'The Globe is one of the most unique design challenges out there.'
Meet the team behind bringing Shakespeare's London to life in our fast and funny The Comedy of Errors (2023). In this behind the scenes rehearsal video we hear from Naeem Hayat (Associate Director) and Paul Wills (Designer) on the challenges and opportunities the iconic Globe Theatre provides for staging Shakespeare's madcap comedy.
The Comedy of Errors plays in the Globe Theatre until 29 July as part of our Summer 2023 season: https://bit.ly/GlobeComedy2023
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ABOUT SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE
Shakespeare’s Globe is a world-renowned performing arts venue, cultural attraction and education centre located on the bank of the River Thames in London, UK, and is home to the Globe Theatre and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
We celebrate Shakespeare’s transformative impact on the world by conducting a radical theatrical experiment. Inspired and informed by the unique historic playing conditions of two beautiful iconic theatres, our diverse programme of work harnesses the power of performance, cultivates intellectual curiosity and excites learning to make Shakespeare accessible for all.
‘And let us ... on your imaginary forces work.’
— Henry V, Prologue
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you're simultaneously in two places at the same time at the globe you're you're sort of transported back to 400 years ago and you can also hear the sounds of the South bank now design wise the glow is one of the most unique design challenges out there it's been designed that it supports a play without any kind of scenery or design except costumes and clothes but it also supports the opportunity to go bigger and Bolder with the design but you then have to obviously take into account the weather a
nd the seagulls and the planes and a whole world that you can't control and we've decided to take the outside world of London Bridge in the docks and bring it into the global stage from like a director's point of view you can control focus in a way that's that's really fun and playful and so in a story that has a series of kind of crazy events that's a really like joyful thing to experiment with
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