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THE George Huxley Jazz Men will return to Tysoe Village Hall, by popular demand, to celebrate St George’s Day on Saturday, 23rd April. George Huxley is…

Body Doubl e, The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford, runs until Saturday, 9th April IN acting parlance, a ‘body double’ is an actor who substitutes for a leading…

In this Thursday's Herald (on sale 7th April) the arts pages feature an interview with Hamlet lead, Paapa Essiedu; a preview of the Stratford Literary…

Steve Sutherland reviews Hamlet - at the RSC until 13th August TO be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the…

LOCAL playwright Mark Carey tells Gill Sutherland about how his new play, Body Double, which is on at The Bear Pit this week, came about. “In 1986 I did…

THIS week has seen more details of the ninth Stratford Literary Festival revealed by organisers — and one of the stand-out events is an attempt at a feat…

TERRY Deary — the man who created Horrible Histories — was at Warwick Castle earlier this week to open a new maze inspired by his hugely-popular series…

MUSICAL lovers look set to enjoy a heavenly dose of song and dance when Stratford Musical Theatre Company performs the hit show Godspell at the Royal…

LOCAL playwright Mark Carey tells Gill Sutherland about how his new play, Body Double , which runs at The Bear Pit next week, came about. “In 1986 I did…

STRATFORD artist Dylan Izaak will have an exhibition at Whitewalls Gallery, in Sheep Street, on Saturday, 26th March, from 1pm until 3pm — the first in…

THINGS have been getting mysterious and spooky at Stratford School as students prepared for the arrival of the Addams family. A wonderful cast that spans…

DESPITE its off-putting misogynistic title, The Woman Hater was the perfect production to christen the theatre at The Other Place. Although the new RSC…

ALCESTER couple Andrew and Barbara Swinn are stepping down from their roles with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra after an incredible 47 years. The couple,…

THE Sacconi String Quartet and clarinettist Timothy Orpen play the last of this season’s Stratford Chamber Music concerts at the Shakespeare Institute…

LIGHTHORNE Drama Group is through to the quarter-finals of a national competition after winning a heat of the All-England Theatre Festival in Nuneaton. The…

INSPIRED by the iconic 1970s girls’ magazine, Jackie The Musical runs at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry from this week. It tells the story of a 50-something…

A SHAKESPEARE Celebration is the Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society’s next concert on Saturday, 19th March, in Holy Trinity Church, at 7.30pm. The society…

WARWICKSHIRE’S Lunar Festival is to return this June with an enticing line-up of classic acts headlining. The festival’s headliners include Super Furry…

GARY Delaney comes to Stratford ArtsHouse on Saturday, 12th March, with his new tour show, There’s Something About Gary. He is widely regarded as being…

THIS year’s Chipping Campden Music Festival is looking set to break its own box office records with organiser Charlie Bennett describing the 2016 programme…