Shakespeare’s Globe Announces 2025 Summer Season

Shakespeare’s Globe has unveiled its 2025 summer season, running from April to October, featuring a mix of Shakespearean classics, modern revivals, and unique events.

2025 Summer Productions

Shakespeare Plays

• Romeo and Juliet (25 April – June 2025)

  • Directed by Sean Holmes (Associate Artistic Director, Shakespeare’s Globe)

• The Merry Wives of Windsor (20 July – September 2025)

  • Directed by Sean Holmes

  • Design by Grace Smart

  • Text by Si Trinder

  • Voice by Gary Horner

• Twelfth Night (8 August – 25 October 2025)

  • Directed by Robin Belfield (Princess Essex)

  • Design by Jean Chan

  • Composer Simon Slater

  • Movement Director Ingrid Mackinnon

• Troilus and Cressida (26 September – 26 October 2025)

  • Directed by Owen Horsley (Globe debut)

  • Design by Ryan Dawson-Laight

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream: For One Night Only (14 September 2025)

  • Directed by Blanche McIntyre

  • A single-night performance where actors unite on the day of the show to perform Shakespeare’s comedy.

Modern Revivals & Special Productions

• The Crucible (8 May – 12 July 2025)

  • Directed by Ola Ince (returning to the Globe)

  • Design by Amelia Jane Hankin

  • Assistant Director Lindsay McAllister

  • Composer Renell Shaw

  • Voice & Text Coach Annemette Verspeak

• Rough Magic (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 19 July – 23 August 2025)

  • Directed by Lucy Cuthbertson (Globe’s Director of Education)

Additional Events & Initiatives

• Writer-in-Residence

  • Sarah Dickenson joins the Globe in collaboration with Exeter Northcott Theatre, supported by Playwrights ’73.

• Open Iftar 2025 (9 March 2025)

  • Hosted by Ramadan Tent Project at Shakespeare’s Globe.

• WHO Collaboration (4 June 2025)

  • A special event in partnership with the World Health Organisation, following their newly established collaboration with the Globe.

Michelle Terry, Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, shared:

“This season at the Globe has artists and audience in mind as we try to balance well-known and beloved plays with lesser-known but equally extraordinary ones. We hope this season strikes that balance, with these timely and timeless tales told by some of the most important artists working in British Theatre today.”

She also reaffirmed the theatre’s commitment to accessibility, revealing that in 2024:

• 51% of tickets were priced at £30 or less (over 220,351 tickets)

• 75,000 audience members watched a play with the £5 Groundling ticket