Shakespeare’s Globe announces new co-directors of education

Shakespeare’s Globe has appointed Professor Farah Karim-Cooper and Lucy Cuthbertson as co-directors of education, after they have collaboratively created over 600 events and courses for Globe Education over the past year as interim leaders. 

These events have included live and interactive storytelling sessions, study workshops, anti-racist approaches to Shakespeare and a digital festival of work. Their events have reached 31 different countries and around 3,000 families. 

The duo will be taking the reins from Patrick Spottiswoode, who served as the director and founder of Globe Education for 37 years prior to resigning last summer.

Professor Karim-Cooper is a professor of Shakespeare studies at KCL and has previously worked as head of higher education & research at Shakespeare's Globe. Cuthbertson has stood as head of learning at the Globe since 2019, with 20 years of experience in state schools as head of drama, lead practitioner, teacher and trainer.