Reviews

Stress and the demands of modern living, coupled with the issues of celebritydom, may seem like terribly modern concerns, but here, in The Bear Pit Theatre…

‘Magic and wonder lights up the dark’ Reviewed on 14th February BASED on legendary Italian director Federico Fellini’s 1957 Oscar-winning film, La Strada,…

Pomegranate Trio, Stratford Chamber Music Society at Shakespeare Institute, Stratford, Sunday, 15th January CHAMBER musicians have come up with all manner…

This Evil Thing, Michael Mears at the Kempe Studio, 15th January When the subject of the heroes of the First World War comes up, your thoughts naturally…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON’S young theatre company, Rogues and Vagabonds, present the musical The Secret Garden at the Bear Pit Theatre this week. This enchanting…

JUST when you think the festive cheer has ended until next December, along comes a rather special occasion to once again become merry, mirthful and multicultural… Members…

AS an arts reviewer the hazards of the job at this time of year is festive entertainment fatigue — FEF for short. It comes from hearing Away In a Manger…

Steve Sutherland reviews Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at The Dream Factory, Warwick, which runs until Saturday, 31st December “Everyone’s mad here……

THERE’S something hugely refreshing about The Seven Acts of Mercy by Anders Lustgarten. On the one hand its foul-mouthed kitchen sink realism would hardly…

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre pantomime has long been a highlight in the Midlands’ Christmas theatre calendar. And 2017 is certainly no exception. Our hapless…

Four hundred years on from Shakespeare’s death, director Greg Doran has tapped into the dramatist’s spirit of technical creativity and adventure to create…

It's a well-known story – unemployed Sheffield steel workers, thrown on the scrapheap by the collapse of their industry, form a sub-Chippendales troupe…

Kaylee Holt reviews The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by the ArtsHouse Drama Club at Stratford ArtsHouse, Saturday, 5th November THE ArtsHouse was…

TWO , the hilarious and heartwarming play by Jim Cartwright tells the story of a bickering husband and wife who run a pub. The married couple and the…

Lise Evans reviews the inaugural concert held at the new venue on 1st October Warwick Hall resounded with musical brilliance on Saturday evening, when…

King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until October 2017 Didn’t you just love the Olympics? It’s a true test of almost godlike human endurance and ability.…

It’s been 10 years since the world’s most magical car has flown into the Midlands so it was with much anticipation I awaited its return – on the second…

Talent scouts are coming to Stratford on Saturday, 10 th September, hunting for worthy contenders for Britain's Got Talent 2017. The auditions will take…

ORCHESTRA of the Swan were in top form for their last concert in their 2015-1016 Shakespeare season. Conductor David Curtis brought unusual colour and…

Preston Witts reviews Jenůfa at Longborough Festival Opera, Saturday, 16th July The West Midland's great mezzo-soprano, Gaynor Keeble, is renowned for…