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Cheers, Big Ears!

Cheers, Big Ears!

Cheers, Big Ears!

15 February 2024

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

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

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

01 February 2024

Review and pictures of Spectacle of Light at Compton Verney.


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

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

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

26 January 2024

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


‘Now I’m bigger than Henry V!’

‘Now I’m bigger than Henry V!’

‘Now I’m bigger than Henry V!’

23 October 2023

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


A break from the Macnorm

A break from the Macnorm

A break from the Macnorm

10 September 2023

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


Review: L'Orfeo – classy stuff and precisely what’s expected from Longborough

Review: L'Orfeo – classy stuff and precisely what’s expected from Longborough

Review: L'Orfeo – classy stuff and precisely what’s expected from Longborough

28 July 2023

Twelve singers of undeniable class and La Serenissima orchestra perform L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi.


Red Sky delight

Red Sky delight

Red Sky delight

25 June 2023

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


Weightlifter, professional twit and imaginary ice cream friend...

Weightlifter, professional twit and imaginary ice cream friend...

Weightlifter, professional twit and imaginary ice cream friend...

03 June 2023

INTERVIEW: Comedian, actor and writer Jessica Fostekew is one of the stellar stand ups taking the stage tonight for Live at the RSC


Vibrant and smart

Vibrant and smart

Vibrant and smart

22 May 2023

REVIEW: Consent at The Loft, Leamington


Embracing Eurovision – a musical journey to Liverpool and the competition final

Embracing Eurovision – a musical journey to Liverpool and the competition final

Embracing Eurovision – a musical journey to Liverpool and the competition final

18 May 2023

Dean Asker spent a week in Liverpool to join the party... and even hosted press conferences for some of the acts.


Ye gods, it’s great

Ye gods, it’s great

Ye gods, it’s great

12 May 2023

REVIEW: Steve Sutherland rates Cymbeline at the RSC a five-star winner


Choir and band double-bill spectacular ends on a majestic note

Choir and band double-bill spectacular ends on a majestic note

Choir and band double-bill spectacular ends on a majestic note

01 May 2023

REVIEW: Alcester Male Voice Choir concert with Alcester Victoria Silver Band at the Greig Leisure Centre, Alcester on Saturday, 22nd April


Young voices fill the nave with song

Young voices fill the nave with song

Young voices fill the nave with song

26 April 2023

REVIEW: Florence and friends’ spring concert at St Nicholas Church, Alcester on Saturday, 15th April


To bee or not to bee...

To bee or not to bee...

To bee or not to bee...

09 February 2023

Splendid acting and pithy direction give Humble Boy a real buzz at the Bear Pit Theatre


My Neighbour Totoro - a monster hit balanced with a love letter to a classic film

My Neighbour Totoro - a monster hit balanced with a love letter to a classic film

My Neighbour Totoro - a monster hit balanced with a love letter to a classic film

09 December 2022

Expect a huge amount of imagination, clever thinking and amazing puppetry skills... if you can get a ticket.


Canon ballsy run

Canon ballsy run

Canon ballsy run

25 August 2022

Steve Sutherland gives a 21-gun salute to the RSC's brilliant new production of All's Well That Ends Well


Dragon Slayer spectacular comes to Warwick Castle

Dragon Slayer spectacular comes to Warwick Castle

Dragon Slayer spectacular comes to Warwick Castle

15 August 2022

The story of Guy of Warwick is told through world-class special effects in Dragon Slayer at Warwick Castle.


Review - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Attic Theatre in Stratford

Review - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Attic Theatre in Stratford

Review - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Attic Theatre in Stratford

12 August 2022

Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Attic Theatre in Stratford, until 4th September


Triumph for Longborough's festival double bill production

Triumph for Longborough's festival double bill production

Triumph for Longborough's festival double bill production

11 August 2022

Preston Witts reviews the double bill of Spell Book and La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina


Die tote Stadt at Longborough Festival Opera - a youthful masterpiece

Die tote Stadt at Longborough Festival Opera - a youthful masterpiece

Die tote Stadt at Longborough Festival Opera - a youthful masterpiece

29 July 2022

It was only the second time the work has been put on in this country in the 102 years since its world premiere in Germany in 1920.


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