Pop-up Globe is popping up in Sydney

The big question now is: where in Sydney will it pop up?

Pop-up Globe – the world’s first full-scale temporary working replica of Shakespeare’s theatre, the second Globe – is popping up in Sydney.

The unique theatre experience has already won the hearts of Melbourne audiences, with over 150,000 attendees across its October 2017 – February 2018 season. Not only was it critically acclaimed but, according to Pop-up Globe founder and artistic director Miles Gregory, audiences were “blow away by the immersive experience of seeing Shakespeare performed in the space for which it was written.”

Not familiar with the concept? Allow us to get you up to speed…

Who came up with the idea for Pop-up Globe?

Gregory has his daughter to thank for the idea of Pop-up Globe, having been inspired by one of her pop-up books which included an image of Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre. It was when she asked if they could visit the globe (a long way to go from their New Zealand home) that Gregory had the lightbulb moment. What Gregory envisioned was a completely new type of theatre experience: a temporary, full-scale working replica of the Globe Theatre, complete with its own professional theatre company, offering the public the opportunity to experience the magic of Shakespeare’s masterworks staged in the space for which they were originally written and performed. His vision soon became a reality, with over 450,000 people attending the Pop-up Globe first two years in New Zealand. Needless to say, Gregory’s project has become one of the world’s most notable theatrical adventures showing today.

The closest you’ll ever come to time-travel

Pop-up Globe uses the historical guidance of research by Associate Professor Tim Fitzpatrick and Russell Emerson of the University of Sydney to create the world’s first full-scale temporary working replica of Shakespeare’s theatre, the second Globe. The Pop-up Globe itself is a three-story, 16-sided, 900-person capacity theatre. Uniting scaffold technology with a 400-year-old design, it transports audiences back in time. This is the closest you’ll come to visiting Shakespearean England, and it couldn’t feel more authentic.

Stay tuned for further details

For its Sydney season, Pop-up Globe organisers have announced plans to stage four critically acclaimed productions across a travelling festival, with more details set to be revealed on 5 June.

The question on everyone’s lips now is: where in Sydney will it pop up?

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Here’s how Melbourne audiences reacted to Pop-up Globe: