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The Taming of the Shrew - Globe West End

The Taming of the Shrew - Globe 2024

Opened: July 3, 2024
Closing: October 26, 2024

The Taming of the Shrew - Globe - West End History , Info & More

Globe Theatre
Newcastle Street London

Step inside an absurd carnival this summer as Shakespeare’s vicious comedy The Taming of the Shrew arrives in the Globe Theatre.



Lucentio is determined to win the beautiful Bianca’s hand in marriage. When her father declares that it will only happen once her older sister Katherina is wedded, the competition to mould the fiercely independent Katherina into obedient wifey material begins.



The front runner is larger-than-life Petruchio. But with Katherina as proud as she is, it’s going to take shocking levels of manipulation to win her as his bride…



Following 2022’s ‘brilliantly provocative’ ★★★★ (The Guardian) Titus Andronicus, Director Jude Christian debuts in the Globe Theatre with Shakespeare’s challenging early comedy that asks us where we draw the line between entertainment and complicity, reality and the absurd?



'For I am born to tame you, Kate,

And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate

Comfortable as other household Kates.’

– Act II, scene 1



__Access performances__


Captioned: Sat 26 Oct 2pm


Audio-described: Mon 8 Jul 7.30pm & Tues 24 Sep 2pm


Relaxed: Thu 11 Jul 7.30pm & Thu 26 Sep 2pm


BSL: Mon 14 Oct 7.30pm & Fri 18 Oct 2pm


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