08 October 2015
TWO Stratford boys completed an amazing double by both appearing at prestigious national theatres on the same night. King Edward VI School pupils Pascal…
07 October 2015
Be warned, watching the new production of Hecuba at the RSC is largely a harrowing business (see review, goo.gl/mxpUhN ). But there is one beguiling component…
07 October 2015
It’s a tale of two battles at the Royal Shakespeare Company at the moment. While Henry V gives the French a hiding at Agincourt at the Royal Shakespeare…
02 October 2015
There’s always something terrifically accomplished and elegant about director Greg Doran’s plays, and Henry V does not disappoint in that respect. It…
01 October 2015
FIRMLY established as part of the local cultural calendar, Stratford Music Festival is looking forward to its 20th year and organisers are keen to hear…
30 September 2015
IT requires exceptional virtuoso musicianship to perform Beethoven’s hugely demanding work for violin and piano known as the Kreutzer Sonata. It also…
30 September 2015
TO say that Playbox’s production of The Little Mermaid went swimmingly would be an understatement. The five-day run at Warwick’s Dream Factory was a near…
30 September 2015
EDMUND Kingsley looks like a Greek god. Which is probably how it should be, considering he is in rehearsals for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production…
30 September 2015
SEVEN local boys from have been cast in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s forthcoming production of Hecuba. The role of Polydorous, Hecuba’s youngest son,…
29 September 2015
Robinson was born in 1872 and described as “British humour at its best”, he became known as something of an eccentric and drew thousands of pieces of…
27 September 2015
See Thursday's Herald to find out what they thought and when you can see thes much-talked about film from the creators of Horrible Histories and starring…
26 September 2015
Troy has fallen. It’s the end of the war, and the beginning of something else. Something worse. As the cries die down after the final battle, there are…
22 September 2015
Watching an orchestra grow is a most satisfying occupation. Leamington Chamber Orchestra’s growth and development under conductor Richard Laing’s leadership,…
18 September 2015
The wonderful gardens at Hidcote Manor, a National Trust property near Chipping Campden, have been given a sprinkling of extra delight with their Open…
18 September 2015
IRISH comic Sean Hughes takes his new show, Mumbo Jumbo, to the Bear Pit on Saturday, 19th September. but first takes a few minutes to chat to the Herald…
16 September 2015
For many small regional theatres the art of survival is about getting ‘bums on seats’... And at The Bear Pit Theatre in Stratford those important behinds…
11 September 2015
Why hasn’t anyone thought of setting a musical in a girl’s school in the 1960s before? The scenario lends all sorts of juicy ingredients: the banter,…
10 September 2015
Big names from the acting world are taking part in a live broadcast with the working title The Shakespeare Show as part of next year's birthday celebrations. Gregory…
08 September 2015
PLAYBOX Theatre’s second summer musical theatre festival brings Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr to Warwick’s Dream Factory. Having staged a wide selection…
07 September 2015
The Royal Shakespeare Company has today announced its Spring/Summer 2016 season, which marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare. The dynamic season…