2023 PRESS RELEASES
DECEMBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST OF OTHELLO
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Othello, directed by Ola Ince (Romeo and Juliet, Globe). The cast of Othello comprises Charlotte Bate, Ralph Davis, Poppy Gilbert, Oli Higginson, David Hounslow, Maggie Musgrove, Ken Nwosu, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Sam Swann and Ché Walker.
NOVEMBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR SPRING 2024
Shakespeare’s Globe today announces activities for young people across the Spring Half Term and Easter holidays, and new one-off events.
• Public performances announced for Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet
• 2024 learning events announced for February Half Term and Easter Holidays
• Rehearsed reading of new play Shakespeare’s Women takes place on 7 January 2024
NOVEMBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST OF HANSEL AND GRETEL
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Hansel and Gretel, the Globe’s upcoming festive show. Adapted for the stage by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Hansel and Gretel will be directed by Nick Bagnall (Love’s Labour’s Lost; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Globe). The cast of Hansel and Gretel comprises Annette Badland, Ned Costello, Ayesha Dharker, Kate Donnachie, Chaya Gupta, Rachel-Leah Hosker, Beruce Khan, and Lejaun Sheppard.
OCTOBER 2023
MARGARET CASELY-HAYFORD STEPS DOWN AS CHAIR OF SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
Margaret Casely-Hayford is stepping down from her role, at the end of her final term as Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe. The charity will now start the search to recruit her successor, and the competitive process is open for applicants. Led by CEO Stella Kanu, the Globe hopes to secure a new Chair at the beginning of 2024. Shakespeare’s Globe is an independent charity, operating without any regular subsidy or Arts Council England funding. The Globe is comprised of two unique theatres (open-air Globe Theatre and candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), a significant education department including in-house academics, and a year-round cultural visitor offering on the bank of the River Thames in London.
OCTOBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES FESTIVE ACTIVITY FOR 2023
Shakespeare’s Globe today announces special events, collaborations, and inspiration for visitors old and young to make the Globe their festive destination for 2023.
- Virtuoso classical guitarist Xuefei Yang will play a concert specially curated for the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on Monday 11 December.
- Comedian Tim Key brings his popular Chrimbo Bimbo show to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on Monday 18 December.
- Hansel and Gretel runs in the Globe Theatre from 8 December – 7 January, with accompanying workshops for young people beginning on 9 December.
- Specially designed biscuits created by the Globe and Biscuiteers celebrating Shakespeare now available in-store and online.
OCTOBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR NEW WRITING NIGHT BURNT AT THE STAKE, OR THE WHOLE OF THE TRUTH
Shakespeare’s Globe is pleased to announce the casting of Burnt at the Stake, or the Whole of the Truth, a celebration of bold new writing in the Globe Theatre on 13 October. Co-curated by Hannah Khalil (Writer, Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights; The Fir Tree, Globe) and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Writer, Emilia, Globe; Mum, Soho), and co-directed by Globe Resident Associate Directors Naeem Hayat and Indiana Lown-Collins, this night will premiere anonymised work by 13 writers. The cast of Burnt at the Stake comprises Annette Badland, Jessie Bedrossian, Sam Buttery, Vera Chok, Nadine Higgin, Mariah Gale, Mariah Louca, Mary Malone, Robert Mountford, Samuel Oatley, Shubham Saraf, and Delilah Tahiri.
OCTOBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES COMPANY FOR GHOSTS
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Ghosts, the opening show of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary Season. Adapted and directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Almeida and Edward II, National), this marks the first time that Ibsen has been performed at Shakespeare’s Globe. The cast of Ghosts comprises Greg Hicks, Paul Hilton, Hattie Morahan, Sarah Slimani and Stuart Thompson.
SEPTEMBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES COMPANY FOR IF IT PLEASE YOU
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the company of If It Please You, a night of glam, high camp and drag inspired by Shakespeare. The evening will be co-curated and hosted by Isabel Adomakoh Young (founding member of Pecs Drag Kings) and Nina Bowers, currently playing in As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe. If It Please You will feature performances by guest artists Séayoncé, Beau Jangles and Loose Willis, as well as fellow As You Like It company members Jessica Murrain, Tessa Parr, Hannah Ringham, and Macy-Jacob Seelochan.
SEPTEMBER 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR TWELFTH NIGHT: FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce further casting for Twelfth Night: For One Night Only. Blanche McIntyre (Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, Globe Theatre; All’s Well That End’s Well, RSC) will direct the event which will feature Matthew Broome as Sebastian, Paul Chahidi as Feste, ‘Tomiwa Edun as Orsino, Richard Katz as Sir Toby Belch, Rebekah Murrell as Viola, Paul Ready as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sirine Saba as Maria/Curio, Jacoba Williams as Fabian/Sea Captain, Howard Ward as Prompt / Valentine, and Jamie Wilkes as Antonio. They join previously announced Stephen Mangan as Malvolio and Shakespeare’s Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry as Olivia.
