The much-loved local actress Sara Coward died yesterday at a Leamington palliative care home after a battle with cancer. Following a mastectomy two years…
Stratford-based actress Sunny Ormonde is well known for her role as man-eater Lillian Bellamy in The Archers, but she is playing an old bird of a very…
Why on earth would anyone resurrect a couple of 60-year-old scripts from a defunct radio show, that most people are too young to remember? It’s a question…
STRATFORD Literary Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary festival with a bumper offering for children and young people. Last week the Herald exclusively…
An amazing evening of top entertainment was on offer for those lucky enough to attend the King Edward School VI (KES) House Drama Performances last Monday. Each…
THE Fred Theatre Company bring a modern Macbeth to Stratford next week, 6th and 7th February at the Bear Pit Theatre. Here Robert Ball tells Herald arts…
Local music students may find all those hours of practicing pay off when they find themselves playing live on a West End stage. The Musical Box (TMB),…
I meet the RSC’s Artistic Director Greg Doran at his office on a dank January morning to discuss the Winter 2017 prior to it being officially announced.…
EXPECT rapid pun-fire and gag explosions as two local schools go to ‘panto war’ in the coming weeks — all in good sport of course. Bridgetown Primary…
MAINTENANCE work at the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatres will see the curtains come down for an extended period of time before the next season commences. The…
Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi says he is saddened to learn that Donald Trump’s new immigration order will mean that he and his wife will be banned from travelling…
Tributes have been paid to former RSC chairman Sir Christopher Bland following his death at the age of 78. He was chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company…
Glody Muyeki, aged 20, of Stamford Road, Birmingham, has today been sentenced to 30 months in prison at Warwick Crown Court after being found guilty of…
STAR attractions at this year’s Stratford Literary Festival include queen of cookery Mary Berry, journalist and writer Andrew Marr, and political figures…
Marion Fleetwood tells Gill Sutherland about her new album and tour with Gregg Cave A quick listen to debut album People Like Us by folk duo Fleetwood…
THE first performance of the year at the Bear Pit Theatre rather cheerily deals with tragedy of greed, lust and betrayal. Yes, that’s right, Macbeth.…
THE lead singer and main arranger of Bellowhead, Jon Boden, comes to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre for one night only this Sunday. Over…
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…
KATIE Leung — aka Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series — is to make her debut at the Royal Shakespeare Company next month. The 29-year-old Scottish…
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…