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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…


Stratford College students end-of-year art and design showcase opens Friday

13 June 2019
Stratford College students end-of-year art and design showcase opens Friday

Stratford College students end-of-year art and design showcase opens Friday

13 June 2019

THE work of Stratford College art and design students will be showcased at the college on Friday during the On the Wall exhibition which is open to the…


STRATFORD POETRY FESTIVAL: Raymond Antrobus interview

07 June 2019
STRATFORD POETRY FESTIVAL: Raymond Antrobus interview

STRATFORD POETRY FESTIVAL: Raymond Antrobus interview

07 June 2019

Inspired by Shakespeare It seems quite apt that Raymond Antrobus was in Stratford-upon-Avon — the birthplace of the world’s greatest playwright and poet,…


Comedy Festival returns to RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon

07 June 2019
Comedy Festival returns to RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon

Comedy Festival returns to RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon

07 June 2019

Ahead of the official announcement today, the Herald exclusively revealed in yesterday’s newspaper the news that a comedy festival would be returning…


Shock closure for Leamington Assembly

04 June 2019
Shock closure for Leamington Assembly

Shock closure for Leamington Assembly

04 June 2019

Popular music venue The Assembly in Leamington Spa has suddenly closed. The MJR Group, who took over running the venue three years ago, posted a statement…


INTERVIEW: Phillip Breen on directing The Provoked Wife at the RSC

04 June 2019
INTERVIEW: Phillip Breen on directing The Provoked Wife at the RSC

INTERVIEW: Phillip Breen on directing The Provoked Wife at the RSC

04 June 2019

Confessing all at the comedy altar... Director Phillip Breen tells Gill Sutherland about putting on John Vanbrugh’s The Provoked Wife at The Swan Theatre. Let’s…


RSC celebrates life of legendary head of voice Cis Berry

29 May 2019
RSC celebrates life of legendary head of voice Cis Berry

RSC celebrates life of legendary head of voice Cis Berry

29 May 2019

Cheers and cherries for cherished Cis Cis Berry On Sunday, 19 th May, there was what can best be described as ‘a happening’ to honour Cicely Berry, the…


Room needed for book club

22 May 2019
Room needed for book club

Room needed for book club

22 May 2019

A Stratford book club is appealing for help to find a spacious room where they can hold their monthly meeting in the town. Stratford Literary Festival…


REVIEW: Duet for One, Aspect Theatre Company

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Duet for One, Aspect Theatre Company

REVIEW: Duet for One, Aspect Theatre Company

20 May 2019

Peter Buckroyd reviews Duet for One, Aspect Theatre Company at The Attic Theatre, 18th May I saw the premiere production of this wonderful play twice…


REVIEW: Leamington Music Festival

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Leamington Music Festival

REVIEW: Leamington Music Festival

20 May 2019

Clive Peacock reviews Leamington Music Festival, Takacs Quartet, Royal Pump Room, 9th and 10th May What a happy coincidence! What chance the long-awaited…


REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Patrick Gale

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Patrick Gale

REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Patrick Gale

20 May 2019

Peter Buckroyd reviews Patrick Gale, Take Nothing With You, United Reformed Church, 2nd May In a wonderfully refreshing conversation with Meg Sanders,…


REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Rosemary Shrager

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Rosemary Shrager

REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, Rosemary Shrager

20 May 2019

Peter Buckroyd reviews Rosemary Shrager, Cookery and Other Ingredients, Stratford Play House, 29th April What you see is what you get and it’s the same…


REVIEW: Peter Donohoe plays Mozart, Orchestra of the Swan

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Peter Donohoe plays Mozart, Orchestra of the Swan

REVIEW: Peter Donohoe plays Mozart, Orchestra of the Swan

20 May 2019

Peter Buckroyd reviews Orchestra of the Swan, Peter Donohoe plays Mozart No. 25, Stratford Arts House, 30th April 2019 Jason Lai is one of the best conductors…


REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, I Clara, Lucy Parham and Juliet Stephenson

20 May 2019
REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, I Clara, Lucy Parham and Juliet Stephenson

REVIEW: Stratford Literary Festival, I Clara, Lucy Parham and Juliet Stephenson

20 May 2019

Peter Buckroyd reviews Lucy Parham and Juliet Stephenson, I Clara, Stratford Play House, 29th April After a very successful career as solo concert pianist…


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