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Southwark Youth Theatre: Summer rehearsals Our Globe Education...
Southwark Youth Theatre: Summer rehearsalsOur Globe Education Assistant Max Kinder shares an insight into what our Southwark Youth Theatre having been busy working on. Welcome readers, both new and...
View ArticleNell Gwynn: Audience reactions
Jessica Swale’s Olivier Award-winning playNell Gwynn is back at the Globe for a limited run, as part of a national tour with English Touring Theatre.You can see the play at the Globe until Saturday 13...
View ArticleOn the history of Romeo and Juliet
Ahead of our Romeo and Juliet press night, we shared a few weird and wondeful facts about the play…[View the story “On the history of Romeo and Juliet” on Storify]
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From Shakespeare, Music and Performance Music...
From Shakespeare, Music and Performance Music has been an essential constituent of Shakespeare’s plays from the sixteenth century to the present day, yet its significance has often been overlooked or...
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Read Not Dead: Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune – Casting...
Read Not Dead: Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune – Casting newsWe’re pleased to introduce the company for our next Read Not Dead reading, Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune. The reading will be directed...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr Will Tosh
Ahead of our first Research in Action event of 2017, we asked Dr Will Tosh what audiences can expect…See what other events are coming up and book tickets.[View the story “Research in Action: Q&A...
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Nell Gwynn and The AttitudesComplementing the return of...
Nell Gwynn and The AttitudesComplementing the return of Nell Gwynn to the Globe Theatre, we are delighted to present a selection of photographs by Michael Wharley from his ongoing project ‘The...
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An extract from Hamlet: Globe to GlobeRead a special extract...
An extract from Hamlet: Globe to GlobeRead a special extract from the introduction to Hamlet: Globe to Globe, by former Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole.Hamlet is a unique play in the canon of world...
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Our new trustee: Nell LeyshonNell Leyshon, whose play...
Our new trustee: Nell LeyshonNell Leyshon, whose play Bedlam won critical acclaim when it played here at the Globe in 2010, has been appointed as a Trustee. Commenting on her appointment, Leyshon...
View ArticleWhat you will
The fluidity of gender is no 21st-century idea. In Twelfth Night, writes Dr Will Tosh, gender is what you make of it.If William Shakespeare ever browsed the textbooks in a medical library, he would...
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Read an extract from New BoyRead an exclusive extract from Tracy...
Read an extract from New BoyRead an exclusive extract from Tracy Chevalier’s New Boy, which takes its inspiration from Othello.Dee noticed him before anyone else. She was glad of that, held on to it....
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Read Not Dead: Terrors of the Night – Casting newsCaroline Faber...
Read Not Dead: Terrors of the Night – Casting newsCaroline Faber and Peter Hamilton Dyer will be performing a reading of Thomas Nashe’s Terrors of the Night as part of our Read Not Dead series. The...
View ArticleRomeo and Juliet: What audiences have been sayingDaniel Kramer’s...
Romeo and Juliet: What audiences have been sayingDaniel Kramer’s production of Romeo and Juliet is now playing in the Globe Theatre until Sunday 9 July. Watch what audience members have been saying...
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Tristan & Yseult: Rehearsal photosKneehigh’s critically...
Tristan & Yseult: Rehearsal photosKneehigh’s critically acclaimed Tristan & Yseult will run at the Globe from Tuesday 13 – Saturday 24 June. The production, directed by Emma Rice, blends...
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Music from Twelfth NightListen to some exclusive music extracts...
Music from Twelfth NightListen to some exclusive music extracts from our forthcoming production of Twelfth Night. Composed by Ian Ross and performed by the company.Emma Rice’s production will run in...
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Twelfth Night: Costume designsDesigner Lez Brotherston shares...
Twelfth Night: Costume designsDesigner Lez Brotherston shares his costume design sketches for Twelfth Night, which opens in the Globe this Thursday 18 May.Emma Rice describes the production as being...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Bold Women: About our Adult CourseIn this short...
Shakespeare’s Bold Women: About our Adult CourseIn this short video, Dr Morwenna Carr introduces our short summer course exploring Shakespeare’s strong female characters and what participants can...
View ArticleOn being a Globe Education Assistant
Sophia Rahim – Globe Education Assistant, Higher EducationPerhaps one of the most valuable lessons I have learned working as the Higher Education Assistant at Shakespeare’s Globe is the importance of...
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Festival of Independence: New events announcedExciting news....
Festival of Independence: New events announcedExciting news. We’ve just added four new events to the line-up for our Festival of Independence. The festival, which is curated by award-winning playwright...
View ArticleOn being a Globe Education Assistant
Chloe Jacobs – Globe Education Assistant, LearningFrom the age of about eight, my plan was set: I was going to leap directly from my A-levels to English Literature at Oxford University. After...
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