Sat 13 Oct 2018
21 New Globe Walk, Bankside,London, SE1 9DT
Eyam is a new play by Matt Hartley. 1665. As the plague runs rife through London, Reverend William Mompesson arrives in Eyam, Derbyshire, to lead the parish. But Eyam is no sleepy backwater; it is a village at war with itself. The community has dissolved, and neighbour feuds with neighbour under the watchful eye of a ruthless landowner bent on maintaining his grip on the village. When the plague arrives in Eyam, the villagers are tasked with examining their civic responsibility, as they must decide whether to stay quarantined or flee and risk spreading the deadly disease.Sam Crane (Farinelli and the King) will star as William Mompesson. He will be joined by Priyanga Burford (Consent) as Katherine Mompesson, Annette Badland (Outlander) as Reverend Stanley, John Paul Connolly (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) as John Hancock, Oliver Ryan (Glengarry Glen Ross) as Unwin, Will Keane (The Crown) as John Sydall, Sirine Saba (Goats) as Mary Cooper, Adrian Bower (Hedda) as Phillip Sheldon, and Norah Lopez-Holden (Ghosts) as Emmott Sydall.The cast also includes Howard Ward (Wild Honey) as Marshall Howe, Becci Gemmell (Call the Midwife) as Elizabeth Sydall and Mary Talbot, Luke MacGregor (Titus Andronicus) as Edward Cooper and Rolland Torre, Zora Bishop (For Those Who Cry When They Hear the Foxes Scream) as Elizabeth Sheldon and Elizabeth Hancock, Jordan Metcalfe (Wendy and Peter) as Francis Bockinge and George Viccars, and Rose Wardlaw (Jubilee) as Harriet Stubbs.At Shakespeare's Globe Theatre from 15 September to 13 October 2018, book your Eyam tickets today!Please click here for other events at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Located on the bank of the River Thames in Bankside's Cultural Quarter, Shakespeare's Globe welcomes thousands of visitors to experience world renowned productions of Shakespeare every day. Founded by the pioneering American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare's Globe stands a few hundred yards from its original site. Other than concessions to comply with modern day fire regulations, the Globe is as accurate a reconstruction of the 1599 Globe as was possible with the available evidence. Shakespeare's Globe is best accessed on foot. There are excellent footpaths along the river from Waterloo and from Southwark Bridge. The Millennium Footbridge is 50 metres from the Theatre.
NEAREST TUBE STATION: Blackfriars/ Mansion House (10 minute walk). London Bridge / Southwark/ Central Line (15 minute walk).
NEAREST RAIL STATION: Blackfriars (10 minute walk) London Bridge (15 minute walk), Cannon Street (15 minute walk) and Waterloo (25 minute walk).
BUSES: Numbers 45, 63, 100 to Blackfriars Bridge; 15, 17 to Cannon Street; 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76 to Mansion House; 381, RV1 to Southwark Street; 344 to Southwark Bridge Road
DISABLED TOILETS: Piazza level (P): Two accessible toilets to the left, one immediately after the shop and one at the end of the corridor, beyond the gentleman’s toilets (approximately 5 metres). One accessible toilet on the west side of the piazza next to the first aid room.