Shakespeare and Race. For the first time, Shakespeare’s Globe is...
Shakespeare and Race. For the first time, Shakespeare’s Globe is holding a festival on Shakespeare and Race. Farah Karim-Cooper, Head of Higher Education & Research at Shakespeare’s Globe looks at...
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André Holland photographed by Simon Annand, 2018 Eamonn Walker photographed by Johan Persson, 2007 Lloyd Everitt photographed by Cesare De Giglio, 2015 Kurt Egyiawan photographed by Marc Brenner, 2017...
View ArticleVoices in the Dark in rehearsal. The team behind the Young...
Voices in the Dark in rehearsal. The team behind the Young Muslim Voices project believe in the power of sharing and telling peoples stories to challenge perceptions, to promote a community of...
View ArticleDesigning Emilia. Jo Scotcher is the Designer of Emilia and...
Designing Emilia. Jo Scotcher is the Designer of Emilia and the winner of the Whatsonstage ‘Best Set Designer’ award, 2011. Here she talks about the concepts behind the visualisation of Morgan Lloyd...
View ArticleEyam cast. Eyam is a new play by award-winning writer Matt...
Eyam cast. Eyam is a new play by award-winning writer Matt Hartley who turns his attention to the real village decimated by plague in 1665. Directed by Adele Thomas, Eyam opens 15 September.Annette...
View ArticleWin tickets to see Emilia. We have five pairs of seated tickets...
Win tickets to see Emilia. We have five pairs of seated tickets to see the world premiere of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play Emilia. ‘ Men, who forgetting they were born of women, nourished of women,...
View ArticleShakespeare & Race Symposium speakers. Our Shakespeare &...
Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw Professor Luke Harris Professor Ian Smith Professor Ayanna Thompson Professor Arthur L. Little and Professor Kim F. HallShakespeare & Race Symposium speakers. Our...
View ArticleStaging Race and Diversity.To what extent do choices about...
Akiya Henry Leo Wan Jonathan Christie Stefan Adegbola Suzanne AhmetStaging Race and Diversity.To what extent do choices about costume, set and lighting either privilege white actors or place actors of...
View ArticleStaging Race and Diversity workshop summary.
In our Staging Race and Diversity in Shakespearean Theatre workshop on Monday, a small, racially diverse company of actors performed scenes from Titus Andronicus, Richard II and Macbeth in the...
View ArticleLove’s Labour’s Lost in rehearsal.Eight actors create the world...
Love’s Labour’s Lost in rehearsal.Eight actors create the world of Love’s Labour’s Lost in a style inspired by a Victorian children’s pop-up book. Originally written for the indoor Blackfriars Theatre,...
View ArticleEmilia in production.Our new play has been a hit with critics...
Emilia in production.Our new play has been a hit with critics and audiences alike. Written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, directed by Nicole Charles, and designed by Jo Scotcher, this incredible production...
View ArticleResponse to The Stage article, 15 August 2018The Globe’s Head of...
Response to The Stage article, 15 August 2018The Globe’s Head of Higher Education & Research, Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, responds to an article that appeared in The Stage on 15 August 2018:...
View ArticleDesigning Love’s Labour’s Lost.In the run up to the opening...
Designing Love’s Labour’s Lost.In the run up to the opening night of Love’s Labour’s Lost, designer Katie Sykes provides us with a brief glimpse into the design process for the production.‘The...
View ArticleMeet some of the creatives behind Love’s Labour’s Lost. Press...
Meet some of the creatives behind Love’s Labour’s Lost. Press and PR Officer Phoebe Coleman spoke to director Nick Bagnall and co-composers Laura Moody and James Fortune about how they have created the...
View ArticlePlague and the Theatre in Shakespeare’s London Barbara Taylor of...
Plague and the Theatre in Shakespeare’s London Barbara Taylor of the Globe Research team delves into the murky world of the Plague to see if theatres were to blame for its spread. Grab your nosegays as...
View ArticleWe dare you to visit Eyam…Designer Hannah Clark has...
We dare you to visit Eyam…Designer Hannah Clark has created some evocative costumes to plunge you into the plague-stricken village of Eyam. You may recognise Hannah’s distinctive style from previous...
View Article#ShakespeareOrNot: Answers
Yesterday we played #ShakespeareOrNot over on Twitter. How many of the following quotes do you recognise and which ones are by the Bard?‘If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.’...
View ArticleEyam in rehearsals. How to rid your home of plague (1578): ‘Take...
Eyam in rehearsals. How to rid your home of plague (1578): ‘Take a quantity of Vinegar very strong, and put to it some small quantity of Rosewater, ten branches of Rosemary, put them all into a basin,...
View ArticleLove’s Labour’s Lost in production.Director Nick Bagnall brings...
Love’s Labour’s Lost in production.Director Nick Bagnall brings Shakespeare’s rarely performed play to life in a world of wonder. Join the King of Navarre, the Princess of France and all their friends...
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