Address: 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9DT Tube: London Bridge or Mansion House(both 10 Min walk) Tel: 020 7401 9919 Capacity 1,380 (seated) & 700 (Standing) Air Conditioning: No, it is an open air theatre! Wheelchair Access: Yes! Sound Amplification: Yes! Seating Plan Repertoire Schedule The Globe, which opened in 1997, is a reconstruction of an open-air theatre designed in 1599. The season normally runs from May to October and sometimes over the Christmas period. Tours of the theatre and an exhibition is also available.

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WHAT'S ON MACBETH by William Shakespeare       Genre Drama Previews from 23 Apr 2010 Opens 29 Apr 2010 Booking to 27 Jun 2010 Closes 27 Jun 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis Macbeth, the man who murders king and comrade in his quest for the crown, only to lose it all. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule HENRY VIII by William Shakespeare       Genre Drama Previews from 15 May 2010 Opens 24 May 2010 Booking to 21 Aug 2010 Closes 21 Aug 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis Power struggle with Henry VIII, his queen Katherine, his mistress Anne, and the most ruthlessly ambitious Cardinal Wolsey. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule HENRY IV PART 1 by William Shakespeare       Genre Drama Previews from 6 Jun 10 Opens 14 Jul 2010 Booking to 02 Oct 2010 Closes 02 Oct 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Dominic Dromgoole Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis Bolingbroke fights to keep his crown and restore order to an England driven by civil rebellion. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule HENRY IV PART 2 by William Shakespeare       Genre Drama Previews from 3 Jul 10 Opens 14 Jul 2010 Booking to 03 Oct 2010 Closes 03 Oct 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Dominic Dromgoole Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis The Prince's riotous life is interrupted, as a second insurrection is deftly if ignobly crushed. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule ANNE BOLEYN by Howard Brenton       Genre Drama Previews from 24 Jul 10 Opens 28 Jul 2010 Booking to 21 Aug 2010 Closes 21 Aug 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director John Dove Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis Dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII’s notorious second wife – exploring both her passion for the King and her love of the most dangerous ideas of her day. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR , THE by William Shakespeare       Genre Comedy Previews from 14 Aug 2010 Opens 19 Aug 2010 Booking to 02 Oct 2010 Closes 02 Oct 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Christopher Luscombe Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis The fat knight Sir John Falstaff imagines that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are both taken with him and so, attracted as much by their husbands’ money as their personal charms, he decides to woo them both. But the women are up to the old lecher’s tricks and turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating assignations, midnight terrors and a very damp, extremely smelly laundry basket. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule BEDLAM by Nell Leyshon       Genre Drama Previews from 05 Sep 2010 Opens 09 Sep 2010 Booking to 1 Oct 2010 Closes 1 Oct 2010 Time In repertoire. Public booking opens on 15 February 2010 Performers Director Design Lighting Choreography Costume Sound Producer Shakespeare Globe Synopsis A fictional portrayal of a London hospital for the insane, based on direct research from Bethlem Royal Hospital. B/O Price £ Length Other Info Performance Schedule Latest Video Features Can't see the movie? Get the latest Flash Plugin

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