Shakespeare’s Globe reveals winter 2026 season

Shakespeare’s Globe has revealed more shows for its winter season.

You can get yourself up to date with the previously announced first half of the season here.

Kicking off the new year will be a new production of The Tempest, directed by Tim Crouch. It’ll feature design by Rachana Jadhav, with Orlando Gough as composer and music director.

Naomi Wirthner will star as Ariel, as the production plays from 17 January to 12 April in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Crouch said: “I’ve been given the keys to the most interesting theatre in London. The spaces at the Globe are not anonymous black boxes that try to disappear as soon as the play begins. They are companions to any work that happens in them; good companions which support and contribute to the stories that they house. I’m excited about making the whole of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse our stage.”

Following that will be the UK premiere of Deep Azure. Written by the late Academy Award-nominated actor and writer Chadwick Boseman, it’ll see Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu make his Globe directorial debut. The play follows Azure after her fiancé, Deep, is killed by the police, and her world spirals out of control. Inspired by the true events of university student Prince Jones, the piece of hip hop theatre is influenced by the poetry of Shakespeare. Deep Azure runs from 7 February to 11 April.

Fynn-Aiduenu commented: “It is an honour to be given the opportunity to direct this beautifully precious gem left behind by the great Chadwick Boseman. From when I discovered the story at the beginning of the pandemic, his play was incredibly poignant in speaking about the injustices of police brutality, the unwinding nature of grief, but also the gorgeous brilliance of our Black Souls and exploring every hue they can express on a stage.

“His love of Shakespeare and of hip hop combine to create this layered, ghostly epic that I have been given the privilege and duty to fully realise in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Celebrating Global Majority writers on this special stage is hugely important to me, and I’m excited to be exploring how the intimacy of this space can support this grand poetic tale.”

Of the news, the South Bank venue’s artistic director, Michelle Terry, said: “This season offers a chance to captivate, enchant and inspire as the nights draw in. Whether by the candlelight of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse or the moonlight of the Globe Theatre, these incredible artists will tell old tales anew as we all try and light our way through the dark.”