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(c) Pete Le May

Watch our latest video on how the interior of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is beginning to take shape.

(c) Pete Le May

The foyer is now complete. Its opening was marked by a fanfare…

(c) Pete Le May

This morning Globe staff gathered together to mark the opening of the new foyer. Read on for details and pictures…

(c) Pete Le May 2013

Ahead of the Globe Theatre season opening on 23 April 2013, hear about the rebuilding of the foyer space.

(c) Pete Le May 2013

We meet Peter McCurdy and his team of craftsmen to talk about the building of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

(c) McCurdy & Co 2012

Update from the MCurdy & Co workshop….

McCurdy Craftsman (c) McCurdy & Co

McCurdy & Co are the official craftsmen appointed to carry out the reconstruction of The Sam Wanamaker Theatre. Over the course of the build they will be blogging about the process from research, right through to the first performance…

Doctor Faustus (c) Keith Pattison

This is an introduction to a new blog series by Neil Vallelly on the subject of light and lighting in early modern theatrical practice.

Shakespeare's Globe and McCurdy & Co (c) Rachel Powell

On Tuesday 31 July, Shakespeare’s Globe and McCurdy & Co jointly signed the contract for McCurdy & Co to fabricate the timber frame of the indoor Jacobean theatre.

Shakespeare’s company was unique in its own time in a number of ways… they never enjoyed playing out of doors in the winter. Indoor venues were always in their minds as preferable to the outdoor Globe….