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True bird of Christmas

05 January 2025
True bird of Christmas

True bird of Christmas

05 January 2025

Bard’s Birds: A look at the fascinating folklore of the wren - including how it was traditionally slaughtered on Boxing Day


RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

18 December 2024
RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

18 December 2024

Twelfth Night is a rare spectacle where the play, production, casting, performances, staging, lighting, costuming and music are all in perfect harmony


50 years on from Nick Drake’s death - a glorious prophesy fulfilled

28 November 2024
50 years on from Nick Drake’s death - a glorious prophesy fulfilled

50 years on from Nick Drake’s death - a glorious prophesy fulfilled

28 November 2024

Nick Drake grew up in Tanworth and died there too, in his childhood bedroom at his parents’ house.


Mourning glory

25 November 2024
Mourning glory

Mourning glory

25 November 2024

REVIEW: Harrowing classic The House of Bernarda Alba sees Playbox female cast on top form at the Dream Factory


Celebrating a great man

23 November 2024
Celebrating a great man

Celebrating a great man

23 November 2024

Great line-up of musicians take part in special evening of music by Kris Kristofferson and others tonight (Saturday) at Luddington Village Hall.


Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

21 November 2024
Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

21 November 2024

Four stars - look out for the dinner scene, a fabulous slo-mo slaughter where the cutlery is magically weaponised.


Spellbound

03 November 2024
Spellbound

Spellbound

03 November 2024

Celebrating Stratford’s witchy history and depictions of the ‘weird sisters’ in art and culture


RSC Othello review: Style over substance

23 October 2024
RSC Othello review: Style over substance

RSC Othello review: Style over substance

23 October 2024

REVIEW: Concepts rob tension from Othello at the RSC, two stars **


Masterfully monstrous

20 October 2024
Masterfully monstrous

Masterfully monstrous

20 October 2024

REVIEW: The Addams Family, The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick


More spinned against than spinning

18 October 2024
More spinned against than spinning

More spinned against than spinning

18 October 2024

REVIEW: * * * Three stars, The New Real has worthy things to say but feels a touch tardy


A fabulously erotic seismic force

26 September 2024
A fabulously erotic seismic force

A fabulously erotic seismic force

26 September 2024

REVIEW: 5 ***** Romeo & Juliet, Northern Ballet at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 28th September


Properly supersonic

11 September 2024
Properly supersonic

Properly supersonic

11 September 2024

Forget Oasis, the best supersonic musical experience was to be found at the, er, Supersonic Festival in Digbeth.


Tears and thanks for The Unthanks

05 August 2024
Tears and thanks for The Unthanks

Tears and thanks for The Unthanks

05 August 2024

Review: The Unthanks at Warwick Folk Festival; plus a word of thanks from the organisers.


Charming frolics

01 August 2024
Charming frolics

Charming frolics

01 August 2024

*** Review: An entertaining but straightforward As You Like It is on at the RSC’s Holloway Garden Theatre until 1st September


Idle gossip in the pink

28 July 2024
Idle gossip in the pink

Idle gossip in the pink

28 July 2024

**** REVIEW: The School For Scandal, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 6th September


Summit worthy this way comes

29 June 2024
Summit worthy this way comes

Summit worthy this way comes

29 June 2024

REVIEW: Kyoto, Swan Theatre, Stratford, until 13th July, FOUR STARS ****


Superior silliness ahoy

20 June 2024
Superior silliness ahoy

Superior silliness ahoy

20 June 2024

*** REVIEW: The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 7th September.


Minister of mirth gets people’s vote

29 May 2024
Minister of mirth gets people’s vote

Minister of mirth gets people’s vote

29 May 2024

5* REVIEW: Tweedy’s Massive Circus at RSC Avonbank Garden is genius, daft and the best fun you’ll have this year


The thrill of the chaste

29 April 2024
The thrill of the chaste

The thrill of the chaste

29 April 2024

5 STARS, REVIEW: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, until 18th May


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