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Exploring Shakespeare: A celebration
Globe Exhibition Assistant Anna Marks on our current special exhibition. ‘Shakespeare: A celebration’ not only exhibits work from The Royal Society of Printmakers but also from the Royal Watercolour...
View ArticleEmma Rice interview with The PoolOur Artistic Director Emma Rice...
Emma Rice interview with The PoolOur Artistic Director Emma Rice caught up with Lauren Laverne for The Pool, discussing our forthcoming Wonder Women music season.Discover more about Wonder Women and...
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A fascinating and positive piece from Touretteshero about relaxed performances and Early Modern theatre:“…there were no rules about audiences sitting still or being quiet. In most cases, people were...
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Designing the costumesDesigner...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Designing the costumesDesigner Katie Sykes shares her sketches and inspiration for The Two Gentlemen of Verona costumes:The inspiration for the costumes came from all the...
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Casting workshop: 'a dance piece with text coming out of it'
Assistant Director Nicole Charles shares an insight into the casting process behind Imogen.Imogen is described by the director Matthew Dunster as ‘a dance piece with text coming out of it.’ This idea...
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Introducing… Globe MusicWe’re launching Globe Music, a...
Introducing… Globe MusicWe’re launching Globe Music, a brand new record label releasing music straight from the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Globe Music’s first recording, Ian Bostridge and Xuefei Yang’s...
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Becca Stevens on The PoolBecca Stevens, who is performing in the...
Becca Stevens on The PoolBecca Stevens, who is performing in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse this evening as part of our Wonder Women gigs series, has curated a playlist especially for The Pool.Have a...
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Bill Barclay on Globe MusicBill Barclay, Director of Music, on...
Bill Barclay on Globe MusicBill Barclay, Director of Music, on our new record label.Welcome to Globe Music, a new record label from Shakespeare’s Globe. An extension of our candlelit concerts, this...
View ArticleSonnet XVIII
By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.Sometime...
View ArticleFrom Shakespearean Story MadnessListen to award-winning...
From Shakespearean Story MadnessListen to award-winning storyteller Giles Abbott talk about creating workshops for vision impaired young people and share the grisly story of Lord Sulis, a forerunner of...
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How The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips beganMichael Morpurgo...
How The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips beganMichael Morpurgo (writer, adapter and author of The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips) on the inspiration behind his story…I recall sitting in a pub in Slapton,...
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2016 Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award: The winner
And the winner of this year’s Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award is… Shakespeare’s Storms by Gwilym Jones, published by Manchester University Press. Congratulations! Storms occur in many Shakespeare plays...
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Most Rare Visions: Bottom at the GlobeComplementing Emma Rice’s...
Most Rare Visions: Bottom at the GlobeComplementing Emma Rice’s current production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this display of material from our Performance Archive shows how different designers have...
View ArticleEmma Rice on 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Our Artistic Director Emma Rice shares an insight into directing Kneehigh’s 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. When I was 12, the same age as Lily in our story, our cat had kittens. Four of them....
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Casting news: 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus TipsWe’re...
Casting news: 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus TipsWe’re pleased to announce the cast for Kneehigh at the Globe’s 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, which opens here on Saturday 11 August.After...
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How we’re working with RNIBClaire Maxwell is the Royal...
How we’re working with RNIBClaire Maxwell is the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) Reading Services Product Manager for Braille, working with professionals in the field of visual...
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Staying cool this summerWith the summer sun now shining, we want...
Staying cool this summerWith the summer sun now shining, we want to make sure that you enjoy your visit to the Globe as much as possible. So here are a few handy hints on how to stay cool when the...
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Shakespeare’s Telling Tales is on its way…We’re getting...
Shakespeare’s Telling Tales is on its way…We’re getting ready for our literary festival for families, which opens this Friday 29 July. From designer Jonathan Burniston’s very special creations (can you...
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A Day in the Life: John HastingsActor John Hastings is currently...
A Day in the Life: John HastingsActor John Hastings is currently touring in New York with The Merchant of Venice Company.New York: Placéd in my constant soulPicture the scene: an actor with a full and...
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Wonder Women: Audience reactionsOur Wonder Women music series,...
Wonder Women: Audience reactionsOur Wonder Women music series, co-curated by Lauren Laverne and The Pool, is well under way. Here’s what audiences have had to say about the events so far…[View the...
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