Peace One Day is celebrating its 20^th anniversary at Shakespeare’s Globe on Peace Day, Saturday 21 September 2019.

Evening Celebration, 7.00pm

Globe Theatre

Peace One Day are proud to announce that composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author and activist Sting will be joining to headline the line-up at Shakespeare’s Globe on Peace Day 21 September.

Throughout his career, Sting as a solo musician and a member of The Police, has sold over 100 million records.  He has also received 17 Grammy awards, 3 Brit Awards, A Golden Globe, An Emmy, A BMI award, an Ivor Novello and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Our celebration will also feature performances from Emeli Sandé, Jack Savoretti, Basement Jaxx, Will Young and Citizens of the World Choir. The BFG (played by Mark Rylance) will also make an appearance. Other performances include Dance For Peace, choreographed by Emmy-nominated choreographer Jamie Neale with dancers from Jasmin Vardimon and Hofesh Shechter Companies with more surprises on the day.

With appearances from: Peace One Day Ambassadors- Sir Mark Rylance, Jude Law, Juliet Rylance; Jeremy Gilley – Founder of Peace One Day; Ahmad Fawzi – United Nations Strategic Communication Expert; Dr Scilla Elworthy – Founder of the Oxford Research Group and Peace Direct, three times Nobel Peace Prize Nominee; Marc Mathieu – Marketing Maven; Nadhim Zahawi MP – Minister for Business and Industry; Pastor Dr James Wuye and Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa – Triple honorary doctorates from Glasgow, Massachusetts and Kolkata Universities; Daniel Binns – Chief Executive Officer, Interbrand, New York.

Join us for this inspirational and thought-provoking event, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Peace One Day, and support us to take the message of Peace Day 21 September to the people of the world.

Panel events:

Peace One Day ambassadors and key peace advocates will come together for discussions tackling issues including domestic abuse, sexual violence and cyber violence.

Take a Stand: Say No to Sexism and Harassment, 11.30am – 12.30pm

Cyber Non-violence panel, 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Words of Peace, 3.30pm – 4.45pm

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Hosted and directed by Mark Rylance. He and other guest actors including Jude Law, Juliet Rylance, André Holland, Emily Watson and Joely Richardson will be speaking great dramatic or historical words of peace, speeches that have inspired change and action.

The two panel events in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse are not open to the public, but will be live-streamed to the world, alongside the Evening Celebration and Words of Peace. Scroll to watch the live video links on Peace Day, 21 September 2019.