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Shakespeare’s Globe in London has announced its April to October 2024 summer season.

Highlights include the Globe’s Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes directing Much Ado About Nothing, starring Ekow Quartey (Harry Potter) and Amalia Vitale (Roots & Fruits) as Benedick and Beatrice.

Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry stars as Richard III, directed by Elle While.

Director Jude Christian makes her Globe Theatre directorial debut with The Taming of the Shrew.

Blanche McIntyre is back at the Globe to direct Antony and Cleopatra, starring Nadia Nadarajah as Cleopatra.

Also the Globe’s 2023 hit production of The Comedy of Errors directed by Sean Holmes is set to return the Globe this summer before going on tour.

Robin Belfield directs new play Princess Essex, written by and starring Anne Odeke.

A new family show called Rough Magic from the team behind Midsummer Mechanicals will play the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Other news from Shakespeare’s Globe is that their secondary schools project Playing Shakespeare will revive Romeo & Juliet, directed by Globe Director of Education Lucy Cuthbertson; and the Globe is teaming up with the World Health Organisation to launch new book ‘Decolonising the Theatre Space: A Conversation’ featuring over 20 interviews with pioneering Black cultural leaders.

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Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Michelle Terry, said in a statement: “As a society, we’re only as free and healthy as the stories we tell about ourselves: “to hold as ‘twere the mirror up to nature”. The best stories provide an opportunity for us to engage with the biggest issues, ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Why do some stories inspire us to action and endure, and why do some hold little weight with us at all? Where, as human beings, are we afforded a safe space for exploration, experimentation, reflection, and conversation. A space to at least question the issues, ideas, thoughts, and feelings that have the power to change our lives for good or for bad? Theatres should be that space. With Shakespeare and the Globe, we hope to provide an opportunity for all people to engage and participate in stories, told carefully, kindly, boldly, and bravely, with rigour, heart, and beautiful imperfection infused with a life affirming desire to question what it means to be human and hopefully inspire us all to engage in the conversation.”

Currently playing at the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is Ibsen’s Ghosts starring Hattie Morahan until 28 January 2024 and Othello until 13 April 2024; a revival of The Duchess Of Malfi runs from 17 February to 14 April 2024.

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More about Shakespeare’s Globe’s Summer 2024 Season

Much Ado About Nothing
25 April – 24 August 2024
Directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes
Stars Ekow Quartey and Amalia Vitale as Benedick and Beatrice in an Elizabeth-dress production which will transform the Globe Theatre into a luxurious paradise.
The ensemble includes Calum Callaghan, John Lightbody, and Adam Wadsworth.
Designed by Grace Smart, with Grant Olding as Composer, 2023 Globe Resident Associate Director Naeem Hayat as Associate Director, and Tamsin Hurtado Clarke as Movement Director.

Richard III
9 May – 3 August 2024
Artistic Director Michelle Terry once again teams up with director Elle While to play the eponymous anti-hero as they explore the enduring allure and charisma of evil.
Designed by E. Mallin Parry, with Head of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe James Maloney as Composer, and 2023 Globe Resident Associate Director Indiana Lown-Collins as Associate Director.

The Taming of the Shrew
6 June – 26 October 2024
Directed by Jude Christian making her Globe Theatre debut.
Transforming the Globe into an absurd carnival this summer, Shakespeare’s vicious comedy The Taming of the Shrew will be designed by Rosie Elnile, with Corin Buckeridge as Composer.

Antony and Cleopatra
4 August – 29 September 2024
Directed by Blanche McIntyre
A ground-breaking bilingual production of Antony and Cleopatra using Spoken English and British Sign Language will be presented in the Globe Theatre, starring Nadia Nadarajah as Cleopatra.
The ensemble includes William Grint and Nadeem Islam, in Shakespeare’s epic story of love, duty, and power.
The creative team also includes Charlotte Arrowsmith as Associate Director, and Daryl Jackson as BSL Consultant.

The Comedy of Errors
21 August – 27 October 2024.
The Summer 2023 hit returns, bringing with it the joy and chaos of Elizabethan London, transforming the Globe Theatre into a bustling dock – complete with ship masts and piers. Shakespeare’s wild comedy about rival cities, long-lost siblings and mistaken identities will be co-directed by Sean Holmes and Naeem Hayat (Burnt at the Stake, Globe).
Designed by Paul Wills, with Grant Olding as Composer.

Princess Essex
13 September – 26 October 2024
A fast-paced, music-filled new play Princess Essex, written by and starring Anne Odeke, directed by Robin Belfield.
Designed by Hayley Grindle, with Simon Slater as Composer, Ingrid Mackinnon as Movement Director, and Sarah Dickenson as Dramaturg.

Rough Magic
20 July – 24 August 2024, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Re-uniting the Olivier Award-nominated team behind Midsummer Mechanicals, Shakespeare’s Globe and Splendid Productions present a supernaturally silly adventure featuring the Weird Sisters of Macbeth.
Globe Director of Education Lucy Cuthbertson co-directs with Splendid Productions’ Kerry Frampton, in a brand-new family show written by Kerry Frampton and Ben Hales.

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