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The Globe flag flying at half mast in honour of Prince Philip. Photo: Pete Le May

So we'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tales.

We hope you enjoyed your Easter break and maybe even treated yourself to a drink outdoors!

As the darling buds of April spring to life, we are excited to announce our new CPD, Shakespeare and Women, which will be added to our repertoire from 1 May 2021.

We've also got news of an opportunity to partner up with the Globe to offer your students a unique experience if you are running a summer school; we are overjoyed that we will be opening up our wooden 'O' for socially distanced performances from 19 May 2021; and we remember our Royal Patron, Prince Philip. 

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In this edition:

🔻Shakespeare and Women CPD.
🔻Summer School opportunity
🔻 In Brief: Summer 2021 season, Prince Philip.

Introducing our new Shakespeare and Women CPD.

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We're always looking for new ways that you and your students can explore Shakespeare's plays and their protagonists. So we are excited to annonunce our new CPD workshop, Shakespeare and Women launching on 1 May.

Designed to help facilitate conversations with your classes about sexism, misogyny and depictions of women in Shakespeare it will focus on four women in the plays – Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Beatrice and Hero. We'll explore how practice direct from the our rehearsal rooms can be adapted for the classroom.

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For details of all our current online CPD opportunities see the Teacher Training page of our website.

Bespoke CPD.

We would be delighted to create a bespoke, private CPD session for you and your department, tailored to the needs of your staff and learners. 

Online, in your school, or on-site at Shakespeare’s Globe one of our Globe Education Practitioners will design an engaging and inspiring professional development session for you and your team of educators, bringing rehearsal room approaches and active techniques to the teaching of Shakespeare in the classroom that will enrich your pedagogy and offer opportunities for discussion and collaboration amongst your team. Sessions can be delivered for trainees and teachers working with Key Stages 1 to 5. 

Please email us for more information.

Workshops in your school.

Our popular Lively Action workshops can come to you! 

Bring the magic of the Globe directly to your school with a virtual tour and interactive workshop led by one of our Globe Education Practitioners. 

Sessions are tailored to suit the needs of your learners, we work with schools to bring interactive approaches to Shakespeare to your classrooms, built around the learning objectives you supply. 

Contact the Learning team to discuss how we can work with you. 

Summer school partnership opportunity.

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You can partner with the Globe to help run your summer school catch-up sessions for your pupils. 

The UK Government is offering schools funding for enrichment activities, 'such as team games, music, drama or sports activities.’

We can definitely help bring the drama straight to your doorstep or online, with our Globe Education Practitioners running dynamic and lively sessions to raise students’ confidence, communication and of course igniting a passion and curiosity for Shakespeare.

We can help plan and run sessions based on learning objectives you set for a few hours or for up to two weeks of delivery.

Schools need to register an expression of interest with the Department for Education by 30 April 2021 to be eligible for funding.

Get in touch to find out how we can support you.

Summer 2021 is nearly here!

As the UK continues to reopen we're thrilled to be welcoming visitors and audiences back to the Globe. We opened for Guided Tours on 13 April and we've recently announced our Summer 2021 season, featuring A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night. 

HRH The Prince Philip.

We were deeply saddened by the recent death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. For over 40 years as our Royal Patron, Prince Philip was instrumental in making the Globe a reality and a success. You can read about his friendship with Sam Wanamaker and his wonderful support of the Globe on our blog.