Shakespeare’s Globe have today announced that Julius Caesar will be opening at Morden Hall Park in South London on Friday 29 April 6:30pm and Saturday 30 April, 1:30pm. Giving audiences the first chance to see the production before it transfers to the Globe Theatre and on tour across the UK from 3 May.

Audiences are invited to bring along a picnic to the Rose Garden and enjoy a fantastic production of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy. Morden Hall Park is a National Trust park surrounded by meadows and trees. This rural oasis, right in the city, gives audiences the chance to get away from it all.

Directed by Diane Page Shakespeare’s epic tragedy takes on startlingly new relevance and asks the question: in a world where the mark of one’s success is how great your country is, how far are our leaders willing to go to reign supreme?

Director Diane Page says: “I’m so excited to bring my production of Julius Caesar straight from the Globe Theatre in London to tour across the UK. These past few years have revealed more than ever how betrayal, division, and cunning rhetoric are not just traits belonging to Ancient Rome. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar will be on the road this summer and I look forward to visiting these fantastic venues”

Diane won the JMK Award in 2021 for Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act (Orange Tree Theatre). Diane returns to the Globe after assistant directing Bartholomew Fair, 2019. Her previous directing work includes Out West, In Love and Loyalty (Lyric Hammersmith) and Ghost Stories (Associate Director West End and Tour). Julius Caesar is designed by Khadija Raza with Jesse Haughton-Shaw as Dramaturg and Indiana Lown Collins as Assistant Director.

The touring ensemble comprises of: Charlotte Bate playing Cassius, Omar Bynon playing Decius / Soothsayer, Anna Crichlow playing Brutus, Amie Francis playing Calpurnia, Cash Holland playing Portia / Murellus, Jack Myers playing Caska / Octavius, Samuel Oatley playing Mark Antony, and Dickon Tyrrell playing Julius Caesar.

Confirmed venues include:

Morden Hall Park, London: 29-30 April
Shakespeare’s Globe, London: 3 May-10 September
Hay Festival, Hereford: 26-29 May
The Reader at Calderstones, Liverpool: 3-4 June
Doddington Hall, Lincoln: 7-8 June
York Theatre Royal, York: 10-11 June
Berrybank Park, Oddington: 14-15 June
The Brewhouse, Taunton: 29-30 June
Penlee Park Theatre, Cornwall: 7 July
Magdalen College School, Oxford: 19-24 July
Totnes Castle, Totnes: 23-24 August
West Horsley Place, Surrey: 26-27 August
Brighton Open Air Theatre, Hove: 1-3 September