Much Ado About Nothing
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See the Globe Theatre fill with joyous life for our ★★★★★ ‘sublime, sensational… pure genius’ (Daily Express) production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
April 1945, Northern Italy. Following years of war, Leonata and her daughters reopen their battle-scarred palazzo for a celebration to welcome the partisan soldiers back from recent hard-fought victories.
Young lovers Hero and Claudio and proud singletons Beatrice and Benedick have their limits tested like never before in a wild mix of games, pranks and mischievous plots.
After her seminal production of Titus Andronicus, ‘ingenious’ ★★★★ (The Guardian), Lucy Bailey returns to the Globe to direct our 2022 Globe Ensemble.
‘I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.’
– Act I, scene 1
DETAILS
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£62 – £25 Seated
£5 Standing
This event is on-site in the Globe Theatre
Running time approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including an interval
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Lead photography by Manuel Harlan
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REVIEWS
★★★★★
‘Pure genius… Absolute bliss.
Breathes sublime new life into Shakespeare’s delicious comedy.’
DAILY EXPRESS
★★★★
‘Joyous, clever [and] genuinely funny’
FINANCIAL TIMES
★★★★★
‘Simply delightful… There’s magic in the air during this production’
BROADWAY WORLD
★★★★
‘Buoyant with slapstick… full of visual colour’
THE OBSERVER
★★★★
‘Splendid… visually appealing and very funny’
THE TELEGRAPH
★★★★
‘Bewitching [and] stylishly summery… Tremendous’
THE TIMES
★★★★
‘Absurdly funny… smart, stylish. Delightful’
EVENING STANDARD
★★★★
‘Sets the bar high… hugely satisfying. A real treat’
WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★
‘Hugely funny crowd-pleaser… a perfect piece of escapism’
THE ARTS DESK
★★★★
‘Bailey’s joyous production is a welcome return to normality’
THE UNDERSTUDY
‘…fills [The] Globe with joyful life’
TIME OUT
★★★★
‘Stephens excels… [she] is such a powerful force on stage’
THE REVIEWS HUB
‘Exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start of summer’
THE GUARDIAN
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CAST & CREATIVES
Introducing the Much Ado About Nothing company & creatives
Musician
Sophie Crawford ,
Musician
Hannah James ,
Musician
Aine Mcloughlin ,
Musician
Ilona Suomalainen,
Musician
Karen Street ,
Assistant Director
Clemmie Reynolds,
Casting
Becky Paris,
Choreographer
Georgina Lamb,
Composer
Orlando Gough,
Costume Supervisor
Caroline Hughes,
Designer
Joanna Parker,
Director
Lucy Bailey,
Fight Director
Renny Krupinski,
Globe Associate - Movement
Glynn MacDonald,
Globe Associate – Text
Christine Schmidle,
Globe Associate – Voice
Tess Dignan,
The Globe Ensemble is inspired by the historic practices of Shakespeare’s company.
Michelle Terry, Artistic Director, introduced the first Globe Ensemble in 2018, inspired by the ways early modern companies created their work.
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