Bardwatching: Summer Term 1 2020-21

As the UK starts slowly to emerge from its lockdown hibernation, theatres have begun tentatively to announce plans for their re-openings: Shakespeare's Globe in London will bring back guided tours of the theatre from 13 April, and also welcome schools back for tours and workshops. Tours will be running every day of the Easter holiday, at a rate of 7 tours a day.

However, the world of theatre will never quite be the same again, and it is likely that a number of the online initiatives that have sprung up over the past year will continue in some form – making the output of such institutions available to a vastly bigger worldwide audience. Online offerings continuing at the Globe for the moment at least include ‘Shakespeare Boost’, a new series of online workshops for GCSE and A Level students; ‘Globe 4 Globe’ – an online symposium exploring Shakespeare and the Climate Crisis; CPD courses for teachers (see our review on page 40), Acting Short Courses for young people, Telling Tales workshops and storytellings for families, and the return of Globe and West End hit Emilia to screens.