SIZE OF COMPANY 11–33 on the road
Scale of venue Large-scale
PERMANENT STAFF Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole
Executive Producer Conrad Lynch
General Manager Lotte Buchan
Production Manager Paul Russell
Technical Manager Paul Williams
Music Producer Eva Koch-Schulte
ARTISTIC POLICY Shakespeare's Globe aims to be the world's most inspiring centre for the creation of new theatre and the natural home for the celebration of early modern theatre, achieving excellence in teaching, learning and research.
REVIEW EXTRACTS ‘The Globe is a venue for new writing of special, grand-scale quality.’ Evening Standard
‘In the past 10 years, the stage has gained, in the Globe, a space which has shown at a stroke how a Shakespeare play can be a popular event.’ Observer
‘The Globe is a glorious spectacle, even on a rainy night.’ Telegraph
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Romeo & Juliet In 2008 a small troupe of travelling players will recreate the vibrancy and excitement of Shakepearean performance with a scaled down outdoor version of Romeo & Juliet reinventing Elizabethan travelling theatre for a contemporary audience. (135 mins, 8 on stage, 11–12 on the road.)
Love’s Labour’s Lost Shakepeare’s boisterous comedy is a festive parade of excruciating misunderstandings and impersonations, drunkenness, bust-ups and pratfalls. Directed by acclaimed Globe Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole. (165 mins, 22 on stage, 29–32 on the road.)
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS The Merchant of Venice (large-scale.)
The Winter’s Tale (small-scale, outdoor.)
WRAP-AROUND Post show discussions with cast and creative team, lectures, seminars and performance-based workshops.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2007 South Korea (Love’s Labour’s Lost) 2005 USA (Measure For Measure)
TOURING AVAILABILITY Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merchant of Venice from autumn 2008 Romeo & Juliet and The Winter’s Tale from summer 2008
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