DOMINIC DROMGOOLE – Shakespeare's Globe https://www.shakespearesglobe.com Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:48:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Stella Kanu appointed Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s Globe https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2023/04/25/stella-kanu-appointed-chief-executive-of-shakespeares-globe/ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2023/04/25/stella-kanu-appointed-chief-executive-of-shakespeares-globe/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:55:16 +0000 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/?p=110968 It has been the greatest honour to serve the Globe for half its lifespan. This organisation is a truly unique place – beloved internationally, creatively ambitious, dynamic and a worthy custodian of Shakespeare for future generations to come. It is now the right moment for me to give the next generation of cultural leaders the opportunity of enjoying the adventure of this remarkable institution.

 

I have absolute faith that I leave this extraordinary organisation as we find ourselves on firmer financial ground, following years of Covid disruption and near long-term closure. Now, 40 years since my professional job in stage-management, I will enjoy this year steering the good ship Globe, alongside my inspiring colleagues, from our excellent leadership team to wonderful volunteers. Our brilliant Board of Trustees have backed a dynamic and responsive 3-year rebuilding strategy to help forge the way forward for my successor. I know The Globe will be attracting the very best to take the reins.

 

The Globe is particularly special, unique in its cultural and educational offer, and iconic on the London landscape. In 2022, we celebrated our quarter century anniversary, and I will be thrilled to continue celebrating the Globe as it confidently goes from strength to strength for the next 25 years to come. Shakespeare has loomed large in my life, with 16 years at the RSC, and nearly 14 at the Globe, I have been shaped by his fantastic works, celebrated this year in the 400th anniversary of The First Folio – one of the great wonders of the literary world. Shakespeare’s ongoing importance and relevance is clear – his works offer endless opportunities for discovery and exploration. I will continue to enjoy how the Globe celebrates the power of storytelling year by year, as the hundreds of thousands of visitors coming through our door connect across the centuries as Shakespeare “holds a mirror up to nature” for inspiration and joy.

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Neil Constable to step down as CEO of Shakespeare’s Globe https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2023/01/10/neil-constable-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-shakespeares-globe/ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2023/01/10/neil-constable-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-shakespeares-globe/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:00:30 +0000 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/?p=104616 It has been the greatest honour to serve the Globe for half its lifespan. This organisation is a truly unique place – beloved internationally, creatively ambitious, dynamic and a worthy custodian of Shakespeare for future generations to come. It is now the right moment for me to give the next generation of cultural leaders the opportunity of enjoying the adventure of this remarkable institution.

 

I have absolute faith that I leave this extraordinary organisation as we find ourselves on firmer financial ground, following years of Covid disruption and near long-term closure. Now, 40 years since my professional job in stage-management, I will enjoy this year steering the good ship Globe, alongside my inspiring colleagues, from our excellent leadership team to wonderful volunteers. Our brilliant Board of Trustees have backed a dynamic and responsive 3-year rebuilding strategy to help forge the way forward for my successor. I know The Globe will be attracting the very best to take the reins.

 

The Globe is particularly special, unique in its cultural and educational offer, and iconic on the London landscape. In 2022, we celebrated our quarter century anniversary, and I will be thrilled to continue celebrating the Globe as it confidently goes from strength to strength for the next 25 years to come. Shakespeare has loomed large in my life, with 16 years at the RSC, and nearly 14 at the Globe, I have been shaped by his fantastic works, celebrated this year in the 400th anniversary of The First Folio – one of the great wonders of the literary world. Shakespeare’s ongoing importance and relevance is clear – his works offer endless opportunities for discovery and exploration. I will continue to enjoy how the Globe celebrates the power of storytelling year by year, as the hundreds of thousands of visitors coming through our door connect across the centuries as Shakespeare “holds a mirror up to nature” for inspiration and joy.

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Speaking across time and culture: a Māori Troilus and Cressida https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/12/06/speaking-across-time-and-culture-a-maori-troilus-and-cressida/ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/12/06/speaking-across-time-and-culture-a-maori-troilus-and-cressida/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:37:18 +0000 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/?p=101731 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/12/06/speaking-across-time-and-culture-a-maori-troilus-and-cressida/feed/ 0 25 years of #ThisWoodenO https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/06/12/25-years-of-thiswoodeno/ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/06/12/25-years-of-thiswoodeno/#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2022 15:35:58 +0000 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/?p=93543 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2022/06/12/25-years-of-thiswoodeno/feed/ 0 Building Shakespeare’s Globe https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2017/06/12/building-shakespeares-globe/ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2017/06/12/building-shakespeares-globe/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:03:30 +0000 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/?p=55118 https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2017/06/12/building-shakespeares-globe/feed/ 0