Cymbeline will be performed in Juba Arabic by South Sudan Theatre Company

Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Dominic Dromgoole, said that theatre had “never announced something quite so exciting and bizarre” as plans for the much anticipated Globe to Globe season were fully announced yesterday afternoon.

With all eyes on London for the 2012 Olympics, Shakespeare’s Globe is preparing to host 37 international companies presenting all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays over the course of just six weeks, with the first production commencing on Shakespeare’s birthday, 23 April.

The Globe to Globe season, part of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival, is unique and exclusive, being the first time Shakespeare’s full works have been presented back-to-back in entirely different languages.

The season will host the English debut of work from The Sudan Theatre company in Juba Arabic, just a year on from the country’s formation. The season will also present a Balkan trilogy of Henry VI, uniting Serbia, Albania and Macedonia on stage for the first time.

Morever, as part of the Globe’s examination of language on stage, for the first time in history a Shakespeare play will be performed entirely in British Sign Language, bringing together deaf and hearing audiences together as one.

Tickets to the season of 37 shows will start at £5 and will have various athletic themed offers, including the chance to see all of the shows for just £100.

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www.shakespearesglobe.com/globetoglobe.