Globe to Globe: 37 Plays in 37 Languages at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

See all of Shakespeare's 37 plays performed over six weeks, each in a different language, at the Globe Theatre in London.

Globe to Globe: 37 Plays in 37 Languages

As part of the World Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is taking on its most ambitious project to date: 37 of Shakespeare's plays performed by theatre companies from around the world, in just six weeks.

The season starts just before Shakespeare's birthday on 21 April, and presents every one of Shakespeare's 37 plays in a different language.

2012 Celebrations in London

Globe to Globe is part of the World Shakespeare Festival and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, a huge cultural celebration which runs in parallel with the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Highlights of the Globe to Globe Season

All the plays and events that are part of the Globe Theatre's Globe to Globe season are remarkable in many ways. Here are some of the highlights:

• The world's youngest country, South Sudan, is bringing a specially formed theatre company, to perform Cymbeline
• A new Balkan Trilogy – Henry VI – will be performed by national theatres from Serbia, Albania and Macedonia
• For the first time ever, a Shakespeare play will be performed entirely in British Sign Language: Love's Labour's Lost by Deafinitely Theatre
• One of modern theatre's greatest productions of Hamlet, by Eimuntas Nekrosius from Lithuania is also being performed
• A Maori Troilus and Cressida will feature a haka, waiata and other aspects of Maori culture from New Zealand, produced by Rawiri Paratene, star of Whale Rider

Tickets for The Globe's Globe to Globe Season

Tickets for Shakespeare's Globe's Globe to Globe season start at just £5. 

If you're interested in seeing more than one of the shows on offer, there are a series of multibuy schemes in place, including the Yard Olympian which will allow you to see all 38 productions for just £100.

Tickets go on general sale from 20 October 2011.

Click through the thumbnails below for a taste of what to expect from the Globe Theatre's Globe to Globe season.