Stratford-Upon-Avon

Stratford-Upon-Avon has got so much going for it.

Mischief Festival At The Other Place
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Mischief Festival At The Other Place

This year's spring festival of new work at the RSC's learning and development hub includes a double bill of plays exploring global questions such as the 'disappearing' of protesters in Latin America.
  • Contemporary
Christopher Eccleston attending the Legend world premiere at Odeon Leicester Square, London
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65th Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival

The theme of this year's festival is peace and reconciliation. Festival highlights include actors Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack reading an extract from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.
  • Poetry
  • Discussion/Panel Event
  • Storytelling
  • Talk
  • Family
  • Children
  • Students
Romeo And Juliet
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Romeo And Juliet

Erica Whyman directs Shakespeare's tale of doomed lovers featuring Bally Gill and Karen Fishwick in the title roles.
  • Shakespeare
Miss Littlewood
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Miss Littlewood

Sam Kenyon's musical charts the life of the theatre director Joan Littlewood, responsible for revolutionary productions such as Oh, What A Lovely War! Directed by Erica Whyman.
  • Tribute/Biography
  • Musical
Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Shakespeare's Birthplace

Visit the half-timbered building, with its extensive ground to the rear, where William and his brothers and sisters were born and brought up.
  • Stately Home
  • Family
The Stratford Town Walk
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The Stratford Town Walk

An award-winning two-hour guided tour around the area where William Shakespeare lived, following in his footsteps from birthplace to grave.
  • Guided Tour
The grounds at Compton Verney
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Compton Verney

An independent national art gallery set in grounds designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown which have been the subject of an 11-year restoration project to return them to the original plan.
  • Garden/Park/Woodland
  • Family
  • Children
Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's, holds an unrecorded copy of Shakespeare's First Folio ahead of a sale at the auction house in London on May 25
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Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall

The building where the young Shakespeare took his lessons with 40 other boys, in a room above the municipal offices where his father, a Guild member, also spent much of his time. Visitors can try their hands at some Tudor-style homework.
  • Historical
  • Museum
  • Tourist Attraction
  • Family
Mary Arden's Farm
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Mary Arden's Farm

Explore the sights, smells and sounds of a real Tudor farm with geese, milking displays and falconry, and visit the house where Shakespeare's mother grew up.
  • Stately Home
  • Family
View of The Library at Charlecote Park including; the fireplace, book shelves, five paintings, chairs, candlesticks, a globe, a table and books
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National Trust: Charlecote Park

For the past 700 years the house has been home to the Lucy family. Its great chimneys and mellow brickwork it sums up the essence of Tudor England. Outside there is a deer park landscaped by 'Capability' Brown and a formal garden.
  • Garden/Park/Woodland
  • Family
  • Children

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