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February 2024
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES SUMMER SEASON 2025
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce our Summer Season, running from April – October 2025.
- Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes directs Romeo and Juliet (running 25 April – 2 August) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (running 4 July – 20 September). Abdul Sessay and Lola Shalam star as Romeo and Juliet, opening the season on 25 April.
- Ola Ince returns to direct The Crucible written by Arthur Miller from 8 May until 12 July.
- Robin Belfield returns to direct Twelfth Night, or What You Will from 8 August to 25 October.
- Owen Horsley makes his Globe directorial debut with Troilus and Cressida, running from 26 September to 26 October.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: For One Night Only takes place on Sunday 14 September, directed by Blanche McIntyre. A company of actors to be announced all meet for the first time on the day of performance.
- Summer 2024 hit Rough Magic, directed by Globe Director of Education Lucy Cuthbertson, returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse from 19 July until 23 August.
- Flagship project for secondary schools, Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank Macbeth returns for the 19th year, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson. Public performances run from 13 March until 20 April.
- Sarah Dickenson will be joining Shakespeare’s Globe as Writer-in-Residence in collaboration with Exeter Northcott Theatre, supported by Playwright’s ’73.
- On Sunday 9 March, Shakespeare’s Globe welcomes Ramadan Tent Project to break fast in the Globe Theatre as part of Open Iftar 2025.
- The Globe will host a collaboration with the World Health Organisation on 4 June, following the launch of a new relationship between the two organisations last year.
JANUARY 2024
CAST ANNOUNCED FOR PLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH DEUTSCHE BANK: MACBETH AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Macbeth, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson (Director of Education, Shakespeare’s Globe) in the Globe Theatre. The cast comprises Victoria Clow as Witch, Simeon Desvignes as Malcolm, Roxy Faridany as Macduff, Lucy Johnson as Witch, Hanora Kamen as Lady Macbeth, Louise Lee as Ross, Roann Hassani McCloskey as Lady Macduff, Patrick Osborne as Macbeth, Robert Penny as Banquo, Jo Servi as Duncan, and Rhiannon Skerritt as Witch.