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We’re delighted to add even more names and events to the...
We’re delighted to add even more names and events to the incredible line-up for our summer Family Storytelling Festival, Shakespeare’s Telling Tales.Join us this July for a weekend-long festival...
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Emma on ‘Take Care of Business’ by Nina Simone Emma Rice explains why 'Take Care of Business’ by Nina Simone resonates with her as part of our 'Waxing Lyrical’ event . She will be joined by David Jubb...
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We have absolutely loved having Kneehigh’s Tristan and...
We have absolutely loved having Kneehigh’s Tristan and Yseult, directed by Emma Rice here this month. Last three performances tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening.
View ArticleTimothy Winters by Charles Causley
Charles Causley is one of Cornwall’s finest poets and in celebration of the centenary of his birth, Kneehigh will illuminate a small selection of poetry with song, a mechanical theatre and spoken word....
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Much Ado About Nothing: Rehearsal photos Shakespeare’s...
Ewan Wardrop (Dog Berry) The cast of Much Ado About Nothing Matthew Needham (Benedick) Steve John Shepherd (Don Pedro) and Ammara Niwaz (Ursula) Martin Marquez (Leonato) Ammara Niwaz (Ursula) Doreene...
View ArticlePerforming Restoration Shakespeare
Dr Claude Fretz (Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast) explains how Shakespeare’s plays found new life on the Restoration stage…When the English civil war began in 1642, London playhouses were...
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Mucedorus was the play that never looked back
Our next Read Not Dead event takes place on Sunday 16 July and forms part of our Before Shakespeare season of readings co-ordinated by James Wallace. James will be directing Mucedorus, a play published...
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Lions and Tigers Cast Announced
We’re pleased to announce casting for the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s new play Lions and Tigers, directed by Pooja Ghai.Based on the true story of Tanika’s great uncle and freedom fighter Dinesh...
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The Letters of Lions and Tigers
Based on the true story of her great uncle and freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta, Lions and Tigers is the world premiere of a new play by leading playwright Tanika Gupta. Tanika used letters from her great...
View ArticlePlaying Wrong Uns with Greg James and Chris Smith
How does Romeo die? Who were the two villainous sisters in King Lear? More importantly - can you get the answer wrong?!This morning we were live with Greg James and Chris Smith who told our social...
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Much Ado About Nothing Design Sketches
Photo: Dog BerryOur vibrant new production of Much Ado About Nothing opens this Friday!Set in 1914 revolutionary Mexico, designer Anna Fleischle shares her original set and costume sketches to give you...
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As You Like It: Rehearsal...
As You Like It: Rehearsal Photos Shakespeare’s tale of romance, madcap humour and dark satire has its Sam Wanamaker Playhouse debut in August when the Oxford University Dramatic Society presents a...
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Our First Live Cinema broadcastCinemaLive and Shakespeare’s...
Our First Live Cinema broadcastCinemaLive and Shakespeare’s Globe are pleased to announce - our first ever live cinema broadcast!King Lear will be broadcast live in over 300 cinemas across the UK &...
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Mex Much?! Enter Our Wahaca Competition
We’ve teamed up with Wahaca to offer one lucky winner the chance to win a Taco Feast at Wahaca and a pair of tickets to see our vibrant new production of Much Ado About Nothing which is set in 1914...
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Cast Announced For Read Not Dead: MucedorusThe cast have been...
Cast Announced For Read Not Dead: MucedorusThe cast have been announced for our next Read Not Dead event this Sunday 16 July.Joining us for the reading of Mucedorus are (left to right): Rhys Bevan;...
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What did Shakespeare know about love?Photo: Katy Owen as...
What did Shakespeare know about love?Photo: Katy Owen as Malvolio in Twelfth Night, 2017, photo by Hugo GlendinningAhead of her course this August, Jane Kingsley-Smith from The University of Roehampton...
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Nina Romancikova on Editing Drama“O that this too too solid...
Nina Romancikova on Editing Drama“O that this too too solid flesh would melt,Thaw and resolve itself into a dew.”Until the twentieth century, no one challenged the First Folio reading of this famous...
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Romeo and Juliet - Backstage at Shakespeare’s Globe On...
Romeo and Juliet - Backstage at Shakespeare’s Globe On the final performance of Daniel Kramer’s Romeo and Juliet, Helena Miscioscia captured these special moments behind the scenes.(Image credits:...
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Michelle Terry is The New Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s...
Michelle Terry is The New Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s GlobeWe are thrilled to announce that Michelle Terry will be Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from April 2018.An Olivier...
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King Lear: Rehearsal Photos King Lear’s tempestuous poetry is...
Burt Caesar (Gloucester) Thomas Padden (Albany) Saskia Reeves (Kent) Emily Bruni (Goneril) and Sirine Saba (Regan) Faz Singhateh (Cornwall) Kevin R McNally (Lear) and Loren O’Dair (Fool) Buom Tihngang...
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