On Sunday 17 September in the Globe Theatre, Twelfth Night: For One Night Only will see actors step courageously into the unknown with performers only given their own lines and cues, with neither rehearsal time nor full script, done as it would have been 400 years ago. The event continues the Globe’s year-long 400th anniversary celebrations of the ‘First Folio’, without which 18 of Shakespeare’s most famous plays would have been lost to history, including Twelfth Night.
august 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
Shakespeare’s Globe have announced a series of one-off events running alongside Summer Season productions Macbeth and As You Like It in the Globe Theatre.
JULY 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR AS YOU LIKE IT
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of As You Like It, directed by Ellen McDougall (Watch on the Rhine, Donmar; Insurrection: A Work in Progress, Royal Opera House). Shakespeare’s joyous tale of all kinds of love, between all kinds of people, unfolds in the Forest of Arden, in this exuberant tale of community, romance and redemption. The cast of As You Like It comprises Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando, Emmanuel Akwafo as Amiens, Jessica Alade as Pheobe, Alex Austin as Jaques, Nina Bowers as Rosalind, Stephanie Jacob as Adam / Corin, Mika Onyx Johnson as Silvius, Tonderai Munyevu as Duke Senior, Jessica Murrain as Oliver, Tessa Parr as Touchstone, Dale Rapley as Duke Frederick, Hannah Ringham as Audrey and Macy-Jacob Seelochan as Celia.
JUNE 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES 10th ANNIVERSARY SAM WANAMAKER PLAYHOUSE SEASON
Marking a decade since the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse opened, Shakespeare’s Globe is thrilled to announce the 10th Anniversary Season, running from November 2023 to April 2024. Illuminated by over 100 beeswax candles, the Playhouse is an archetype of the Jacobean indoor theatre for which plays like Shakespeare’s Othello and The Duchess of Malfi were written and performed.
- Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts runs from 10 November – 28 January, adapted and directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins.
- Ola Ince returns to Shakespeare’s Globe to direct Shakespeare’s Othello, running from 19 January – 13 April.
- Rachel Bagshaw directs John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, ten years after it opened the first Sam Wanamaker Playhouse season in 2014, running from 17 February – 14 April.
- A new version of Hansel and Gretel by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage runs from 8 December – 7 January in the Globe Theatre, directed by Nick Bagnall.
- Burnt at the Stake, or The Whole of the Truth, a special night of new writing, plays in the Globe Theatre on 13 October.
- The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse hosts new writing company HighTide’s Ghost Stories by Candlelight on 23 – 25 November.
- Tim Crouch makes his Globe debut with his acclaimed solo show I, Malvolio, running 30 November – 9 December.
- Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank returns from February 2024 with a 90-minute production of Romeo and Juliet, created especially for young people.
JUNE 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE 2023 SAM WANAMAKER AWARD
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce Joseph Marcell as the recipient of the 2023 Sam Wanamaker Award. Joseph receives this award in recognition of his vast talents as a Shakespearean actor, and for his tireless support of the Globe for the past 38 years.
JUNE 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR MACBETH
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Macbeth, directed by Abigail Graham (The Merchant of Venice, 2022). The cast of Macbeth comprises Aaron Anthony as Macduff, Luke Beggs as Young Siward, Max Bennett as Macbeth, Calum Callaghan as Witch / Porter / Murderer, Ben Caplan as Witch / Murderer / Doctor, Timothy Daniel as Fleance, Max Ellis as Young Siward, Matti Houghton as Lady Macbeth, Cam’ron Joseph as Macduff’s Child, Helena Lymbery as Duncan / Siward, Joseph Payne as Malcolm, Arno Perry as Macduff’s Child, Ferdy Roberts as Witch / Seyton, Elijah Sholanke as Fleance, Fode Simbo as Banquo, Gabby Wong as Ross, and Eleanor Wyld as Lady Macduff.
MAY 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE WELCOMES MOVING STORIES IN SUPPORT OF REFUGEES
On Sunday 25 June, Shakespeare’s Globe will host ‘Moving Stories’ in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The event will include sketches, short plays and songs examining the experiences of refugees, and responses to the crisis.
Curated by actress Emma Manton, ‘Moving Stories’ will take place on the final day of Refugee Week, a festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. All profits from the event will be donated to the UNHCR to help towards providing support and assistance to refugees affected by the war in Ukraine.
APRIL 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of The Comedy of Errors, directed by Globe Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (The Winter’s Tale, Globe). Shakespeare’s madcap comedy about long-lost siblings and mistaken identities will transport us 400 years into an Elizabethan past to watch as these families unravel and descend into glorious chaos. This production continues Shakespeare’s Globe’s 400th Anniversary celebrations of the First Folio, without which the play would have been lost to history.
The cast of The Comedy of Errors comprises Claire Benedict as Abbess, Matthew Broome as Antipholus of Ephesus, Philip Cumbus as Duke / Pinch, Michael Elcock as Antipholus of Syracuse, George Fouracres as Dromio of Ephesus, Laura Hanna as Adriana, Hari MacKinnon as Angelo, Jordan Metcalfe as Dromio of Syracuse, Phoebe Naughton as Courtesan / First Merchant / Balthazar, Danielle Phillips as Luce / Second Merchant / Messenger, Paul Rider as Egeon, and Jessica Whitehurst as Luciana.
