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REVIEW: The Provoked Wife, The Swan Theatre, RSC

17 May 2019
REVIEW: The Provoked Wife, The Swan Theatre, RSC

REVIEW: The Provoked Wife, The Swan Theatre, RSC

17 May 2019

Gill Sutherland reviews The Provoked Wife, which runs at The Swan Theatre until 7th September Caroline Quentin as Lady Fancyfull Did you see the guests…


Supercars zoom into Stratford next week

17 May 2019
Supercars zoom into Stratford next week

Supercars zoom into Stratford next week

17 May 2019

Verve Rally, Europe’s first ever so-called ‘carbon-neutral’ supercar rally pulls into Stratford next Friday. As the race makes its way from London to…


New play Duet For One opens at the Attic Theatre

16 May 2019
New play Duet For One opens at the Attic Theatre

New play Duet For One opens at the Attic Theatre

16 May 2019

Duet for One from the Aspect Theatre company is on at The Attic Theatre until 18th May. Written by Tom Kempinski and d irected by Marc Dugmore Duet…


All aboard for River Avon gin cruise

16 May 2019
All aboard for River Avon gin cruise

All aboard for River Avon gin cruise

16 May 2019

Stratford-upon-Avon’s artisan gin-makers the Shakespeare Distillery have teamed up with Avon Boating to launch a gin cruise. Launching this weekend, the…


News on the agenda at Campden’s tenth Literature Festival

07 May 2019
News on the agenda at Campden’s tenth Literature Festival

News on the agenda at Campden’s tenth Literature Festival

07 May 2019

The Chipping Campden Literature Festival this year celebrates its tenth anniversary and runs from 7th to 11th May. Festival director Vicky Bennett talks…


Bonsai play Stratford Jazz this week

07 May 2019
Bonsai play Stratford Jazz this week

Bonsai play Stratford Jazz this week

07 May 2019

Bonsai headline Stratford Jazz at the Play House on Wednesday (8th May). Bonsai (formerly Jam Experiment) were selected for the Jazzwise feature ‘Shape…


INTERVIEW: Joseph Arkley on playing Kate in the RSC's Taming of the Shrew

06 May 2019
INTERVIEW: Joseph Arkley on playing Kate in the RSC's Taming of the Shrew

INTERVIEW: Joseph Arkley on playing Kate in the RSC's Taming of the Shrew

06 May 2019

Joseph Arkley has ditched the brooding bad guys to play the role of Kate in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s blistering production of The Taming Of The…


Joan Bakewell opened new studio at Clifford Chambers

04 May 2019
Joan Bakewell opened new studio at Clifford Chambers

Joan Bakewell opened new studio at Clifford Chambers

04 May 2019

  What do you get if you have the spirit of Virginia Woolf, Dame Joan Bakewell, a chocolate fountain, a red carpet, a trumpeter, a 100 bows, and…


New FOCUSlife magazine out this week

02 May 2019
New FOCUSlife magazine out this week

New FOCUSlife magazine out this week

02 May 2019

In the May edition of FOCUSlife you can... Head down to new retail experience The Farm Take a peak inside Shakespeare Distillery's Gin School Hear about…


REVIEW: Keeping Our End Up at The Loft

30 April 2019
REVIEW: Keeping Our End Up at The Loft

REVIEW: Keeping Our End Up at The Loft

30 April 2019

Keeping Our End Up, The Loft, Leamington Spa, 3rd to 13th April LIKE all great sporting stories Keeping Our End Up, a new play by local writer and actor…


Much to see at Stratford Literary Festival this week

29 April 2019
Much to see at Stratford Literary Festival this week

Much to see at Stratford Literary Festival this week

29 April 2019

The Stratford Literary Festival celebrates its glorious 12th year with a superb line-up of speakers and events. The eight day spring festival commenced…


Leamington Music Festival starts Friday

29 April 2019
Leamington Music Festival starts Friday

Leamington Music Festival starts Friday

29 April 2019

Clive Peacock previews the festival which starts on Friday - and is based at Leamington's Royal Pump Rooms Thank goodness we are on the eve of the 30…


REVIEW: Kunene and the King, RSC

11 April 2019
REVIEW: Kunene and the King, RSC

REVIEW: Kunene and the King, RSC

11 April 2019

Who was the greatest storyteller that ever lived? Shakespeare would be the obvious ready response. But after seeing Kunene and the King I’m happy to believe…


INTERVIEW: John Kani - Kunene and the King at the RSC, writer and actor

09 April 2019
INTERVIEW: John Kani - Kunene and the King at the RSC, writer and actor

INTERVIEW: John Kani - Kunene and the King at the RSC, writer and actor

09 April 2019

South African actor, activist and playwright John Kani (The Island, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Black Panther) stars alongside fellow South African Tony Sher…


REVIEW: The Taming of the Shrew at the RSC

09 April 2019
REVIEW: The Taming of the Shrew at the RSC

REVIEW: The Taming of the Shrew at the RSC

09 April 2019

Steve Sutherland reviews The Taming of the Shrew, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 31st August “Tis the mind that makes the body rich…” Uh, oh… Here…


Alcott's Little Women on at the Bear Pit

08 April 2019
Alcott's Little Women on at the Bear Pit

Alcott's Little Women on at the Bear Pit

08 April 2019

Second Thoughts Drama Group bring a production of Little Women to The Bear Pit Theatre from Wednesday to Saturday. Little Women is a classic American…


NEW LOOK FOCUSlife magazine is out with tomorrow's Herald

03 April 2019
NEW LOOK FOCUSlife magazine is out with tomorrow's Herald

NEW LOOK FOCUSlife magazine is out with tomorrow's Herald

03 April 2019

We've freshened up FOCUSlife magazine (note new title!) to bring you lots of interesting reading and fab photos to make April a bit brighter! In this…


REVIEW: The Scummy Mummies

03 April 2019
REVIEW: The Scummy Mummies

REVIEW: The Scummy Mummies

03 April 2019

Georgina Fuller reviews The Scummy Mummies at The Theatre Chipping Norton, 29th March Wine, crude jokes, odes to Captain Birdseye, confessions, childbirth…


INTERVIEW: RSC actor Richard Clews

01 April 2019
INTERVIEW: RSC actor Richard Clews

INTERVIEW: RSC actor Richard Clews

01 April 2019

Last seen at the Royal Shakespeare Company as pirate Knock Bone Jones in 2013’s Wendy and Peter Pan, Richard Clews has returned to play Grumio in The…


Birth of a new season for Tread the Boards!

01 April 2019
Birth of a new season for Tread the Boards!

Birth of a new season for Tread the Boards!

01 April 2019

“We’re all right, bit tired!” so say new parents Catherine Prout and John-Robert Partridge, executive producer and artistic director of Stratford’s foremost…


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