The Latest Breaking News from Stratford

Autumn statement: voters in Shakespeare’s birthplace count cost of Tory theatre

Usually boosted by tourist spending, Stratford-upon-Avon’s residents and businesses lament cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

MSG Sphere Stratford: Developer abandons London version of Las Vegas venue after Sadiq Khan blocks plans

EXCLUSIVE: MSG’s executive chairman hits out at mayor saying: 'Why doesn’t London want the best show on earth?'

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2023

Company hits out as Mayor of London rejects plan for Las Vegas-style giant sphere

Controversial plans to build the 300ft illuminated concert venue have been rejected by the Mayor of London

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

From Sade to Stormzy: V&A East to open with celebration of Black British music

‘The Music Is Black: A British Story’ will open museum’s new east London home in Stratford in 2025

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

RSC to put on work by poet who wrote Stratford theatre’s first words

John Masefield wrote poem for 1932 opening of Shakespeare Memorial theatre, which is now staging The Box of Delights

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

‘I’ll move if they go ahead with Sphere’: Stratford residents’ fury at plans to build Las Vegas-style venue

Stratford locals have expressed their anger at plans to build a 300ft Las Vegas-style concert venue

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2023

What is the Stratford MSG sphere? Sadiq Khan rejects plans for controversial London project

The divisive development project has received criticism from locals from the start

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

V&A to display treasures from Yemen found in London interior design shop

The ancient works will go on show at V&A East Storehouse in Stratford in 2025

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023

Police renew appeals for man missing from mental health unit in Islington

Mohamed Mboob was last spotted on CCTV in a McDonald’s in Stratford.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

The Edinburgh fringe is just another choking canary in the toxic national mine

But if I’m going to watch the Britain I loved expire slowly, I’d rather do it from the top of the Royal Mile in August

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023