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Get set for the return of the Mop Fair

Traditional rides, hog roast plus dazzling new LED lights promised as Mop Fair is back from 11th October

Best in show

REVIEW: Study in Scarlet, The Attic Theatre, until September 24

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to give Shakespeare lecture in Stratford

Dr Rowan Williams will deliver the annual Friends of Shakespeare’s Church lecture next month.

Win tickets to The Merchant of Venice 1936 at the RSC

Win tickets to see the production of The Merchant of Venice 1936 at the Swan on Thursday, 28th September, 7.30pm

Find out what Shakespeare was really like with Prof Sir Stanley Wells

An event on Thursday (21st Sept) marks the publication of Prof Sir Stanley Wells’ new book, What Was Shakespeare Really Like?

Hiroshima story

INTERVIEW: Michael Mears talks about gripping new play The Mistake, about the bombing of Hiroshima, ahead of coming to the Bear Pit on Wednesday.

Pose will William Shakespeare, watch the dog show and enjoy some family fun at a fete in Stratford

The Stratford event on 23rd September will be raising money for Holy Trinity’s organ appeal.

Telling tales from 8,000 miles away

INTERVIEW: Falkland Sound playwright Brad Birch tells Gill Sutherland about how he set about turning the story of the conflict into a new RSC play

A break from the Macnorm

**** REVIEW: Seve Sutherland finds strangeness aplenty in the RSC’s beguiling production of Macbeth

Album launch at Stratford Playhouse tonight

Musicians take to the Playhouse stage to launch Street Arts Project album Recovery

Album launch at Stratford Playhouse tonight

Musicians take to the Playhouse stage to launch Street Arts Project album Recovery

Last chance to see summer art exhibition

Stratford Art Society’s annual exhibition at KES finishes today at 4pm

Axel’s got talent

Comedian and Britain’s Got Talent winner Axel Blake is proving he’s worth his gold buzzer as he tours the UK with stand-up show In-Style

Glo-Kids saves the day

Family disco organisers Glo-Kids takeover big top at Riverside, Tiddington Road, after circus is cancelled

Empire tale offers safe passage

Review: *** (3 stars) The Empress, Swan Theatre and London, until 18th November

Glad to be grey

REVIEW: As You Like It, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Battle of Porterloo

As the RSC asks Stewart Lee to rewrite Macbeth’s porter scene, the Herald asks is it wicked to mess with Shakespeare’s words?

Mindblowing entertainment

Physicist David Tong is among the line-up for ALSO Festival weekend (14th to 16th July) – he explains a bit about the universe as a teasing taster.

Resending in the clown

Actor and writer Mark Carey brings his daring new play What’s Wrong with Benny Hill? to Ilmington next week

Red Sky delight

REVIEW: Red Sky at Sunrise is a stunning combination of Laurie Lee’s words with music performed by Orchestra of the Swan at the RSC

Daredevil racing returns at the Avon Dassett Soapbox Derby this weekend

A Thunderbirds car and a DeLorean will be among the entries taking on the hill this year.

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Get set for the return of the Mop Fair

Best in show

Best in show

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to give Shakespeare lecture in Stratford

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to give Shakespeare lecture in Stratford

Win tickets to The Merchant of Venice 1936 at the RSC

Win tickets to The Merchant of Venice 1936 at the RSC

Find out what Shakespeare was really like with Prof Sir Stanley Wells

Find out what Shakespeare was really like with Prof Sir Stanley Wells

Hiroshima story

Hiroshima story

Pose will William Shakespeare, watch the dog show and enjoy some family fun at a fete in Stratford