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Fun and treats at Stratford Food Festival

25 September 2016
Fun and treats at Stratford Food Festival

Fun and treats at Stratford Food Festival

25 September 2016

Celebrity chef Jean Christophe Novelli was the star of third and final day of the Stratford Town Centre Food Festival yesterday. He took up residence…


One-man Oscar Wilde show in Stratford

16 September 2016
One-man Oscar Wilde show in Stratford

One-man Oscar Wilde show in Stratford

16 September 2016

Actor Patrick Marley brings his one-man show about the life of Oscar Wilde, Wilde at Heart, to the Bear Pit this tonight and Saturday. Here he tells Gill…


WIN! A pass to all Stratford Poetry Festival events

15 September 2016
WIN! A pass to all Stratford Poetry Festival events

WIN! A pass to all Stratford Poetry Festival events

15 September 2016

The Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival returns on Sunday (18th September) and runs through to the 25th. The week-long programme of exciting events and…


RSC goes Roman for 2017: new season announced

14 September 2016
RSC goes Roman for 2017: new season announced

RSC goes Roman for 2017: new season announced

14 September 2016

This week the Royal Shakespeare Company announced the artistic programme for 2017 spring/summer which it is calling its ‘Rome season’. It leads with four…


The Eagles are landing...

14 September 2016
The Eagles are landing...

The Eagles are landing...

14 September 2016

THOSE that like to ‘take it easy’ to a bit of West Coast rock — such as the sounds of legendary band The Eagles — are in for a treat when Talon come to…


Musical Beauty & Beast opens

08 September 2016
Musical Beauty & Beast opens

Musical Beauty & Beast opens

08 September 2016

Playbox Theatre’s annual end-of-summer Musical Theatre Festival this year brings a familiar and very loved show to The Dream Factory, Disney’s Beauty…


Britain's Got Talent hold Stratford auditions

08 September 2016
Britain's Got Talent hold Stratford auditions

Britain's Got Talent hold Stratford auditions

08 September 2016

Talent scouts are coming to Stratford on Saturday, 10 th September, hunting for worthy contenders for Britain's Got Talent 2017. The auditions will take…


REVIEW: The Two Noble Kinsmen

07 September 2016
REVIEW: The Two Noble Kinsmen

REVIEW: The Two Noble Kinsmen

07 September 2016

Could it be that The Two Noble Kinsmen is just one big mickey take? It was the last thing Shakespeare wrote — teaming up with junior scribe John Fletcher…


Local rock band get Radio 1 airplay

06 September 2016
Local rock band get Radio 1 airplay

Local rock band get Radio 1 airplay

06 September 2016

True to their name, local band True Heights are on the up. This week the five-piece rock band are being given national radio airplay. Their recent single,…


PICTURE GALLERY: Camper Calling Music Festival at Ragley Hall

06 September 2016
PICTURE GALLERY: Camper Calling Music Festival at Ragley Hall

PICTURE GALLERY: Camper Calling Music Festival at Ragley Hall

06 September 2016

58173,58174,58175,58176,58177,58178,58179,58180,58181,58182,58183,58184,58185,58186,58187,58188,58189,58190,58191,58192,58193 THOSE who answered the ‘call’…


Great line-up for autumn Stratford Literary Festival

01 September 2016
Great line-up for autumn Stratford Literary Festival

Great line-up for autumn Stratford Literary Festival

01 September 2016

STRATFORD Literary Festival has put together a wonderfully eclectic programme for its short autumn programme, which includes the authors of some of this…


Stratford Poetry Festival promises rap, space and the Bard

01 September 2016
Stratford Poetry Festival promises rap, space and the Bard

Stratford Poetry Festival promises rap, space and the Bard

01 September 2016

THE UK’s longest-running poetry festival returns to Stratford from Sunday, 18th September, with a line-up of readings, performances and workshops featuring…


OOTS making a difference in dementia homes

01 September 2016
OOTS making a difference in dementia homes

OOTS making a difference in dementia homes

01 September 2016

AS the summer season draws to a close and the musicians of Stratford’s Orchestra of the Swan (OOTS) momentarily set down their bows, care homes can reflect…


REVIEW: Jenůfa at Longborough Festival Opera

26 July 2016
REVIEW: Jenůfa at Longborough Festival Opera

REVIEW: Jenůfa at Longborough Festival Opera

26 July 2016

Preston Witts reviews Jenůfa at Longborough Festival Opera, Saturday, 16th July The West Midland's great mezzo-soprano, Gaynor Keeble, is renowned for…


Jane Austen gets musical

22 July 2016
Jane Austen gets musical

Jane Austen gets musical

22 July 2016

THE newly-adapted original musical of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which first premiered in Chicago in 2011 and has been touring domestically and internationally…


Hot weather shuts the RSC

20 July 2016
Hot weather shuts the RSC

Hot weather shuts the RSC

20 July 2016

Hundreds of theatre-goers were left disappointed when last night’s performances of Hamlet and The Alchemist were cancelled at the Royal Shakespeare Company…


Shakespeare is reincarnated!

15 July 2016
Shakespeare is reincarnated!

Shakespeare is reincarnated!

15 July 2016

YOU know all the hoo-ha earlier this year, as Stratford commemorated Shakespeare’s death 400 years ago? Well, the big news is that we needn’t have bothered. It…


It’s a Festival fest!

15 July 2016
It’s a Festival fest!

It’s a Festival fest!

15 July 2016

THIS weekend marks the start of Bretfest 2016 in the village of Bretforton, while in Stratford folk fans are preparing for two days of folk music and…


Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

14 July 2016
Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

Pedal-powered drama from HandleBards

14 July 2016

WHAT do you call a Shakespearean actor on a bike? A HandleBard. Well you do if he/she is one of the intrepid HandleBards — a group of touring actors who…


REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

14 July 2016
REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

REVIEW: Thomas Nickell at Orchestra of the Swan

14 July 2016

Peter Buckroyd reviews the Thomas Nickell Concert at Orchestra of the Swan, Stratford ArtsHouse, Sunday, 10th July Introducing the concert Conductor David…


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