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Herald photographer honoured at awards

22 May 2016
Herald photographer honoured at awards

Herald photographer honoured at awards

22 May 2016

The Stratford Herald's photographer, Mark Williamson, has been highly commended at this year's Regional Press Awards. Winners of the Regional Press Awards…


A46 crash lorry driver jailed for 15 months

21 May 2016
A46 crash lorry driver jailed for 15 months

A46 crash lorry driver jailed for 15 months

21 May 2016

A lorry driver who ploughed into a line of traffic on the A46 near Stratford, causing life-threatening injuries to a number of people, after falling asleep…


Games and Thrones: Round two of bloody play

19 May 2016
Games and Thrones: Round two of bloody play

Games and Thrones: Round two of bloody play

19 May 2016

PLAYBOX’S acclaimed reworking of Shakespeare’s Henry Vl plays moves to St Mary’s Church in Warwick for more performances following a hugely-successful…


Twirl power: join dance class for summer shows

18 May 2016
Twirl power: join dance class for summer shows

Twirl power: join dance class for summer shows

18 May 2016

DANCE teacher, Gemma Joyce, poses with young dancers after recently launching Saturday morning classes covering ballet, jazz, lyrical, and showcase work,…


REVIEW: Cymbeline at the RSC

18 May 2016
REVIEW: Cymbeline at the RSC

REVIEW: Cymbeline at the RSC

18 May 2016

I had misgivings about coming to see this production of Cymbeline at the RSC. A friend had pinged me a message after seeing it the day before: “I have…


Drawing in the crowds

17 May 2016
Drawing in the crowds

Drawing in the crowds

17 May 2016

TWO art exhibitions saw local artists display their fine work over a gloriously sunny weekend. The Stratford Art Fair was put on by Friends of Stratford…


A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

16 May 2016
A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

16 May 2016

AT the end of May, Stratford-upon-Avon’s Picturehouse cinema will celebrate the Bank Holiday weekend by welcoming back the annual pop-up event with an…


Campden music festival: the film!

13 May 2016
Campden music festival: the film!

Campden music festival: the film!

13 May 2016

BAFTA and Emmy award-winning film-maker Sheila Hayman documented the coming together of the Chipping Campden Festival orchestra in her fascinating documentary…


'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

13 May 2016
'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

13 May 2016

Yukio Ninagawa , the Japanese stage director known for his adaptations of Shakespeare, has died aged 80. In response to the sad news, the RSC posted a…


Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

13 May 2016
Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

13 May 2016

COMEDIAN and writer Shazia Mirza is a regular face on TV, offering insights and humour on subjects that are considered a no-jokes zone. Tonight (Friday,…


The lost diaries of Shakespeare

12 May 2016
The lost diaries of Shakespeare

The lost diaries of Shakespeare

12 May 2016

PUPILS at Bridgetown School in Stratford-upon-Avon rocked the audience with their performance of Shakespeare Rocks! The production by year four pupils…


PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

12 May 2016
PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

12 May 2016

Restaurant critic, presenter and jazz pianist Jay Rayner calls into Lemington Spa town hall with his show My Dining Hell on Friday (13 th May). He chatted…


INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

06 May 2016
INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

06 May 2016

FOR All Time is the largest permanent site-specific artwork to be commissioned by the RSC. Herald arts caught up with its creator, Brighton based-artist…


Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

06 May 2016
Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

06 May 2016

GOSPEL and blues guitarist Leo ‘Bud’ Welch is performing at The Norman Knight, Whichford, on Monday, 9th May. He was born in Sbougla, Mississippi, in…


God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

06 May 2016
God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

06 May 2016

AS God of Carnage, the comedy of manners written by French playwright Yasmina Reza in 2006, opens at the Bear Pit Theatre tonight (Friday, 8th May), Gill…


REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

04 May 2016
REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

04 May 2016

What a night for the bard. On stage at the RSC the good and the great are having a ball hamming up the to be’s or not to be’s in wisecracking celebration…


Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

29 April 2016
Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

29 April 2016

THE seventh Chipping Campden Literature Festival gets under way on Tuesday, 3rd May. Highlights include Prue Leith talking about her latest book, The…


Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

29 April 2016
Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

29 April 2016

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON ArtsHouse is putting on the pantomime Aladdin this year and is inviting local people to join the professional cast. There will be…


Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

24 April 2016
Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

24 April 2016

Dame Helen Mirren declared Shakespeare Live “phenomenal and terrifying” in an exclusive chat with the Herald after last night’s gala show broadcast live…


First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

23 April 2016
First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

23 April 2016

Herald arts correspondent Gill Sutherland will be in the audience at Shakespeare Live! From the RSC this evening, Saturday. Yesterday, she went behind…


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