Such Stuff: The Shakespeare's Globe Podcast

S8 Ep5: Creativity

In the last episode in our series on arts and wellbeing, we explore the question of creativity. Creativity has come up again and again in this series, as a way of express

S8 Ep4: Inspirations

In the latest episode of our series on arts and wellbeing, we catch up with some of the creatives and scholars in our Globe network to find out about the inspirations tha

S8 Ep3: Making a connection

In the latest episode of our series on arts and wellbeing, we turn to the question of connection. What are the connections that arts spaces can bring and how can that imp

S8 Ep2: Being vulnerable

In this second episode in our series on the connection between the arts and wellbeing, we dig a little deeper into expression and vulnerability. Whilst watching or engagi

S8 Ep1: The Feeling Brain

In a new series dedicated to the connection between the arts and wellbeing, we explore the many ways in which the arts enrich our lives. As we head out of lockdown and ba

S7 Ep6: Why we need LGBTQ+ inclusive schools

This month, we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. In this episode, our Head of Learning and former drama teacher Lucy Cuthbertson explores the importance of creati

S7 Ep5: The Such Stuff Christmas Cracker Bonanza

In our final episode of the year, some of the wonderful Such Stuff team offer up festive readings, poems and stories that bring joy and contemplation at this time of year

S7 Ep4: A Christmas miracle?

In our second advent episode, we turn to a snowy story from the history of the Globe theatre, our very own Christmas miracle. In the icy winter of 1598, a theatre was dis

S7 Ep3: She's behind you!

With the festive season upon us, we dedicate the first of our advent offerings on Such Stuff to that great theatrical festive tradition... panto! With artists and theatre

S7 Ep2: Fear, conjuring and catharsis in Macbeth

In this episode, we return to the subject of Shakespeare and Fear, unpicking the relationship between our very real fears and anxieties and our obsession with ghost stori

S7 Ep1: Ghost stories

In this episode of the podcast, we get into the spirit of the spooky month and take a deep dive into the world of ghost stories, with frights, thrills and things that go

S6 Ep5: How do we decolonise Shakespeare?

In the final episode of our series on Shakespeare and Race, we take a closer look at the question that has underpinned the entire series: how do we decolonise the works o

S6 Ep4: How whiteness dominates our theatres

In the fourth episode in our series on Shakespeare and Race, we turn to the theatre industry to examine how whiteness has dominated – and continues to dominate – our thea

S6 Ep3: How whiteness dominates education

In the third episode of our series on Shakespeare and Race, we look at our education system and the way that we’re teaching the next generation. The way we teach and the

S6 Ep2: How whiteness dominates the study of Shakespeare

In the second episode in our series on Shakespeare and Race, we take a closer look at the way that whiteness has dominated the way we read Shakespeare, from the first mom

S6 Ep1: Understanding whiteness and racism

With the theatre closed, we take a moment to ask: when we reopen, should we really go back to business as usual? We don’t just want to pay lip service to Black Lives Matt

S5 Ep11: The Shakespeare diaries, Love's Labour's Lost

This week on the podcast, we bring you another episode of the Shakespeare diaries. Our very own actor artistic director Michelle Terry and actor Paul Ready discuss Shakes

S5 Ep10: The Shakespeare Diaries, As You Like It

This week on the podcast, we return to the Shakespeare diaries. Our very own actor artistic director Michelle Terry and actor Paul Ready discuss Shakespeare’s plays from

S5 Ep9: The Shakespeare Diaries, A Midsummer Night's Dream

This week on the podcast, the Shakespeare diaries returns. Our very own actor artistic director Michelle Terry and actor Paul Ready discuss Shakespeare’s plays from isola

S5 Ep8: Remember thee

This week on the podcast, we take a moment of reflection. As the future of theatre is in question, we take inspiration from the Globe’s past. What does this rich history