'Tis Pity She's a Whore - Rehearsals, Week 1 Since our meet and...
'Tis Pity She's a Whore - Rehearsals, Week 1Since our meet and greet with the company on Monday in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the cast have had a busy, but fun week in rehearsals.Max Bennett...
View ArticleTunde Jegede and the Brodsky Quartet performing ‘Exile and...
Tunde Jegede and the Brodsky Quartet performing ‘Exile and Return’Tunde performed in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse earlier this year as part of John Williams’ series of concerts. The Brodsky Quartet are...
View ArticleThis weekend Globe to Globe Hamlet performed at the new Gdansk...
This weekend Globe to Globe Hamlet performed at the new Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre in Gdansk, Poland.Here are just some of the behind the scenes photos from their time...
View ArticleAs You Like It performed in Georgian by the Marjanishvili...
As You Like It performed in Georgian by the Marjanishvili Theatre as part of the Globe to Globe Festival 2012.
View ArticleBBC Proms 2011: Judith Weir - Stars, Night, Music and Light...
BBC Proms 2011: Judith Weir - Stars, Night, Music and Light (excerpt)The BBC Symphony Orchestra with the BBC Singers perform and excerpt from ‘Stars, Night, Music and Light’ composed by Judith Weir...
View ArticleThere seems to be a Shakespeare related place-name in every...
There seems to be a Shakespeare related place-name in every corner of the earth. We discovered Shakespeare Street in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. Is there a Shakespeare related place near you?
View ArticleIn case you missed it: September Highlights
There’s always a lot going on at the Globe so you’re bound to have missed something. Here are just a smattering of highlights from this month.Keep up to date via Twitter (@The_Globe), Facebook or via a...
View ArticleWord of the Week: 'Lief'
The Word of the Week is ‘lief’, an adverb meaning ‘readily; willingly’.It appears in no less that 13 Shakespeare works. To pick out just one quote: Rosalind in As You Like It (IV, 1) tells Orlando ‘I...
View ArticleThe jig is up – Shakespeare's Globe sends them out dancing
The jig is up – Shakespeare's Globe sends them out dancing: The Bard’s scripted end-of-play dance is a loose, chaotic and robust revival of energy to reward the audience, writes Veronica...
View ArticleNational Poetry Day: Sonnet 18
To celebrate National Poetry Day here is Shakespeare’s enduringly popular Sonnet 18. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling...
View ArticleOur new Winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse posters are...
Our new Winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse posters are now on the underground. Keep an eye out for them.
View ArticleLive recording of Bjork and The Brodsky Quartet at Union Chapel,...
Live recording of Bjork and The Brodsky Quartet at Union Chapel, London 12th December 1999. The Brodsky Quartet will perform this as part of their set with Jacqui Dankworth in the candlelit Sam...
View ArticleMistaken Murder in The Duchess of Malfi and ’Tis Pity She's a Whore
PhD Researcher Neil Vallelly compares scenes from The Duchess of Malfi and ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore in preparation for the new season at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse… Crown him a poet whom nor Rome nor...
View ArticleSunday 2 November, 2.30pm Join The John Langan Band and support...
Sunday 2 November, 2.30pm Join The John Langan Band and support Will Varley for a stomping afternoon of funky folk, dancing and a touch of the summer festival feeling. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!...
View ArticleAhead of the 13th Alternative Miss World being staged at the...
Ahead of the 13th Alternative Miss World being staged at the Globe on 19 October we picked some of our costume highlights form over the years.
View ArticleToday we’re listening to… ‘Hyperballad' by...
Today we’re listening to… ‘Hyperballad' by Bjork, performed with The Brodsky Quartet.Jacqui Dankworth and The Brodsky Quartet - Sunday 19 October.The Brodsky Quartet will perform this as part of their...
View ArticleToday we’re listening to…’Time Takes Its Time’ by...
Today we’re listening to…’Time Takes Its Time’ by Jacqui Dankworth Jacqui Dankworth and The Brodsky Quartet - Sunday 19 October.Virtuosic jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth will join her long time...
View ArticleOn Saturday 18th October a world of neon numbers, glitter and...
On Saturday 18th October a world of neon numbers, glitter and general fabulousness descended on the Globe for the 13th Alternative Miss World competition. Co-hosted by founder, artist Andrew Logan and...
View ArticleWe are very pleased to be the joint winners of The Renee Stepham...
We are very pleased to be the joint winners of The Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre. The other winner is Sadler’s Wells.Thank you to all the venues we toured to in the UK...
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