APRIL 2023
STELLA KANU APPOINTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the appointment of Stella Kanu as Chief Executive. Stella brings over 30 years of experience working in the theatre, festival, and cultural sectors, and is currently Executive Director at LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre), leading the strategic strands of the business and executive producing of the biennial-festival. During her tenure, Stella led the organisation through a challenging pandemic, despite this she has since built a healthy surplus for the first time in 10 years; secured international research partnerships focused on Climate Change and has overseen the creation of ‘LIFT the City’ – a new innovative partnership with City of London Corporation to reshape the square mile through Culture by 2025. She executive produced the UK premiere of the Lithuanian Venice Biennial Golden Lion winner Sun and Sea, bringing it to London for the first time in 2022. She leaves LIFT in a stronger financial position, with renewed operational strength, exciting partnerships, and a dynamic team.
Earlier this year, the Globe announced that current Chief Executive, Neil Constable, would step down from the role after almost 14 years leading the team which transformed the Globe into the world-class destination it is today. The competitive and thorough recruitment was led by the Globe’s Board. The nominations committee were supported by Executive Recruitment consultancy Green Park. Stella will join the Globe in Autumn 2023, allowing for a smooth leadership transition. Artistic Director Michelle Terry will be appearing as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the opening of the Globe’s summer season on 27 April.
APRIL 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE WELCOMES RAMADAN TENT PROJECT FOR 10th ANNIVERSARY OPEN IFTAR 2023
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to welcome Ramadan Tent Project to break fast on Monday 10 April at 7pm, in the iconic, open-air Globe Theatre as part of the 10th Anniversary Open Iftar 2023.
Open Iftar is a series of events organised as part of Ramadan Festival 2023 by Ramadan Tent Project. Events will be hosted across leading cultural attractions and venues, inviting people from all faiths and none to join together during Ramadan to break fast, creating spaces of dialogue, exchange, and engagement. The events include speeches, opportunities to pray, and a free meal shared by all attendees.
MARCH 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Elle While (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2019; As You Like It, Hamlet, 2018). The cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comprises Sam Crerar as Lysander, Sarah Finigan as Egeus / Snug, Mariah Gale as Bottom, Vinnie Heaven as Demetrius, Jack Laskey as Oberon / Theseus, Molly Logan as Flute / Fairy, Francesca Mills as Hermia, Anne Odeke as Hippolyta, Marianne Oldham as Titania, Rebecca Root as Quince, Michelle Terry as Puck, Isobel Thom as Helena, and Tanika Yearwood as Snout / Mustardseed.
february 2023
COMEDY, CABARET, AND MORE AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
Bourgeois & Maurice perform one-off cabaret night, Unplugged and Unhinged, on 20 March.
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse hosts Edinburgh comedy previews this Spring: Rob Auton and Ania Magliano on 27 March; Luke Kempner and Pierre Novellie on 24 April; and Chloe Petts and Ahir Shah on 22 May.
Shabaka Hutchings presents Shabaka: to pause, to reflect, a live performance created for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, on 13 March.
Inua Ellams brings his audience-led poetry event Search Party to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on 15 May.
January 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR PLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH DEUTSCHE BANK: THE TEMPEST
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, The Tempest. Diane Page (Julius Caesar, Globe Tour 2022) will direct the production created especially for young people. Public performances of The Tempest run from 18 March – 15 April, alongside the schools’ project.
The cast includes Aoife Gaston and David Huntley, who both return to Playing Shakespeare after featuring in the 2022 production, Macbeth. Joining them are Azan Ahmed, Charlie Cameron, David Ijiti, Emma Manton, Lloyd McDonagh, Archie Rush, Bea Svistunenko and Zheng Xi Yong.
January 2023
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES SUMMER SEASON 2023
Shakespeare’s Globe is thrilled to announce the Summer Season, running from April – October 2023.
- Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Michelle Terry stars as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Elle While, opening the season on 27 April.
- Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes directs The Comedy of Errors, running from 12 May.
- Abigail Graham returns to Shakespeare’s Globe to direct Macbeth, running from 21 July.
- Ellen McDougall returns to direct As You Like It, running from 18 August.
- Family-show Midsummer Mechanicals returns to the Playhouse from 22 July.
- Flagship project for secondary schools, Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank, returns with The Tempest, directed by Diane Page.
- Burnt at the Stake, or The Whole Truth, a special night of new writing runs in the Globe Theatre on 13 October.
January 2023
Neil Constable to step down as CEO of Shakespeare’s Globe
Following almost 14 years leading Shakespeare’s Globe, Chief Executive and Trustee Neil Constable has advised the Board that he will be stepping down from the role by the end of 2023. Over the 14 years of Neil’s leadership, he has headed the team that transformed the Globe into the world-class destination it is today. The competitive recruitment process is now open for applicants, and is led by Green Park, enabling a smooth leadership transition. Alongside Artistic Director Michelle Terry, Neil will continue to take responsibility for the 2023 summer season, to be announced later this month. Shakespeare’s Globe is an independent charity, operating without any regular subsidy or
Arts Council England funding.