Reviews

Living the dream

REVIEW: Fantastically realised Alice Through The Looking Glass is at the Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick, until 30th December

RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

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

A magical journey

REVIEW: The Railway Children at the Bear Pit, Stratford, is full of warmth and magic as great team pull together

Last tickets for epic Railway journey at the Bear Pit

A cast of 30 bring The Railway Children to life at the Bear Pit Theatre until 15th December

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

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

Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Real magic is going on in the RSC’s costume props, footwear and armoury department as festive show The Red Shoes goes on stage.

Grab your dancing shoes and cut loose at Stratford Musical Theatre’s new production

Tim Dale reviews Footloose, which is at Stratford Playhouse.

Our learned friends

The Stratford Literary Festival’s Autumn Weekend featured stellar guests, including Rev Richard Coles who hinted at his I’m A Celebrity appearance…

Fabulous Phantom

REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera, The Attic Theatre, until 3 November

RSC Othello review: Style over substance

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

Masterfully monstrous

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

Treasure Island is comedy gold

Treasure Island is on at The Attic Theatre, Stratford until Monday.

Polish history, beautifully done - Review: Do Not Forget Me at Stratford’s Bear Pit Theatre

Peter Buckroyd was at the premiere of Danny Masewicz’s play about the experiences and fate of Polish people displaced between 1935 and 1942.

Summit worthy this way comes

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

The thrill of the chaste

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

A telling comedy

REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest, Bear Pit Theatre, 23rd March

Magical show that is away with the fairies

REVIEW: Stratford Youth Theatre’s production of The Spiderwick Chronicles is full of spirt

Cheers, Big Ears!

REVIEW: **** Steve Sutherland finds a dreamy take on modern manners in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC, until 30th March

Picture special – step into the light at Warwickshire venue’s spectacular show

Review and pictures of Spectacle of Light at Compton Verney.

Review: Alcester students show they’re up there with the best

Alcester Grammar School students put on a production of Woyzeck By Georg Buchner.

‘Now I’m bigger than Henry V!’

Forty years ago today – on 23rd October 1983 – Echo & The Bunnymen stole the show at the RSC. Music journalist Steve Sutherland looks back.

Reviews

Living the dream

RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

RSC Twelfth Night is Feste-ive wonderland

A magical journey

A magical journey

Last tickets for epic Railway journey at the Bear Pit

Last tickets for epic Railway journey at the Bear Pit

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

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

Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Grab your dancing shoes and cut loose at Stratford Musical Theatre’s new production