Shakespeare's Globe announces Winter Season 2026-27

Julius Caesar in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Joe Hill-Gibbins (Ghosts, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) returns to direct Shakespeare’s brutal and timely tale of
friendship, betrayal and political violence, staged for the first time ever in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. In this classic Roman tragedy, the ambitious dictator Caesar's growing power causes his allies to turn against him in a murderous plot. But when public opinion turns against the assassins, political in-fighting gives way to a bloody civil war.

• 6 November - 14 February 2027.

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The Seagull in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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The team behind the 2025 production of Three Sisters, Caroline Steinbeis and Rory Mullarkey will reunite as director and translator for Chekhov’s timeless story of ambition and desire, inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this outstanding piece of Russian drama, the lives of four individuals intersect on a rural estate when Konstantin Treplev, a brooding young experimental playwright, falls deeply in love with a local ingenue named Nina.

• 17 January - 12 April 2027

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King John in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Olivier-nominated director Jaz Woodcock-Stewart (Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre) makes her Globe directorial debut with Shakespeare’s rarely performed masterpiece. In the 13th century, John takes the throne after the death of his popular and much-adored brother Richard the Lionheart, but finds his claim to the throne challenged by the King of France as well as insurrections from within England. This is one of Shakespeare's least performed plays but remains a fascinating exploration of the harsh realities of power and politics.

• 7 February - 11 April 2027

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The Animals Come to the Table in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Bringing together politics, wit, philosophy and mischief, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s new play was originally conceived as part of Burnt at the Stake, or the Whole of the Truth (2023) where playwrights were invited to share new work anonymously. It marks the latest in a new writing lineage at Shakespeare’s Globe, following on from Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights (2022), Princess Essex (2024), Pinocchio (2025), and Deep Azure (2026). By candlelight, animals summon humanity to the negotiating table to demand an end to exploitation and ecological destruction. Timberlake Wertenbaker is one of the UK’s leading playwrights whose work includes Our Country’s Good, Jefferson’s Garden, The Love of the Nightingale and Little Brother.

• 11 December 2026 - 24 January 2027

Pinocchio in the Globe Theatre

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The critically acclaimed new musical Pinocchio returns for the 2026 festive season in the open-air Globe Theatre,
Based on Carlo Collodi’s original stories about a little wooden puppet who comes to life and dreams of becoming a real boy, Pinocchio is directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (Romeo and Juliet 2025), with book and lyrics by Charlie Josephine
(Cowbois, RSC / Royal Court), and music and lyrics by Jim Fortune (Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear).

• 28 November - 3 January 2027