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Shakespeare's Globe
Replica of Shakespeare's 'wooden O' theatre with a summer season of productions and year-round guided tours.
Productions continue in winter in the indoor Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
The original Globe was on nearby Park Street.
Nearest tube station:
Blackfriars (460 yards)
Tel: (020) 7902 1400
Web: www.shakespearesglobe.comTel: (020) 7902 1400
Twitter: @the_globe
Open: Tours daily; performance schedule varies
News & features about Shakespeare's Globe
- Shakespeare's Globe drops Sackler name from rehearsal studios 12 Oct 2022
- Norman Foster objects to changes to Millennium Bridge 'ensemble' 11 Jul 2020
- SE1 arts bosses welcome Government's bail-out for culture sector 6 Jul 2020
- Shakespeare's Globe warns it's at risk of closure due to COVID-19 19 May 2020
- Rethink urged as RV1 bus route scrapped after 17 years 17 Jun 2019
- Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary 17 Jun 2019
- Culture Declares Emergency: climate change procession 4 Apr 2019
- Bankside's 185 Park Street scheme bought by Slovakian developer 17 Jul 2018
- Obituary: David Edwards, former Provost of Southwark 13 May 2018
- Photographer Steve Hollingshead publishes 15th London calendar 10 Dec 2017
- Ignacio Echeverria: award for Spaniard killed at London Bridge 18 Jul 2017
- Bankside community observes minute's silence for London Bridge victims 6 Jun 2017
- South Bank & Bankside cultural venues react to London Bridge attack 5 Jun 2017
- 40 years of Jubilee Walkway: Duke of Gloucester unveils panel at Bankside 28 Mar 2017
- Artistic director Emma Rice to leave Shakespeare's Globe 25 Oct 2016
- Ancient monument status for Hope Playhouse and Bankside bear-baiting pits 6 Oct 2016
- Funeral of Sam King MBE held at Southwark Cathedral 21 Jul 2016
- Prince Philip at Southwark Cathedral for Shakespeare 400 service 23 Apr 2016
- Barack Obama visits Shakespeare's Globe 23 Apr 2016
- Prince Philip to join Shakespeare 400 commemoration in Southwark 1 Mar 2016
- Bankside 1598 recreated in virtual reality at Florida university 15 Feb 2016
- How Shakespeare's playhouse moved from EC2 to SE1 3 Feb 2016
- Philip Henslowe anniversary opens Shakespeare 400 year 6 Jan 2016
- Honours for Cllr Peter John and architects Allies and Morrison 31 Dec 2015
- Globe, London Eye and Waterloo Tube featured on new UK passport 3 Nov 2015
Forum discussions about Shakespeare's Globe
- Padlocks as art?
- 33 Bear Lane
- Upper ground cycling
- SE1 in the new UK passport
- Development on top of Southwark Station
- 1980s regional news reports from Thames News
- Garden Bridge
- Cross Bones Gates and Garden
- What used to be where Pizza Express is?
- Hidden Southwark?
- Union Street Activity
- Anyone remember big warehouse on Gt Dover St, opp St George church and Borough station corner Trinity St.
- Helicopter Saturday evening
- Annoying plane
- In an ideal world, where would you live in SE1?
- London Bridge or Bermondsey/Canada Water safety??
- Gregg Wallace
- Wedding venue
- New to London and seeking various info
- Southwark Playhouse in need of urgent support
Restaurants, pubs & bars near Shakespeare's Globe
- Swan at the Globe 24 yards
- Starbucks 64 yards
- Tas Pide 94 yards
- Pizza Express 94 yards
- The Real Greek 136 yards
- Crosby & Hope 138 yards
- Tate Modern Restaurant 148 yards
- Pret a Manger 166 yards
- Zizzi 178 yards
- Leon 250 yards
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