Want to Write? The best of the UK’s Literary Festivals
2012 marks a major year for literature all over the world. From Shakespeare to Dickens to the best of Ireland’s authors, literary festivals offer a jam-packed few days of writing, reading and guest...
View ArticleReview: Globe to Globe Festival: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Reactions to the Globe to Globe project (37 plays in 37 different languages) have mostly been along the lines of: but, Shakespeare’s all about the language! How will it be if you can’t understand any...
View ArticleMind over matter: Preservation in a digital age
As a consequence of continual developments in the digital world, the way in which we acquire and document knowledge is changing. The arrival of the Kindle has revolutionised how we see books; iPads and...
View ArticleGuest blog: Othello in Arabic
Last week, Abdulla Al Asam performed at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of Globe Education’s Sam Wanamaker Festival. The annual celebration brings together 42 students from the leading UK accredited drama...
View ArticleReview: Gabriel
New musical entertainment Gabriel will provide you with some of the most magical hours you will spend in a London theatre this summer. It is a new and joyously unclassifiable show, written by Samuel...
View ArticleFeature: Ché Walker – “I don’t think anything quite moves people like song”
Do you remember the first time you went to the Globe? Did you feel like you were stepping back in time? What I remember is some kids rapping about how I needed to switch off my phone… The first time I...
View ArticleReview: Julius Caesar, Globe Theatre
I can hear this production of Julius Caesar before I can see it. As I walk up to the Globe it rings with music, and inside actors are already milling about, shouting and singing, echoing what the Globe...
View ArticleReview: Holy Warriors, The Globe
Holy Warriors, a new play by David Eldridge, is billed as “a fantasia on the Third Crusade and the history of violent struggle in the Holy Lands” — like other plays of such a niche genre, it truly...
View ArticleReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rose Theatre
Before embarking on a national tour, The Globe brings a reworking of its 2013 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Rose Theatre for just three days. In this lively, entertaining enactment of...
View ArticleReview: Farinelli and the King, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Mark Rylance and Melody Grove sparkle as the royal couple in this story of the curative power of music. Farinelli and the King is a historical drama, housed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse where...
View ArticleReview: The Oresteia, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Aeschylus’s The Oresteia is in high demand at the moment, with new versions sprouting up left, right and centre, and The Globe houses The Oresteia in its most authentic form. Director Adele Thomas and...
View ArticleReview: Globe to Globe Festival: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Reactions to the Globe to Globe project (37 plays in 37 different languages) have mostly been along the lines of: but, Shakespeare’s all about the language! How will it be if you can’t understand any...
View ArticleMind over matter: Preservation in a digital age
As a consequence of continual developments in the digital world, the way in which we acquire and document knowledge is changing. The arrival of the Kindle has revolutionised how we see books; iPads and...
View ArticleGuest blog: Othello in Arabic
Last week, Abdulla Al Asam performed at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of Globe Education’s Sam Wanamaker Festival. The annual celebration brings together 42 students from the leading UK accredited drama...
View ArticleReview: Gabriel
New musical entertainment Gabriel will provide you with some of the most magical hours you will spend in a London theatre this summer. It is a new and joyously unclassifiable show, written by Samuel...
View ArticleFeature: Ché Walker – “I don’t think anything quite moves people like song”
Do you remember the first time you went to the Globe? Did you feel like you were stepping back in time? What I remember is some kids rapping about how I needed to switch off my phone… The first time I...
View ArticleReview: Julius Caesar, Globe Theatre
I can hear this production of Julius Caesar before I can see it. As I walk up to the Globe it rings with music, and inside actors are already milling about, shouting and singing, echoing what the Globe...
View ArticleReview: Holy Warriors, The Globe
Holy Warriors, a new play by David Eldridge, is billed as “a fantasia on the Third Crusade and the history of violent struggle in the Holy Lands” — like other plays of such a niche genre, it truly...
View ArticleReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rose Theatre
Before embarking on a national tour, The Globe brings a reworking of its 2013 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Rose Theatre for just three days. In this lively, entertaining enactment of...
View ArticleReview: Farinelli and the King, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Mark Rylance and Melody Grove sparkle as the royal couple in this story of the curative power of music. Farinelli and the King is a historical drama, housed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse where...
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