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A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

16 May 2016
A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

A night under the stars with Dean, Cruise and Broderick

16 May 2016

AT the end of May, Stratford-upon-Avon’s Picturehouse cinema will celebrate the Bank Holiday weekend by welcoming back the annual pop-up event with an…


Campden music festival: the film!

13 May 2016
Campden music festival: the film!

Campden music festival: the film!

13 May 2016

BAFTA and Emmy award-winning film-maker Sheila Hayman documented the coming together of the Chipping Campden Festival orchestra in her fascinating documentary…


'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

13 May 2016
'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

'Great interpreter of Shakespeare' Yukio Ninagawa dies

13 May 2016

Yukio Ninagawa , the Japanese stage director known for his adaptations of Shakespeare, has died aged 80. In response to the sad news, the RSC posted a…


Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

13 May 2016
Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

Comedian Shazia Mirza on Isis and the Kardashians!

13 May 2016

COMEDIAN and writer Shazia Mirza is a regular face on TV, offering insights and humour on subjects that are considered a no-jokes zone. Tonight (Friday,…


The lost diaries of Shakespeare

12 May 2016
The lost diaries of Shakespeare

The lost diaries of Shakespeare

12 May 2016

PUPILS at Bridgetown School in Stratford-upon-Avon rocked the audience with their performance of Shakespeare Rocks! The production by year four pupils…


PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

12 May 2016
PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

PREVIEW: Jay Rayner on being a food critic

12 May 2016

Restaurant critic, presenter and jazz pianist Jay Rayner calls into Lemington Spa town hall with his show My Dining Hell on Friday (13 th May). He chatted…


INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

06 May 2016
INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

INTERVIEW: 'For All Time' artist Steven Follen

06 May 2016

FOR All Time is the largest permanent site-specific artwork to be commissioned by the RSC. Herald arts caught up with its creator, Brighton based-artist…


Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

06 May 2016
Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

Delta bluesman ‘Bud’ Welch visits

06 May 2016

GOSPEL and blues guitarist Leo ‘Bud’ Welch is performing at The Norman Knight, Whichford, on Monday, 9th May. He was born in Sbougla, Mississippi, in…


God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

06 May 2016
God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

God of Carnage opens at the Bear Pit Theatre

06 May 2016

AS God of Carnage, the comedy of manners written by French playwright Yasmina Reza in 2006, opens at the Bear Pit Theatre tonight (Friday, 8th May), Gill…


REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

04 May 2016
REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

REVIEW: Games & Thrones by Playbox Theatre

04 May 2016

What a night for the bard. On stage at the RSC the good and the great are having a ball hamming up the to be’s or not to be’s in wisecracking celebration…


Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

29 April 2016
Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

Names down for 7th Campden Lit Fest

29 April 2016

THE seventh Chipping Campden Literature Festival gets under way on Tuesday, 3rd May. Highlights include Prue Leith talking about her latest book, The…


Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

29 April 2016
Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

Roll up, roll up for panto fun!

29 April 2016

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON ArtsHouse is putting on the pantomime Aladdin this year and is inviting local people to join the professional cast. There will be…


Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

24 April 2016
Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

Dames and thrones: Shakespeare Live is royal hit

24 April 2016

Dame Helen Mirren declared Shakespeare Live “phenomenal and terrifying” in an exclusive chat with the Herald after last night’s gala show broadcast live…


First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

23 April 2016
First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

First peek backstage at Shakespeare Live!

23 April 2016

Herald arts correspondent Gill Sutherland will be in the audience at Shakespeare Live! From the RSC this evening, Saturday. Yesterday, she went behind…


Actors pay homage to Victoria Wood

20 April 2016
Actors pay homage to Victoria Wood

Actors pay homage to Victoria Wood

20 April 2016

The news of Victoria Wood’s death, from cancer aged 62, has led to a massive outpouring of grief, with many taking to social media to pay homage to the…


Grunts, Gruffalos and a whacky witch

17 April 2016
Grunts, Gruffalos and a whacky witch

Grunts, Gruffalos and a whacky witch

17 April 2016

THE final day of this year’s Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is given over entirely to children, who will have the opportunity to meet some of the…


INTERVIEW: ‘I was going to medical school’

12 April 2016
INTERVIEW: ‘I was going to medical school’

INTERVIEW: ‘I was going to medical school’

12 April 2016

PAAPA Essiedu, 25, was brought up in east London by his mum. He studied drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Three years after graduating, the…


REVIEW: Warwick Independent Schools Foundation Gala Concert

11 April 2016
REVIEW: Warwick Independent Schools Foundation Gala Concert

REVIEW: Warwick Independent Schools Foundation Gala Concert

11 April 2016

A Night At The Opera , 14th March, Butterworth Hall, Warwick University Massed choirs and 400 young musicians transported the audience at Warwick University’s…


21st-century Coward

09 April 2016
21st-century Coward

21st-century Coward

09 April 2016

BILLED as ‘an intimate comedy’, Second Thoughts Drama Group are set to perform Noel Coward’s Private Lives at the Bear Pit Theatre, in Stratford-upon-Avon,…


Guess who’s back..!

08 April 2016
Guess who’s back..!

Guess who’s back..!

08 April 2016

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…


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