Join us for our Globe Celebration.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an actor at the Globe? Find out at our upcoming event, that opens our year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the birth of our founder, Sam Wanamaker.
Our Burbage and Wanamaker: A Globe Celebration event lifts the lid on our theatre practices, and gives audience members the rare chance to work with our Artistic Associates and discover what it’s like to be an actor at the Globe.
2019 will also be 400 years since the death of the famous Globe actor, Richard Burbage. Join us as we celebrate these two visionary men who built Globe Theatres and explore the history of our unique spaces with the experts.
Meet the experts who will be running our workshops and seminars:
Tess Dignan, our Head of Voice, opens the day with a warm up on the Globe stage. Tess trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is currently leading voice work with our 2019 ensemble.
Dr Diana Devlin publishes her biography of Sam Wanamaker this year. She is Deputy Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe Council and leads a session on the ‘Globe Theatre: Past and Present’, exploring Sam’s visionary role in bringing Shakespeare’s Globe to life.
Glynn MacDonald hasbeen our legendary resident director of movement since 1997. Trained in the Alexander Technique in 1972, she has taught movement in countries all across the world. Her movement session will explore how actors prepare physically for acting on the Globe stage.
Giles Block has led text work at the Globe since 1999 and has worked on over 100 Globe productions. He is the author of Speaking the Speech – An Actor’s Guide to Shakespeare. His text session illuminates the groundwork actors do when approaching Shakespeare’s plays.
Dr Will Tosh delivers both ‘The Globe Theatre Past and Present’and the‘Richard Burbage: Life and Legacy’sessions. Will is a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Globe and author of Playing Indoors: Staging Early Modern Drama in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Professor Lucy Munro leads the ‘Richard Burbage: Life and Legacy’ session with Dr Will Tosh. She lectures in English Literature at Kings College London and is a member of the Architecture Research Group at Shakespeare’s Globe and the steering group of the London Renaissance Seminar.
The ‘Richard Burbage: Life and Legacy’ session will also feature the talents of actors Ekow Quartey and Aruhan Galieva.
Federay Holmes is an Associate Artist at Shakespeare’s Globe. She is directing the 2019 ensemble in Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2 and Henry V. She forms part of the panel of Globe associates for the Q&A sessions at the end of the day which will provide an insight into current Globe Theatre practice.