17th  February 2012

Public booking is now open, and more casting has been confirmed for the 2012 theatre season.

Joining Mark Rylance in Richard III and Twelfth Night are Johnny Flynn (Jerusalem, front man of folk rock band Johnny Flynn’), Samuel Barnett (The History Boys, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead), Colin Hurley (Anne Boleyn, All’s Well That Ends Well), Liam Brennan (A View From The Bridge, Othello, The Lieutenant of Inishmore ) and Peter Hamilton Dyer ( Anne Boleyn, All’s Well that Ends Well, Henry VIII).

Also joining the cast of Twelfth Night as Malvolio is Stephen Fry (recent screen credits include Sherlock Holmes II, Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Q.I., Bones).  

Double Olivier award-winner, Samantha Spiro will take the role of the formidable Katherina inThe Taming of the Shrew.

After touring the UK, Henry V, with Jamie Parker as the King, will come home to the Globe.As You Like It and Hamlet will briefly visit the Globe on their countrywide tour.

Book now for best available seats or get the greatest view in the house for £5 standing in the yard.

To view the season trailer click more info.

Anne Boleyn Spring Tour

Howard Brenton’s award-winning Anne Boleyn begins its tour at Cambridge Arts Theatre on March 15 before travelling round the country and closing at The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh in May. James Garnon returns as King James I. Jo Herbert and David Sturzaker play Anne and her Henry. For complete casting and video trailer click More Info. 

Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank Microsite launched

Now in its 6th year Globe Education’s flagship project for London schools presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running from 27 February – 8 March. To enrich the experience a unique, interactive Microsite has been launched featuring creative ways to explore the play. Visit the microsite. 

Half Term at the Exhibition

Looking for unusual half term activities? Entertain and inspire your youngest family members with a visit to the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to Shakespeare and his London. Special events include the opportunity to be dressed in Elizabethan clothing and watching a sword fighting demonstration.

Mother’s Day Gifts at the Globe Shop

Don’t forget Mum in March. The Globe Shop has unique gifts to suit all tastes, from sterling silver jewellery, beautifully bound Shakespeare plays, clothes, bags and more. Click More Info to view the full range. 

New partnership with Grange Hotels & competition

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Grange Hotels. To celebrate we are running a competition to win afternoon tea and a massage for two people at St Paul’s Ajala Spa in time for Mothering Sunday. Click More Info for details on how to enter. 

BFI Celebrates Raj Kapoor

1-29 Feb 

Come and sample the colourful career of the great actor and director who helped Indian society embrace the changes of the twentieth century and forged the template for Bollywood.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lyric Hammersmith

11 Feb – 17 Mar

Filter and Lyric Artistic Director Sean Holmes reunite following the smash-hits Twelfth Night and Three Sisters to create a riotous reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s most loved comedy.
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