Globe All Seasons

At the theatre I work at we screened the Globe's 2018 Winter's tale last night - a very much stripped back production, but I certainly enjoyed it, especially Leontes touching the statue and saying 'she's warm'. beautiful but our perhaps more literal minded audience couldn't cope we seeing the audience or the lack of literal set and costumes, and many hated the play. Two plays that have always been in the background for me are now very much my favourites - The winter's tale and Love's Labours lost. Truth to tell the Globe's bear was a little limp, but some great performances, and poor Hermoine certainly has to stand there as the stature for so long.

Did Fry and Laurie help write that?

Now can't book standing in the ground, giving up for now

A morning spent working out the best schedule, the provided calendar would be a lot simpler if set out like the RSC in the standard weekday/month format.

Decided to catch all of the Shakespeare’s and make my mind on Metamorphoses later in the year as it does not start until September, main house productions both seated and a groundling and the touring productions as a groundling only including the 3 midnight matinees the best way to experience the Globe in my opinion.

The members discount and a more groundling bias means 11 evenings in the Globe for an average of £21.

This summer on Bankside, we promise to celebrate all that unites us: laughter, tears, story, nature, and of course, theatre.

A year since we closed our doors on 18 March 2020, we’re preparing to reopen our theatres for our Summer 2021 season on 19 May 2021, provided the conditions are met for Step 3 of the UK Government’s roadmap for cultural reopening.


Opening the season on 19 May, our Associate Artist Director Sean Holmes gets the fiesta started with the return of his raucous 2019 production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This joyful explosion is packed full of piñatas, streamers, glitter and a cacophony of brass, and is the perfect comedy to bring some magic to your summer.


The same company of players, including our very own Michelle Terry as Viola, bring fresh life to Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night. Wild, surprising, fierce and funny, this fiery new production is infused with the mesmeric nostalgia and soulful music of the world of Americana, and is a true celebration of the complete madness of love.


At long last, after starting rehearsals before lockdown last year, our star-crossed lovers Alfred Enoch and Rebekah Murrell take to the stage in Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. Director Ola Ince and many of the original company return to this universal tale of chance, destiny and fortune, to find new significance for 2021.


Our Touring Ensemble, led by Associate Artist Brendan O’Hea, also return with their usual trio of plays, this time taking on the challenge of As You Like It, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.


Stepping into the candlelight of our Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, we finally get the chance to see Metamorphoses, a brand new play by our Scriptorium writers-in-residence Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz. Inspired by Ovid’s powerful collection of myths, this new play is an epic adventure of infinite possibilities, and is co-directed by Sean Holmes and Holly Race Roughan.


An uninspiring and safe season but The Greatest Hits will hopefully enticing to the casual attendee.

Will be there on the 19-May to experience my favourite place in London one again.

Looks like a good season, very tempting spesh for young people’s outings with older relatives...you get my drift.

It is a great shame that the tour won't happen this year. Outdoor theatre is so much easier to manage in terms of social distancing. There is a huge appetite to see anything, they could have found large enough venues.

I know Michelle Terry will be keen to get back to acting on stage. But as AD of the Globe she has been employed throughout the pandemic unlike the overwhelming percentage of actors in the UK.

Casting herself as Viola feels just a tad insensitive under the circumstances. Far better to have stepped aside this season to allow another actor some paid work.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

As it is a reprise of a previous production many of us will have seen it and know what to expect but had forgotten how surreal the fairies were and it is most definitely colourful.

With the reduced capacity the usual atmosphere was missing as expected and despite the best efforts of the cast they could not bridge the fourth wall but I am sure this will improve as they get used to working the space even though choosing a groundling to play Robin Starveling does its best and will rely heavily on the one chosen and last night’s definitely did it with gusto and not one for the shy as there is no place to hide in the predominantly empty pit.

It was great to be back, just hearing Shakespeare’s language being spoken in the Globe never disappoints and looking forward to my numerous visits over the summer and hopefully by late summer normal service will have resumed and will be standing once more in the pit.

For those who have booked Groundling tickets you will definitely get the best seats in the house, no obstruction in the view as they are well spaced and as a bonus they are aluminium garden chairs with backs, a luxury which those in the galleries do not have and it is easy to order drinks and snacks from your seat which is not something that can be said of the upper galleries.

It is a long night without a break, the musicians started playing around 6:45, the play started around 7:00 and it finished at 9:20 so in reality more 2 ½ hours than 2 so make sure you have taken the opportunity to use the facilities beforehand.

There were queues when I arrived so it is best to arrive at your allotted time, I am sure things will improve once they have got used to the new ways of working as last night everyone was being officious but was slightly confused on the mask wearing once at your seat as many took them off and the usual over zealous ushers did not intervene but being outside and the gaps between bubbles much larger than most inside spaces they are not really required but I kept mine on which if the majority stance is not to wear one will likely not wear mine on my next visit.

On the whole so pleased to be back in my favourite place immersed in Shakespeare once again.

www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2021/09/01/announcing-our-winter-2021-22-season/

New Sam Wanna maker season. They'll be doing t pounds standing tickets now

I haven't seen Measure for Measure for years, so will book that, but definitely not standing. I really like the SWP - very cosy and atmospheric.