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi offers actress a helping hand

20 August 2019
Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi offers actress a helping hand

Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi offers actress a helping hand

20 August 2019

Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi is not just lending his support to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he’s also been giving tips to fictional national leader Clare…


INTERVIEW: Storyteller Kate Coleman

19 August 2019
INTERVIEW: Storyteller Kate Coleman

INTERVIEW: Storyteller Kate Coleman

19 August 2019

Stratford-based Kate Coleman has been sharing her Storytree in a number of new projects around the town this summer. She tells us what it means to be…


INTERVIEW: RSC actor Lucy Phelps

18 July 2019
INTERVIEW: RSC actor Lucy Phelps

INTERVIEW: RSC actor Lucy Phelps

18 July 2019

Actress Lucy Phelps takes on an incredible double act in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s current season: playing Rosalind in As You Like It and Isabella…


REVIEW: Crooked Dances at The Other Place

12 July 2019
REVIEW: Crooked Dances at The Other Place

REVIEW: Crooked Dances at The Other Place

12 July 2019

Steve Sutherland reviews Crooked Dances, The Other Place, Until 13th July When the kids were small, we Sutherlands made the classic mistake of holidaying…


Hurrah for the Lionesses – now why don't most schools offer girls football?

12 July 2019
Hurrah for the Lionesses – now why don't most schools offer girls football?

Hurrah for the Lionesses – now why don't most schools offer girls football?

12 July 2019

This feature originally appeared in the Stratford Herald on 4th July ANYONE who watched England take on the United States on Tuesday night at the FIFA…


REVIEW: Behind the Settee, Susie's Bar at RSC's The Other Place

12 July 2019
REVIEW: Behind the Settee, Susie's Bar at RSC's The Other Place

REVIEW: Behind the Settee, Susie's Bar at RSC's The Other Place

12 July 2019

Karl Walker reviews Behind The Settee, Susie's Bar @ The Other Place, 4th July The welcoming environs of Susie's Bar played host to Rugby based alt-pop…


Alcester Male Voice Choir plays at Windsor Castle chapel

09 July 2019
Alcester Male Voice Choir plays at Windsor Castle chapel

Alcester Male Voice Choir plays at Windsor Castle chapel

09 July 2019

Following a highly successful and sell out concert at Worcester Cathedral, at the beginning of May, the popular and in demand Alcester Male Voice Choir…


Photographic exhibition captures Stratford past and present

08 July 2019
Photographic exhibition captures Stratford past and present

Photographic exhibition captures Stratford past and present

08 July 2019

Photographer William Mulryne tells Herald arts about his compelling exhibition, Living with History, at Hall’s Croft. It’s amazing how much photographs…


July edition FOCUSLife magazine is out now

28 June 2019
July edition FOCUSLife magazine is out now

July edition FOCUSLife magazine is out now

28 June 2019

In this edition... Author Caroline Montague shows us round her Burnt Norton home Johnsons celebrates 110 years in the travel business The best town properties…


REVIEW: Venice Preserved at the RSC

28 June 2019
REVIEW: Venice Preserved at the RSC

REVIEW: Venice Preserved at the RSC

28 June 2019

Venice Preserved, The Swan Theatre, until 7th September So the President of the United States is in town, hobnobbing with the Establishment. Trump’s not…


Miriam Margoyles adds to pressure on RSC over BP relationship

28 June 2019
Miriam Margoyles adds to pressure on RSC over BP relationship

Miriam Margoyles adds to pressure on RSC over BP relationship

28 June 2019

Miriam Margolyes has backed Mark Rylance's Royal Shakespeare Company boycott over BP, according to a report in The Guardian. The RSC has been criticised…


Mark Rylance quits RSC over BP links

24 June 2019
Mark Rylance quits RSC over BP links

Mark Rylance quits RSC over BP links

24 June 2019

Actor Mark Rylance has severed his ties with the RSC over the organisation’s association with sponsor BP. The RSC has been criticised for accepting sponsorship…


Cheers to fabulous Midsummer Tease cabaret coming to town

17 June 2019
Cheers to fabulous Midsummer Tease cabaret coming to town

Cheers to fabulous Midsummer Tease cabaret coming to town

17 June 2019

Singer Betsy Harmony is the hostess with the mostest at A Midsummer Night’s Tease cabaret night at Alveston Manor Hotel on 4th July. Betsy and show producer…


Artist Jessica Brown in situ for Warwickshire Open Studios

14 June 2019
Artist Jessica Brown in situ for Warwickshire Open Studios

Artist Jessica Brown in situ for Warwickshire Open Studios

14 June 2019

From Royal visits to a right royal welcome from Warwickshire artist A local artist who once handled visits to the region from members of the Royal family…


REVIEW: Giffords Circus, Xanadu on tour

13 June 2019
REVIEW: Giffords Circus, Xanadu on tour

REVIEW: Giffords Circus, Xanadu on tour

13 June 2019

Steve Sutherland reviews this year's Gifford's Circus show Xanadu, which is touring throught the summer. Book tickets here We’re talking about time, and…


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