Only ONE day to go till Stratford-upon-Avon Christmas Lights get switched-on. We can't wait. The lights will shine everyday until Thursday 6th January 2022 during the following times:

🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨

🔷 DEFENCE STATEMENT 🔷 1. There was no party 2. If there was a party, I did not attend 3. If I did attend the party, I did not realise it was a party 4. If I attended the party and realised it was a party, I did not know that parties were banned under the rules that I wrote.

Sky announces a two-year partnership with Sir Lewis Hamilton’s foundation, Mission 44, to address the disproportionate rate of school exclusions amongst Black pupils.

An amazing performance! Directed by Thomas Gould, Orchestra of the Swan performed to a captivated audience in Warwick Hall yesterday evening.

Our next concert at Stratford Play House will feature Associate Artist, Saxophonist & Composer Trish Clowes, with her specially commissioned new work 'The Historian'. You can catch Trish and Joseph Bologne, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass & Mozart 26/04/22. ow.ly/hjGw50Ir8Om

Our Director of Impact & Learning Sue Pope talked to BBC Hereford & Worcester about our Café Muse sessions in Hereford, Stratford & Southam. This is following the MusicforDementia report. Have a listen (3:10) ow.ly/9IES50IOt66 #dementia

We wouldn't be able to run our Café Muse sessions without the kind funding from the following: ☕️Hereford: Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust ☕️ Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford Town Trust ☕️ Southam: Warwickshire County Council Covid-19 Recovery Fund. #funding #dementia #musicfordementia

Check out the amazing list of performers appearing in Leamington Music Festival,that starts tomorrow 👇🏻

Are you coming tomorrow? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #fundraisingconcert

Jim Broadbent has just moved the whole theatre to silence with this brilliant speech. Shakespeare’s plea for humanity, towards refugees and towards everyone, from about 1600. 400 years old, and no less needed today

The danger of a one sided story. It builds a nation of servants vulnerable to the consequences of the inhumanities practised by their masters. Know your history, so you can free yourself in the present. Know it. So you can know to whom it is you speak. theguardian.com/education/2022…

It is my great pleasure & privilege to share the news that His Majesty has approved my appointment as an Honorary Captain in the Royal Navy. Thank you to the Admiralty Board for welcoming me back as an advisor, advocate & critical friend. I’m here for every Rate & Rank. Onwards.

We are delighted to have Ian Rankin and Elly Griffiths running this incredible one-off Crime Writing Masterclass as a fundraiser for the festival. Money raised will go towards funding our education and outreach work. stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/crime-w…

Many happy returns to our Vice Patron, Dame Joanna Lumley DBE. Dame Joanna is widely admired amongst both serving Gurkha soldiers and Gurkha veterans. Last summer, she was awarded her Damehood by The Princess Royal for her services to drama, entertainment and charitable causes.

Wonderful. Why do flashmobs always make me cry 🎼🎶👏👏👏

Well this is exciting!!

You need a doctor once a year maybe and a fireman once in a lifetime, if you’re unlucky. But you need a farmer three times a day. Wise words from Kaleb Cooper.

We're really looking forward to Red Sky at Sunrise, our homage to Laurie Lee, as part of the Live at the RSC Festival. Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Endeavour) and Charlie Hamblett (Killing Eve, Around the World in 80 days) take on the role of Laurie Lee.

✨This is a brand new project we're involved in with our friends Ron Singh Kissmet called Bhangra Symphonica. ✨Ragley are offering an Early Bird Rate (20% off) for our 9 August gig. ✨Just add BEAT20 at the checkout ✨Please give Bhangra Symphonica a follow! #bhangrafusion