Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast and creative team for Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet. The production will run from 5 March to 12 April 2026 under the direction of Lucy Cuthbertson, the Globe’s Director of Education.
Every year, Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank offers over 26,000 free-to-access tickets for pupils aged 11 to 16 at non-selective state secondary schools in London and Birmingham to watch a dynamic 90-minute Shakespeare production in the iconic Globe Theatre.
The production is created especially for young people and is designed to help students from KS3 upwards as they build towards their GCSEs. The project also offers 1000s of subsidised tickets for other schools nationwide, plus CPD sessions, student workshops, and free learning resources to help teachers and students get the most out of their visit to Shakespeare’s Globe.
Director of Education, and Director of Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet, Lucy Cuthbertson said, “I am delighted to welcome back our 2024 production of Romeo and Juliet and to have so many of the brilliant, original cast and creative team returning with it. We are incredibly proud of this project and the huge impact it has had on hundreds of thousands of students over 20 years. Gratitude and thanks to Deutsche Bank Corporate Social Responsibility team who have supported a revival of this particular show so that we can continue and extend the work around reducing violence, in collaboration with the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit.”
Shakespeare’s Globe also offers a full programme of family workshops for children and their grown-ups. Romeo and Juliet: Family Workshop will run for children aged 9 to 11 and 12 to 14, using interactive games and activities to explore the play’s language, characters, and themes. These family events run throughout the Easter half-term.
For more information, please contact press@shakespearesglobe.com or Alice Rickett at alice.r@shakespearesglobe.com.
