New Plays at The Globe

The Globe has been a proud producer of new plays since 1599.

In recent times, Shakespeare has sat side-by-side in our ‘wooden O’ with some of our most established and celebrated contemporary playwrights, poets, alongside writers taking their first steps in the craft of playwriting.

This is a landmark moment in the history of Shakespeare’s Globe

—  The Independent on Emilia

Under the Artistic Directorship of Michelle Terry, the Globe has produced and presented new plays, adaptations, translations and interventions by:

Abi Zakarian, Aisha Zia, Amy Trigg, Anna Jordan, Ben Hales, Charlie Josephine, Chinonyerem Odimba, Chloë Moss, Ella Hickson, Eloise Pennycott, Gilbert Kyem Jnr, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hannah Khalil, Hanan al-Shaykh, James McDermott, Jasmine Naziha Jones, Joe Hill Gibbons, Kelly Jones, Kerry Frampton, Laura Lomas, Lily Bevan, Lisa Hammond, Lucy Sheen, Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Nicola Werenowska, Philip Ishak Arditti, Racheal Spence, Ric Renton, Rory Mullarkey, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sami Ibrahim, Sandi Toksvig, Sara Shaarawi, Shamser Sinha, Simon Armitage, Suhayla El-Bushra, Tabby Lamb, Tanika Gupta, Tassa Deparis, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Tom Stuart and Travis Alabanza.

The Climate Playwriting Prize 2026

The Climate Playwriting Prize will surface the huge breadth and diversity of environmental writing, empowering playwrights across the UK to engage in the biggest story of our time, and moving climate storytelling from niche to norm.

The prize will embolden and champion playwrights working in this area, uncovering the most exciting, accessible and galvanising plays.

The longlist and shortlist have now been announced.

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Gallery

Andrea Sadler as Puppeteer, Lee Braithwaite as Pinocchio hold the wooden puppet of Pinocchio to look up at Ed Gaughan as Franzini. The puppet is dressed in gold, Franzini is wearing a turquoise waistcoat and checked trousers, and a purple coat and bow tie. He is holding a lollipop. View 12 images
Ruby Thompson as Irina, Michelle Terry as Olga, and Shannon Tarbet as Masha in Three Sisters. They are sat on the floor of the stage, wearing typical Russian costumes from the period, with elegant dresses and capes to keep out the cold.
Beruce Khan and Ayesha Dharker in Hansel and Gretel. Photography by Ellie Kurttz.
Rosemarie Akwafo as Nona, Janet Etuk as Morai, and Bryony Twydle as Audeja in Rough Magic. Photography by Manuel Harlan.
A person on stage in the Sam Wanamaker, wearing an all-white outfit
Richard Cant in a red velvet suit on a swing, surrounded by lit candles
Mark Rylance holding a large clock face

In Performance

The Animals Come to the Table - A new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. A person wearing earrings and a white top looks into the camera. The background is a yellow and orange wave texture. The person is blurred slightly into the background.

The Animals Come to the Table

The world premiere of a bold new play from one of the UK’s leading playwrights, Timberlake Wertenbaker, written for the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
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Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
In a round theatre with wooden seating galleries, an audience watches as a parade of people wearing camouflage dance around a large blue cart. Standing in the cart is a white woman with long curly hair, speaking into a megaphone.

Mother Courage and Her Children

Michelle Terry returns as Mother Courage for a strictly limited run of Brecht’s protest play, filled with live music and razor-sharp humour.
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Globe Theatre

In Development

Artists on Attachment

The Globe is proud to host Artists on Attachment, developing their ideas alongside our main programme. Artists have included:
2026-27: Tina Gharavi 
2025-26: Sarah Dickenson (as part of the Playwrights ’73 Scheme, supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund)
2022: Hannah Khalil
2020-21: Laura Lomas, Sabrina Mahfouz and Sami Ibrahim
Future Folios is a seed commissioning scheme for writers new to the Globe. For 2026-27, our Future Folios writers are Flora Wilson Brown, Juliet Gilkes Romero and Samson Hawkins.

Awards

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In 2025, Anne Odeke won the award for Best Playwright at the Black British Theatre Awards, for Princess Essex.

In 2020, Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.