A world inside… 🕯️
Our new season is here! With three illuminating plays and a few chilling tales in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - as well as a deliciously festive treat in the Globe Theatre.
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Our new play I, Joan shows Joan as a legendary leader who uses the pronouns ‘they/them’. We are not the first to present Joan in this way, and we will not be the last. We can't wait to share this production with everyone and discover this cultural icon.
Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer.
She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.
Hi, we’re Shakespeare's Globe 👋
You might know us from our greatest hits, including...
No, we’re not
@TheRSC
.
Yes, the plays happen even if it rains.
Standing tickets really are £5, and yes you actually have to stand.
and no, Shakespeare didn’t perform here, we opened in 1997.
How long it takes for characters in Shakespeare's plays to fall in love
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How long it takes for characters in Shakespeare's plays to die after being stabbed or poisoned
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Deleting my dating apps because I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (being shipwrecked in a strange land, disguising myself as my twin brother, becoming a page for the Duke, and being entangled in a love triangle where I am irresistible AF)
'To be together in one moment in time is powerful'
Stella Kanu
Yesterday, this happened.
Over 250 magnificent Black womxn working in theatre came together on our stage ✨
#WeAreVisible
celebrates the contributions of Black Womxn in the theatre sector.
(📸: Sharron Wallace)
We have a full cast for
#RichardII
. 👑 Meet the first-ever company of women of colour performing a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage. 👉
(📸: Ingrid Pollard)
Today we welcome the
#RichardII
team. It's always a pleasure welcoming a new team to the Globe but today it's historic as they are the first ever company of women of colour to present a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage.
Meet them here 👇
Wishing our Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, a very Happy 99th Birthday today! 🎂🥳
In honour of the day, here's some photographs of Prince Philip from our archives.
Things we've learned since 29 June 1613.
– Using cannons to create special effects is a no-go
– A thatched timber theatre is v. flammable
– A tiled roof may be a more sensible option for theatre 2.0
– If your breeches catch fire, they can be extinguished with a bottle of ale
It is my birth-day. Today we wish the man himself a very Happy Birthday. How would you help Shakespeare celebrate? Bear in mind he would be 454 years old, not that we think that would stop him having a good time.
#HappyBirthdayShakespeare
🎥 Join us for a Shakespeare-filled movie night, as from 6 April, we're releasing six free
#GlobePlayer
films, including:
Hamlet, 2018
Romeo & Juliet, 2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013
The Winter’s Tale, 2018
The Two Noble Kinsmen, 2018
The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2019
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken
It is the star to every wandering bark
#Sonnet16
Wishing all marking
#Pride
a happy and hopeful day.
#YouMeUsWe
Our wigs department just sent the email “having a clear out today, come help yourselves”. And now everyone in the Shakespeare’s Globe office is like...
"There is not one Juliet. There never has been"
Dr Sophie Duncan (
@clamorousvoice
) author of Searching For Juliet, gives us the history of Juliet.
THREAD 🧵
Listen to every woman with you now. Listen when I say to you to take the fire as your own. That anger that you feel it is yours and you can use it. If they try to burn you, may your fire be stronger than theirs so you can burn the whole fucking house down. Don’t stop now 🔥💙
By age 30 you should have written at least six plays, a handful of sonnets, two narrative verse poems, become a partner in a theatre, and had a mysterious disappearance where no one can account for your actions for roughly seven years.
STOP talking trash about
#Shakespeare
's leading men!
Orlando is POETIC
Hal is BRAVE
Brutus is AN HONOURABLE MAN
Benedict is WITTY
Claudio
Romeo is PASSIONATE
The spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries, and the mazèd world
By their increase now knows not which is which.
#AMidsummerNightsDream
#EarthDay
This is my birth-day; as this very day
Was [William Shakespeare] born.
🎈
#JuliusCaesar
460 years old has never looked this good! Happy Birthday Shakespeare!
*Blinks* Breaking news.
After the success of Steele Pots & Pans Christmas Panto (Cinderella the Intern), we're thrilled to share we'll be staging Belinda Blumenthal's (ahem) delightfully festive show at the Globe this December 2022.
@dadwroteaporno
Exciting news! (for those that missed it this morning) Adjoa Andoh will play
#RichardII
in first ever company of women of colour in a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage. And, Adjoa co-directs with
@LynetteLinton
because she's that talented.
The sun is shining, spring is in the air and we have some wonderful news for your Tuesday afternoon ☀
We're thrilled to say we're preparing to reopen our doors once more from 13 April! ⭕
#ThisWoodenO
We are delighted to announce that Stella Kanu will be the next Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s Globe!
With over 30 years of experience working in the theatre, festival, and cultural sectors, Stella will join us in Autumn 2023:
We’re deeply saddened to hear of the great Christopher Plummer's passing. An early supporter of Sam Wanamaker, and a Patron of our US & Canadian Globe centres, he illuminated the world's understanding of Shakespeare through his many memorable performances. He will be truly missed
To celebrate the release of Dame Judi Dench's new book, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent, we are giving away a one-of-a-kind artwork print, signed by Dame Judi Dench!
