Announcement from Globe

Sorry HG but 99% of the theatre world doesn't want Emma Rice style theatre. There is absolutely a place for her work as part of our broader theatrical landscape but hers is not the only way of making theatre or of telling stories.

Every major arts provider needs a range of voices and not all of them will please everyone - I am sure a very diverse group of directors will work in the Terry Globe, some you will like more than me, some I will like more that you. Which is as it should be.

Wonder if Michelle Terry's close relationship with the RSC (she's currently an Associate Artist) could lead to a closer relationship between the two. You could see (for instance) something like Nell Gwynn working well in a transfer to the RSC or Queen Anne working better at the Globe or Sam Wanamaker than it does in the Haymarket.

I hope so. I attended a QA with Lucy Bailey some years ago where she talked about there being a division in British classical theatre between "Globe people" and "RSC people" and implied you had to pin your colours firmly to one mast or the other, and never shall the twain meet. I hope that is not the case. Doesn't seem to be for actors, at any rate.

Oh I read that and thought it meant sort of artistically professionally rather than as an audience member, I've done both and seen great and not so great at both, it's just the Globe is much more accessible for me and has cheaper options. Will look forward to your views regarding Much Ado lynette

She will be able to if she has time -

"An appointment package appropriate to the level of this position, with flexibility to accommodate some work away from the Globe, will be negotiated with the successful candidate in due course."

plus

"Depending on the skills of the successful applicant, the Artistic Director will undertake the roles of actor and/or director for productions from time to time"

Not a rule, but there was some sniffiness / suspicion - eg this from Roger Allam:

It is a legitimate theatre though, it's not like the half-assed shows you see in actual theme parks or the people performing scenes on demand in the gardens of Shakespeare's Birthplace. It's not that much more of a tourist trap than the RSC if we're being completely honest, in terms of people being as likely to visit it out of interest in Shakespearean history as to just see a play, and being able to take in a tour of the theatre and look at the exhibitions there and stop off at the gift shop on the way. The RSC's almost worse for it in some ways, after all there's not a *lot* to do in Stratford that's not Shakespeare-related...

(As an audience member I visit both, but the Globe being cheaper and more convenient means I'm much more likely to see everything they produce in a season than the RSC.)

Ah, that's a fair point. I guess it's all in the performance you end up at. Personally I try to avoid openings and closings because so many of the self-proclaimed regulars have behaved obnoxiously towards me in the past, but if you want to guarantee being surrounded by regulars rather than tourists, then you could use that to your advantage. Also I don't know how practical a suggestion it could be for you, but a midnight matinee is extremely unlikely to have babies or school parties in the audience...

I once saw a woman open a thermos and take out some hotdogs #notaeuphamism

Yours is not the only experience I have heard of like that, does seem to be pot luck as to what audience you get, I've obviously been lucky, there's normally someone I want to cheerful wallop (being outside doesn't mean you can just chat through it!) but individuals rather than a collective and I've often met some lovely people who are there like me to see good theatre and not anything else but can imagine how that could easily ruin something and put you off.