Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director
"There is magic in the air …. At the end, you blink and reluctantly rejoin the real world. Utterly joyful"
The Guardian on Footsbarn’s A Midsummer Night's Dream
For the first time ever, Shakespeare’s Globe will be opening its doors over the festive season with a Christmas show.
Following their Shakespeare Party in 2008, the acclaimed and totally unique Footsbarn Theatre Company return to the Globe with their Christmas Cracker, a family feast of carnival, comedy and Christmas cheer.
What's in the cracker?
Your gift is a midwinter celebration of London's rich, bawdy, pagan past. Drawing from festive traditions, and inspired by the complete works of Shakespeare.
Will there be party hats?
Enough for everyone, including the three headed Shakespeare who recites poetry and discovers words that have never even been heard, for Juliette walking the tightrope, for Bottom and for King Lear (or are they the same), and for the Lord of Misrule who ensures that all the laws are broken in his hedonistic realm.
And jokes?
Oh yes, this cracker contains not just jokes, but magic, music, carnival, dance, puppets, circus and much more. Pull it and see.
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