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Stratford Literary Festival's sister act

14 March 2018
Stratford Literary Festival's sister act

Stratford Literary Festival's sister act

14 March 2018

TO mark 100 years of the beginning of suffrage for women, and to celebrate the #MeToo campaign, a central theme of this year’s Stratford Literary Festival…


Anime season at Stratford's Picturehouse

12 March 2018
Anime season at Stratford's Picturehouse

Anime season at Stratford's Picturehouse

12 March 2018

A season of Studio Ghibli films are showing as part of Stratford Picturehouse’s Vintage Sundays, which sees “cool classics put back on the big screen”. Studio…


REVIEW: Schools' catty panto battle!

12 March 2018
REVIEW: Schools' catty panto battle!

REVIEW: Schools' catty panto battle!

12 March 2018

Elaine Binks reviews Dick Whittington, Bridgetown School, 2nd February; and Puss in Boots, The Willows, 16th February... and declares the winner of 'the…


REVIEW: Florence Smith: Now & Then, Bear Pit Theatre

09 March 2018
REVIEW: Florence Smith: Now & Then, Bear Pit Theatre

REVIEW: Florence Smith: Now & Then, Bear Pit Theatre

09 March 2018

Florence Smith: Now & Then, Bear Pit Theatre, 25th February There’s been much talk of time travel of late. Various ‘time travellers’ have made increasingly…


REVIEW: A Bunch of Amateurs

09 March 2018
REVIEW: A Bunch of Amateurs

REVIEW: A Bunch of Amateurs

09 March 2018

A Bunch of Amateurs, Second Thoughts at The Bear Pit Theatre, 24th February So these are the opening lines of this light-hearted comedy written by Spitting…


Zoe Ball visits Stratford during Sport Relief challenge

08 March 2018
Zoe Ball visits Stratford during Sport Relief challenge

Zoe Ball visits Stratford during Sport Relief challenge

08 March 2018

Radio presenter Zoe Ball stopped by for breakfast at Talton Mill, near Newbold on Stour, this morning as she prepared to set off on the latest leg of…


REVIEW: Billy Elliot at Chipping Campden School

05 March 2018
REVIEW: Billy Elliot at Chipping Campden School

REVIEW: Billy Elliot at Chipping Campden School

05 March 2018

Steve Sutherland reviews Billy Elliot, Chipping Campden School, 9th February “In everything you do Always be yourself, And you always will be true…” It…


American choir visits Holy Trinity this Thursday

05 March 2018
American choir visits Holy Trinity this Thursday

American choir visits Holy Trinity this Thursday

05 March 2018

An American youth choir and award-winning director from Minnesota are coming to perform in Stratford. On Thursday, 8th March, at 1pm, the Hudson High…


Warm up with Les Miserables at Stratford ArtsHouse this weekend

02 March 2018
Warm up with Les Miserables at Stratford ArtsHouse this weekend

Warm up with Les Miserables at Stratford ArtsHouse this weekend

02 March 2018

THE Stratford Musical Theatre company bring a mega heart-warming production of Les Miserable Schools Edition to the Stratford ArtsHouse from 8th to 10th…


REVIEW: The Bald Prima Donna, The Bear Pit Theatre

02 March 2018
REVIEW: The Bald Prima Donna, The Bear Pit Theatre

REVIEW: The Bald Prima Donna, The Bear Pit Theatre

02 March 2018

Peter Buckroyd reviews The Bald Prima Donna, Bear Pit Company, Bear Pit Theatre, Saturday, 17th February WHEN is the absurd not quite as absurd as you…


FREE Focus magazine - out with this week’s Herald

01 March 2018
FREE Focus magazine - out with this week’s Herald

FREE Focus magazine - out with this week’s Herald

01 March 2018

This edition we will be celebrating cartoons, chocololate, daffodils and the Oscars! Read our fascinating features about people with local connections.... Marvel…


Powerful drama tells Nazanin's story

20 February 2018
Powerful drama tells Nazanin's story

Powerful drama tells Nazanin's story

20 February 2018

LONG-LISTED for the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award, Nazanin’s Story — described as ‘political theatre at its best’ — tells the true and ongoing struggle…


Who wins panto cat fight?!

19 February 2018
Who wins panto cat fight?!

Who wins panto cat fight?!

19 February 2018

WHERE’S the pantomime season? It’s behind you! Not for two local primary schools who have this month performed their annual parent/staff pantomimes —…


INTERVIEW: Ursula Mohan on sharing a grandmother's memories

13 February 2018
INTERVIEW: Ursula Mohan on sharing a grandmother's memories

INTERVIEW: Ursula Mohan on sharing a grandmother's memories

13 February 2018

RSC actor Christopher Saul, who lives in Stratford and is currently in Imperium, has written a one-woman play based on the memories of his grandmother,…


Upset as memorial plaque is stolen

13 February 2018
Upset as memorial plaque is stolen

Upset as memorial plaque is stolen

13 February 2018

A memorial plaque remembering much-respected Cotswold Warden Rita Turner has been stolen. Rita, who lived in Shipston with her husband Allen, was a warden…


Missing 11-year-old boy is found

10 February 2018
Missing 11-year-old boy is found

Missing 11-year-old boy is found

10 February 2018

Warwickshire police have said that Alfie Harrison, 11, who was missing early today, last seen in Warwick, has been found safe and well.  


Alcester fracas leaves man with head injuries

10 February 2018
Alcester fracas leaves man with head injuries

Alcester fracas leaves man with head injuries

10 February 2018

Police are appealing for witnesses after a disturbance in St Nicholas Close, Alcester, left one man seriously injured. Detectives from Warwickshire Police…


INTERVIEW Part II: RSC's Greg Doran on gender, race, technology and those Walliams rumours...

08 February 2018
INTERVIEW Part II: RSC's Greg Doran on gender, race, technology and those Walliams rumours...

INTERVIEW Part II: RSC's Greg Doran on gender, race, technology and those Walliams rumours...

08 February 2018

Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Greg Doran recently welcomed Gill Sutherland to his office to talk through the highlights of the recently…


INTERVIEW: Neil McDermott - from soap star to The Sound of Music

08 February 2018
INTERVIEW: Neil McDermott - from soap star to The Sound of Music

INTERVIEW: Neil McDermott - from soap star to The Sound of Music

08 February 2018

Coventry is alive with The Sound of Music - as the hit touring production continues at the Belgrade Theatre until 10th February. It stars Lucy O’Byrne…


INTERVIEW: Greg Doran on RSC’s Winter 2018/2019 season

01 February 2018
INTERVIEW: Greg Doran on RSC’s Winter 2018/2019 season

INTERVIEW: Greg Doran on RSC’s Winter 2018/2019 season

01 February 2018

With his fulsome beard and fine head of hair there is something very lion-like about RSC artistic director Greg Doran, writes Gill Sutherland. But in…


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