Bankside

 
Shakespeare's Globe

Open all year round, Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition is the world’s largest exhibition devoted to Shakespeare and the London in which he lived and worked. Housed in the vast UnderGlobe beneath the theatre, the exhibition explores the remarkable story of Sam Wanamaker’s struggle to rebuild the Globe and brings Shakespeare’s world to life using a range of interactive displays and live demonstrations.

Find out how special effects were produced in Shakespeare’s time; join the cast and add your voice to a scene played by Globe actors; watch a sword-fighting display; see a working printing press in action or discover how actors are dressed in Elizabethan clothing. An exhibition visit and theatre tour lasts about one and a half hours.

 Throughout the year, a fascinating guided tour of the Globe Theatre is included in your visit to

Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition. Let one of our guides bring this extraordinary space to life.

Tours begin every 15-30 minutes during opening hours. There is no need for individuals to book. Reduced rates are available for groups of 15 or more. Groups should book in advance. For information or to book a tour, call 020 7902 1500.

During matinee performances in the theatre, when guided tours of the Globe are not possible, visitors will be taken to the nearby site of Bankside's first theatre: the Rose. The space for which Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson wrote their greatest plays and in which Shakespeare learned his trade, the Rose is the only Elizabethan playhouse that has been excavated on a large scale by archaeologists.

A short film introducing the colourful history of the Rose, the Bankside area and the ongoing discoveries made at the site is also on show at Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition.

Shakespeare’s Globe
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
London SE1 9DT

General Enquiries

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7902 1400
Fax: +44 (0)20 7902 1401
Email enquiries: info@shakespearesglobe.com
Website: http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/

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