The MAD Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon is a family-friendly interactive attraction dedicated to mechanical art. If the nuts and bolts of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang captured your imagination during childhood, you should introduce your children to this fascinating museum.
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Review: Aladdin at The Attic Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Aladdin at The Attic Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, until Jan 5 2019.
We’re so lucky to have such a variety of theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Last week, I saw A Christmas Carol at the RSC – a lesson in spellbinding set design and professional excellence. This week, I saw Aladdin at the tiny but atmospheric Attic Theatre, perched right on the edge of the river, close to Cox’s Yard.
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Review: Amicantus at Holy Trinity Church
I had the pleasure of an invite to see Amicantus at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday December 8.
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Review: A Christmas Carol at the RSC
A Christmas Carol at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, until Jan 20.
Rarely does a festive season pass without a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (or, ‘A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas’ to give it its full title).
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Review: Christmas at Hatton Adventure World
Christmas at Hatton Adventure World is pretty magical in 2018.
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Review: The Encore
The Encore in Stratford-upon-Avon has had a makeover and Stratfordblog writer Jeanette Parkin was given a special preview. So what’s new at one of Stratford’s oldest inns?
Review: The Comedy of Errors at the RSC
The Comedy of Errors at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, until Nov 2, then touring nationwide until Dec 7.
If you’re schooling was anything like mine, you were force fed a slice of Shakespeare – read aloud, if you were lucky – at the age of around 13. It was drier than the school canteen’s sponge pudding.
March of the Imagination at Compton Verney
March of the Imagination at Compton Verney is this year’s night-time light spectacular at the Warwickshire art gallery.
Stratford Town Centre Food Festival Taste Trail
I took a brief culinary journey around Stratford-upon-Avon today (Sunday Sept 23) on the Stratford Town Centre Food Festival Taste Trail.
Find out what my five-year-old son and I made of the treats on offer at the nine town centre venues taking part in the 2018 Stratford Town Centre Food Festival Taste Trail.
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Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor at the RSC
The Merry Wives of Windsor at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, until Sept 22 2018. Dec 7 2018 – Jan 5 2019 at the Barbican in London.
It is said that Shakespeare invented the sitcom with this tale of tubby tankard-toting knight Sir John Falstaff and those whimsical women of Windsor.
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