TO ENTER:
👉Follow
@the_globe
👉Comment 🎨 below
❤️ Giveaway closes 11 Dec 2023, 11.59pm (BST). T&C’s 👇
We're starting off your weekend with a BIG giveaway for families! You could win...
🎭4 tickets to our Globe Story & Tour
📖 Signed copies of Michael Morpurgo's brand new book, Tales from Shakespeare
✏️ Notepads, pencils & erasers
To enter, Like this post and Reply with a 📖
“We've a way to go as we heal from this, but theatre can help us get there. To express the often inexpressible, bear the often unbearable, laugh, cry, be – safely – together. The readiness is all and Shakespeare’s Globe is ready”
Happy
#WorldTheatreDay
! We'll see you soon ⭕❤
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts...
#WorldTheatreDay
#AsYouLikeIt
Today we are remembering our founder, Sam Wanamaker, who died on this day in 1993. Sadly Sam did not see the Globe Theatre completed. Please join us in raising a toast to this visionary man 🍷
(📸:Alan Butland)
We are deeply saddened to hear that HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has passed away. Prince Philip served as our Patron for over 40 years. His support for our founder Sam Wanamaker was integral to building the Globe Theatre and later, opening the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
"We welcome this significant investment from the Government in our world-leading theatres and cultural institutions. As an independent charity, the Globe needs support throughout this difficult time and will now have the opportunity to plan to reopen fully by early 2021." [1/2]
🚨GIVEAWAY🚨
By the pricking of my thumbs...
something special this way comes.
You could win:
🎭 Two seated tickets to
#Macbeth
🍰 Afternoon tea for two in the
@swanglobe
🛍️ Themed mugs from shop
To enter:
👉Follow us
👉 Retweet
👉 Comment 🩸 below!
Shakespeare’s Globe is anti-racist and believes Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with our friends who strive for racial justice across the globe.
WE ARE OPEN ⭕
Our absolutely incredible Tour Guides & Visitor Experience team are ready to welcome you back into our wooden 'O' for a whirlwind journey from Elizabethan England to present-day London exploring all things Shakespeare & the Globe.
Do say hello! 👋
#ThisWoodenO
We have some exciting news to bring you this Monday as we’ve been exploring even more ways to share digital joy and wonder with you, our extended Globe family ⭕
If you could be leaning right against the stage, resting your chin and hands on the very edge, and watch any play right now in our wonderful wooden 'O' – what would it be? ⭕
I can no other answer make but thanks,
And thanks; and ever thanks
#TwelfthNight
A heartfelt thank you to all who have sent love, support and donated – we've tried to reply to everyone, but have been overwhelmed with messages!
Love and wishes, as ever, from the Globe family ⭕
Today would have been the last day of our summer season ⭕
To spread some cheer, we're giving away one of our gorgeous limited edition signed prints by Grace Hailstone.
To enter:
1) Follow us
2) Like this tweet
2) Reply tagging a pal you'd like to waste time in the Globe with
We’re SUPER EXCITED to be bringing you the first in our free
#GlobePlayer
films this evening, with
#Hamlet
.
Here are some top tips on how you can recreate the Globe experience at home. Once a groundling, always a groundling ⭕
HUGE GIVEAWAY 🚨
…and you could win:
👉Two seated tickets to each show this Summer
👉Swan Afternoon Tea for two
👉Shop Gift Bundle
👉One year Globe Player subscription
👉Free Globe Membership for a year
To enter:
👉Follow us
👉Repost & reply with ☀️
After some truly wonderfowl suggestions, we'd like to introduce you to:
Sir Bill Quackspeare, Mallard of Avon (full title), Bill Quackspeare (stage name), or quite simply, to his friends: Bill. 🦆
#Quackspeare
#WillPower
We wholeheartedly disagree with The Telegraph’s article and with the photograph of Nadia from our 2018 production of Hamlet being used to support it.
We have requested this photograph be removed from the article, which has now been actioned.
Our theatres have been kept safe during our closure by members of our wonderful Globe family, but today I stepped foot in our wooden O for the first time since March. It was like coming home ⭕
📸: Charlotte Horobin
Our next Shakespeare movie night is fast approaching!
Join us for Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers
#RomeoandJuliet
💔 from our glorious Globe Theatre. Streaming for free on Monday 20 April, 7pm via YouTube.
⏰ Set a reminder:
Folks, we have a very important task for your Wednesday afternoon.
This chap needs an official name and we'd like your help! 🦆
Reply with your suggestions – (bonus points for those that are a play on Shakespeare/Duck! And yes, we will be ignoring Ducky McDuckFace variants 😉)
dear people that make emojis we’ve been using this little fellow ⭕️ for some time now to represent us but REALLY we aren’t circular we are polygonal with 20 sides so can you make us a new slightly less roundy one just for us please ok thanks bye