Above the drowning world

Richard Lutz takes to the air and witnesses the deluge.

Review: The Boy in The Dress

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a feel.good musical about change and friendship.

Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’

Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Swans of Stratford

Richard Lutz saunters down to Shakespeareland.

A Christmas Carol: “…a delight, 9.5 out of ten…”

Richard Lutz – with help from eleven year old Finn – checks out a Christmas cracker.

Review: Macbeth at Stratford

Richard Lutz watches an up to the minute production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. But does it work? he asks.

Vice Versa at Stratford: “madcap but not sharp enough…”

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a new comedy by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Antony and Cleopatra at Stratford: Electric performance hampered by plodding plot

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the classic Shakespeare tragedy about love and lust when youth leaves the stage.

RSC Tempest: Stratford meets the digital age in a vibrant classic

Imagine a 30 foot high Ariel towering above Propero – that’s what you get in this groundbreaking performance, says Richard Lutz

Review: Two Noble Kinsmen

Richard Lutz is in two minds about the latest RSC offering at Stratford on Avon.

The Alchemist: A sharp, wicked comedy aimed at greed and gold

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Ben Johnson classic that caustically sends up his fellow Londoners of 1610.

Cymbeline Review: Too tricksy by half despite solid acting

Richard Lutz reviews a little-known Shakespeare play that loses its way.

Hamlet: Broad young shoulders carry an impressive play

Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatrefor that most famous of revenge plays.

Review: Midsummer Night’s Dream at Stratford

Richard Lutz takes to the Athenian woods to watch Shakespeare’s comedy of magic and love.

Review: Doctor Faustus

Richard Lutz watches a memorable and frenetic staging of the Marlowe classic at The Swan in Stratford.

Review: Queen Anne at Stratford on Avon

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the RSC’s new production about Queen Anne.

Review: Henry V at Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a seat for that most patriotic of Shakespeare plays .

Review: Oppenheimer

Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.

Review: The Shoemaker’s Holiday

Richard Lutz takes a pew for this comedy about conflict, class and cobblers.

Review: Shakespeare’s twin set

Richard Lutz takes in a twinning of two Shakespeare plays – one lyrical and the other a well-known classic.

Swanning Around

Richard Lutz watches a vintage performance in Stratford.

Review: Stuffing Revenge Down Your Enemy’s Throat

Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus pours out rivers of blood in this tale about power but still tells a good story, says Richard Lutz

The Travelator: Curious Places – Steampunk aka the MAD Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon

With the school holidays here our travel columnist writes about a place that’s a bit closer to home than usual, and well worth visiting.

Healthy lollipop set to prove sweet success for local entrepreneur

A Stratford-upon-Avon mum turned entrepreneur is looking to revolutionise the confectionery market after launching a new hard candy product.

Review: A Life Of Galileo

A new RSC production peers into the gap between what we know is true and how much we agree to compromise. Richard Lutz reports

Review: The Video Above and the Shakespeare Below

Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale is a late great fable, now opening at Stratford. Richard Lutz reviews it.

Review: Merry Wives of Windsor

A new production of Merry Wives of Windsor in Stratford is perfect, says Richard Lutz

Review: An African Tale by Shakespeare

Director Greg Doran spent some time in South Africa and while there an actor told him: ‘Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s African play.’