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Review: Toad of Toad Hall, PODS, Number 8 Community Arts Centre

10:38am Thursday 10th December 2009

TOAD of Toad Hall has proved a popular choice by PODS and was a sell out long before the week-long run opened on Monday.

Book Review: There Goes the Bride by M C Beaton

12:01pm Thursday 3rd December 2009

THIS book is another adventure for the detective Agatha Raisin – and once again she doesn’t fail to keep us hooked with her latest crime story.

Time for stories

12:10pm Thursday 26th November 2009

A HONEYBOURNE author whose work has been described as a cross between Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, has released the third book of his adventure series.

Alistair McGowan at Evesham Arts Centre

11:29am Thursday 8th October 2009

Alistair McGowan began the tour of his one-man show The One and Many on Friday in front of a capacity home crowd.

Book Corner

12:09pm Thursday 24th September 2009

WE can all argue the pros and cons of this country’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan but what cannot be questioned is the commitment, bravery and sacrifices being made by our Armed Forces.

Cornbury Music Festival

12:10pm Thursday 16th July 2009

GIRL power was much in evidence at the sixth Cornbury Music Festival, held at Cornbury Park, near Charlbury, at the weekend.

Julius Caesar - RSC Stratford

12:10pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

YOU may be forgiven for thinking you’ve strolled into a cinema for the RSC’s latest production of Julius Caesar...

A tale of three very different women

11:55am Thursday 18th June 2009

Choral Society, by Prue Leith, reviewed by Claire Jones THREE very different women are joined together in this fabulous book, covering friendship, conflict and a variety of emotions.

REVIEW: As You Like It, RSC, Stratford

12:22pm Thursday 30th April 2009

AS You Like It at the RSC this week turned out to be more a case of what Katy did!

The Winter’s Tale, RSC Stratford

8:49am Thursday 16th April 2009

New season, new players and a new take on Shakespeare’s difficult treatise on the human condition.

Waiting For Godot, Malvern Theatres

11:50am Thursday 12th March 2009

THE fashion for Samuel Beckett plays has received a timely boost thanks to two of Britain's greatest actors.

The Tempest, RSC,

12:09pm Friday 6th March 2009

Sher brilliance...that’s the exotic offering with the RSC Stratford’s latest co-production The Tempest.

Stephen K Amos, Cheltenham Town Hall

11:18am Thursday 19th February 2009

I HAD seen Stephen K Amos once before in Birmingham so I knew what to expect from his new show, Find the Funny. I was not disappointed – in fact, his material was funnier than I remembered.

Chefs on their way to festival

10:11am Friday 6th February 2009

celebrity chef James Martin will be on hand during this year’s Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival, which is now in its fifth year.

Beauty and the Beast at the Roses Theatre

12:55pm Thursday 18th December 2008

Mayhem, antics and romance were the ingredients for the 13th annual Pantomime from the Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, from the writers Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton.

Gardens are popular thanks to film project

12:09pm Thursday 18th December 2008

COTSWOLD gardens seem to be proving popular after a film and book project featuring four of the best, sold more than 25,000 copies.

Art exhibition

12:10pm Thursday 18th December 2008

THE first full-scale retrospective of the landscape painter David Cox (1783-1859) for more than 25 years, is being held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from the new year.

This son needs the real Doctor

11:39am Thursday 13th November 2008

THERE isn’t a great deal for Doctor Who fans to laugh about in David Tennant’s Hamlet in Stratford.

Eco-friendly film festival

11:34am Thursday 13th November 2008

FOR those of who didn’t make it to the south of France this year, the Cans film festival in Stratford provides an interesting alternative.

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