In a 🌍, an industry, where representation matters, today your girl will make history as the first woman of colour to EVER have her play on the main stage of @the_globe AND be in it!
Why is this important?
Because one of the last people to do this, was...Mr William Shakespeare
X friends-some wonderfully beautiful bonkers news 💕
#PRINCESSESSEX@The_Globe received 2 @WhatsOnStage noms!
The awards are voted for by the public. We're clearly the underdog but we ain't going down without a fight 💪🏾😜
We would 💛 ur vote. It takes 1 min & THK U 💗
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We're proud to publish 19 of the 60 plays on this year's (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List, which aims to support teachers looking for plays by writers of colour to introduce into the classroom.
Learn about all 60 plays here:
nickhernbooks.co.uk/lit-in-c…
ALT Lit in Colour: A spotlight on plays and drama, including: Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur, Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada, Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage, Dreaming and Drowning by Kwame Owusu, ear for eye by debbie tucker green, The Gift by Janice Okoh, Habibti Driver by Shamia Chalabi & Sarah Henley, Home by Nadia Fall, Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan by Waleed Akhtar, The Mikvah Project by Josh Azouz, Misty by Arinzé Kene, Princess Essex by Anne Odeke, Ramona Tells Jim by Sophie Wu, Run by Stephen Laughton, Shifters by Benedict Lombe, A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain by Sami Ibrahim, Tribes by Nina Raine, Two Billion Beats by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Word-Play by Rabiah Hussain
ALT The Company of Princess Essex (2024).
A group of actors stands on stage in the Globe Theatre. They all wear Edwardian costumes.
Photography by Helen Murray.
ALT The Company of Much Ado About Nothing (2024).
A group of actors wearing brightly coloured costumes dance on stage in the Globe Theatre.
Photography by Marc Brenner.
ALT The Company of The Taming of the Shrew (2024).
A group of actors wearing whimsical costumes perform on stage in the Globe Theatre.
ALT The Company of The Comedy of Errors (2024).
A group of actors in Elizabethan costumes performs on stage in the Globe Theatre.
Photography by Leora Bermeister.
Friends, that play Ive been banging on about #PrincessEssex@The_Globe 👸🏾
@WhatsOnStage 🎭 nominations are open for 8 days & as the underdogs we would 🧡 u to vote for us in-
*Best Performer in a play
*Best Supporting Performer in a play
*Best New Play
Thk u. Truly. Link 👇🏾🙏🏾🗳️
Congratulations to the incredible Janai Bartlett, who appeared on the Globe stage this summer in #PrincessEssex, for winning Best Child Performer for 'TINA - The Tina Turner Musical' at the 2024 #BlackBritishTheatreAwards 🎉
ALT The Company of Princess Essex (2024).
A group of actors wearing bright blue and white Edwardian costumes pose excitedly on the stage in the Globe theatre.
As October draws to a close, here's to the twelve brilliant plays we've published this month.
Learn more about them – along with the rest of our recent publications – on our website: nickhernbooks.co.uk/new-titl…
ALT Great new NHB plays: Giant, The Whitby Rebels, Dizzy, Princess Essex, Oedipus (Robert Icke), The Fear of 13, King Troll (The Fawn), The New Real, Stuff, Statues, Gigi & Dar, Sandpaper on Sunburn
This is Robin Belfield. He directed it. And he brought a group of people together to create something oh so magical, and a group who will be life long friends/family.
Hire him theatre world.
Princess or not, really, does it matter? When anyone can be a Queen, but a real Queen wears the crown, she doesn’t let the crown wear her. 👑
Wishing the Company of #PrincessEssex luck ahead of their final performance today 🎉
📸 Helen Murray
ALT The Company of Princess Essex (2024).
A group of actors stand together and pose on stage in the Globe Theatre at the end of their performance. Confetti and streamers rain down on the audience in front of the stage.
Another joyous night @The_Globe. This time with direction courtesy of my brilliant friend @RobinBelfield and company courtesy of my very own #PrincessEssex, @hollymatthams.
Lovely to see @lizziehopley and Eloise Secker up there too, providing big laughs alongside @anneodeke.
Ok beautiful ones, you have only FIVE, yes only *FIVE* more chances to catch #PrincessEssex@The_Globe
We're on this week and next week - Standing 🎟️ £5 / Seated £25 using the code CROWN25
shakespearesglobe.com/whats-…