About the Exhibition

/ Theatre Tours

Theatre Tours »
Guided tours inside the Globe
Included with your entry to the Exhibition and the highlight of any visit to the Theatre.


/ Costume

Costume »
Costumes for Shakespeare’s stage
Designing, making and fitting costumes - at a dressing see an actor transformed into a Shakespearean heroine.

/ Music

Music »
What are those weird instruments?
Music is very important on the Globe stage, find out about the unusual instruments and how they're used.

/ Special Effects

Special Effects »
Cutting edge theatrical effects
Elizabethan audiences loved gore and magic, and similar simple but spectacular effects continue today.

/ Printing

Printing »
The journey from stage to page
Printing was a new phenomenon in Shakespeare's time - without the 1623 First Folio we wouldn't have many of his greatest plays.

/ Rebuilding the Globe

Rebuilding the Globe »
The Globe returns to Bankside
The remarkable story of the rebuilding of the Globe Theatre in the 1990s.


/ Special Events

Special Events »
Special events inside the Exhibition
Information on events in the exhibition, including special displays and demonstrations.



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