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Matt Adcock reviews Hardcore Henry (18)

Chaos, laughter and a surprise twist will be served up in a farce about two of the most important things in life.

Visitors to Blenheim Palace can now enjoy the historic site in a new yet traditional way – by horse and carriage.

Here’s your guide to what’s on where around Banbury over the coming week. Please email editorial@banburyguardian.co.uk with details of your events at least a week before the edition in which you’d like them to appear.

Oh my god you guys, there is a chance to audition for a glittering glitzy musical to be performed in Babury later in the year.

One of the most covered writers on the UK folk scene will be playing at Banbury Folk Club.

A host of fascinating and entertaining writers descends on Chipping Norton for the fifth Chipping Norton Literary Festival.

When one chats to Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington, it’s easy to fall in love with his dulcet tones, you’d think it was hand crafted to speak the Bard’s work.

The cast of Agatha Christie thriller The Hollow got into the spirit of the 1930s period drama with a photo shoot in the glamorous National Trust property Upton Hall.

Stratford upon Avon may be pulling out all the stops this year, but Oxford is also holding its very own Shakespeare commemorations and this month, the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, there is a feast of events.

Matt Adcock reviews Eye in the Sky (15), starring Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren

Steve Miller reviews AC/DC tribute act Dirty Jack at the Reindeer Inn, Banbury

In this 400th anniversary year of his death Shakespeare is the unsurprising star of several productions at The Oxford Playhouse.

Months of rehearsals will come to fruition for Banbury Choral Society next month when they perform two popular works in Bloxham.

Middleton Cheney Village Hall will soon come alive with the music of Dolly Parton as the Lynden Players bring the smash-hit Broadway show, 9 to 5: The Musical to the venue.