The Globe Theatre

THE CRUCIBLE and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2025.  Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

MACBETH Cast Announced At Shakespeare's Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 28, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Macbeth, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson (Director of Education, Shakespeare’s Globe) in the Globe Theatre.

Cast Announced for EVER WILL At Long Beach Shakespeare Company
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 31, 2024

The world premiere of EVER WILL: The Early Years and Final Days of William Shakespeare With Music and Songs staged reading opens this Saturday! The show is the Helen Borgers Theatre home of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company.

Video: Watch Ruby Bentall & Kit Young In ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Scene
by Michael Major - Dec 17, 2024

Watch a scene from All's Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare's Globe. In this video, Paroles presses Helen about her virgin status. See the company including Ruby Bentall (Helen) and Kit Young (Bertram).

Video: Watch a Scene from ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Shakespeare's Globe
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 14, 2024

Watch a clip from Act II Scene 3 of All's Well That Ends Well, starring Ruby Bentall, William Robinson, and Kit Young, currently running at the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in the video here.

Video: Preview of ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Michael Major - Dec 10, 2024

Watch a video of Chelsea Walker's production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, performed in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse this winter. Ruby Bentall (Helen), William Robinson (Paroles) and Kit Young (Bertram) star.

Photos: National Youth Theatre's TWELFTH NIGHT in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2024

New rehearsal photos have been released of Twelfth Night, a National Youth Theatre production performed by the NYT REP company. Check out the photos here!

Isabella Esler, Jake Epstein, Chilina Kennedy & More Will Star in LIFE AFTER in Toronto
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 4, 2024

The full cast and creative team for the new musical LIFE AFTER at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre has just been announced. The new musical will play a limited engagement from Wednesday, April 16 – Sunday, May 4, 2025 as part of the 2024/25 Off-Mirvish Season. Check out who is joining the cast here!

Arts Council England Invites Leading Women In Theatre To Historic Meeting
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2024

Arts Council England has invited the attendees of a historic Women in Theatre research project meeting in March back to the Arts Council to hear what actions it has decided it is possible for ACE to take to address the under-representation of and discrimination against women in the arts.

Review: PRINCESS ESSEX, Shakespeare's Globe
by Debbie Gilpin - Sep 20, 2024

“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…” Anne Odeke’s play about the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK is a celebration of a bit of Essex’s history that has previously flown under the radar, as well as an interrogation of the effect of empire and patriarchy on the individual. That may sound heavy, but there is a deftness of touch that ensures the production is entertaining as well as thought-provoking.

Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, Shakespeare's Globe
by Abbie Grundy - Aug 30, 2024

Chaos and confusion reign in this laughter-filled production.

How Often Do Broadway Theatre Names Change?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Aug 25, 2024

This time, the reader question was: How often do Broadway theatre names change? 

Cast Set for HENRY VIII at The Old Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2024

The Old Globe has revealed its final Shakespeare production of the season with Henry VIII. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Review Roundup: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA at Shakespeare's Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2024

See what the critics are saying about Antony & Cleopatra at Shakespeare's Globe. Learn more about the production.

Shakespeare's Globe Will Bring Ola Ince's OTHELLO to Cinemas
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced that Ola Ince’s 2024 production of Othello is set for cinema broadcast. This will be the Globe’s first cinema broadcast since 2019.

Phoenix Festival Returns To Nyack in September
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 3, 2024

The Third Annual Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack will take place from September 12th-22nd in Nyack, NY.

Cast and Creatives Announced For Rachel O'Riordan's Revival of OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 29, 2024

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Olivier Award-winning classic Our Country's Good, written by Timberlake Wertenbaker,  and directed by Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan.

Review: THE BOOK OF WILL at STNJ-Entertaining and Riveting, A Must-See
by Marina Kennedy - Jul 16, 2024

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is now presenting 'The Book of Will,' a production that has it all.  This riveting play is filled with wit, drama and humor.

Theatre Partners Revealed For Part Two Of Women In Theatre Lab
by Stephi Wild - Jul 1, 2024

The Women in Theatre Lab and Jermyn Street Theatre have announced the theatre partners who will be nominating female playwrights for part two of the Women in Theatre Lab, the new UK version of America's Women's Project (WP) Lab and Australia's Women in Theatre programme.

Cast Set For ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Shakespeare North Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jun 25, 2024

Shakespeare North Playhouse has announced the creative team and title role casting for Alice in Wonderland, playing this festive season, opening Friday 22 November until Saturday 5 January, with a national press night on Tuesday 26 November.