July events
Thursday 29th July, 7.30pm
Globe Theatre: Let's Cycle to the Stars
An intergalactic invitation, join the New World Transitional Collective on an incredible journey through the stars as we search for a new planet to inhabit. Step into our space suits and enter our pedal-powered space ship to embark on a voyage of discovery. Your senses will be mesmerised by light, lyrics and language in this theatrical performance, powered by renewable energy. As you unlock the burning desire for exploration that drew cosmonauts and astronauts into space, like moths to an enticing but deadly flame, you will wonder about the fragile world we live in and its' future. 
Thursday 29th July, 10am-12pm
Kids at the Globe: Theatre Workshop with the New World Transitional Collective (NWTC)
Join NWTC's space specialists for a morning workshop, of script devising, image making and acting. A fun and practical session offering new techniques to make theatre, culminating in your very own Space Performance! An exciting and inspiring summer treat
Friday July 30th, 8pm, £5
Live at The Globe: Mr "H"and Rob Lear
Rock and Reel magazine recently described Mr "H"s music as a lovingly crafted fusion of Rugged Blues and Jazz with commercial tunes at their core, whilst GTFM radio described his lyrics as a reminder of between the wars decadence. His strident powerful vocal performances and deliberately forceful approach suggest he is a man on a mission!
Saturday 31st July
Theatre de l'Autre Cote presents Optic
The pub is a second home to many, and a first home to most. Through the use of mine, acrobatics and three pint glasses, this Lecoq trained company look through the optics and present a skewed, but leagally coherent mix of the different facets of British culture.
August Events
Sunday 1st August, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Homeward Bound
Three pets (Chance, a young dog unfamiliar with the world; Shadow, an aging, wise dog; and Sassy, a snobby cat) are left behind when their family goes on vacation. Unsure of what happened, the animals set out on a quest to find their family.
Sunday 1st August, 1pm - 5pm
The Globe Summer BBQ
Come and enjoy a BBQ and a Bouncy Castle up on our new Globe Field...everyone's welcome!
Sunday 1st August, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: Up In the Air
With a job that has him travelling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
Wednesday 4th August, 7pm, FREE
Storytelling for Times in Transition: Steph Bradley
Steph Bradley is embarking on an incredible journey, walking from Devon to all corners of the UK- including Hay-on-Wye. Gathering Transition Tales as she goes, join Steph to envision a positive future. Her aspiration is that these tales will help us imagine together a world in which we are meeting present day challenges; they can entice us to take the next step towards a future we really want to make a reality.
Wednesday 4th August, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: Shawshank Redemption
The film will be shown in the Lower Gallery whilst the talk is on upstairs. This adaptation of Stephen King's novella ‘Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' tells the tale of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife. A beautiful film that is a throwback to the kind of serious, literate drama Hollywood used to make.
Friday 4th-7th August £40
Globe Theatre Summer School! Alice in Wonderland
The course runs in half days from Wed-Sat, with one full day on the Friday to include an afternoon of costume making. The performance will be on Saturday lunchtime, followed by a showing of the film version of Alice in Wonderland.
Globe Theatre Summer School running from 4th-7th August and the course is £40 - for a max of 20 children aged 6-12
Friday 6th August, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Andy Skellam/Baba Yaga's Consort/Hollowbody
A night of musical musing fresh from Bristol's alt-folk scene, with Andy Skellam, Hollowbody and Baba Yaga's Consort. Andy's beautiful guitar craftsmanship is reminiscent of Nick Drake and Bert Jansch, and is wonderfully supported by Baba Yaga's Consort, who in turn are known for their musical sorcery with delicate harmonies and tribal rhythms. And not to forget the wonderful Hollowbody, whose layabout country folk music was described by Uncut magazine as "Charmingly eccentric finger-picked songs that burrow into your head." A night not to be missed
Saturday 7th August, 6.30pm, free
Saturday Sessions: DJ Diablo
Special Tapas menu for just £5 per person, available from 6.30pm-8.30pm. From 8.30pm the fantastic DJ Diablo will be playing mix of mostly African dance music. Formerly a partner in ' Whole Music' a company that promoted African / World music in the late 80's with all the great African musicians (Ali Farka Toure/ Baaba Maal/ Bhundu Boys/ Papa Wemba etc)
Sunday 8th August , 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Matilda
Matilda is a bright little girl who is very eager to learn. Eventually, her insensitive parents send her to a school run by Miss (The) Trunchbull. She is a cruel authoritarian that loathes children. Matilda befriends her school teacher, Miss Honey. She soon realizes Matilda's talents, but is later amazed to see the full extent of Matilda's powers.
Sunday 8th August , 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: The Last Station
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. A superb drama with Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer and James McAvoy.
Wednesday 11th August , 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee's adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel is one of cinema's finest. Starring Emma Thompson as demure, repressed Elinor, and Kate Winslet as energetic and naïve Marianne, this is a perfectly detailed and graceful interpretation that marks Ang Lee as one of contemporary cinema's most elegant and reliable voices.
Friday 13th August, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Kangaroo Moon
Kangaroo Moon weave many strands from world, rock, folk and dance, with acoustic and electronic influences into a funky, psychedelic, heart-lifting wall of sound. Trancy, richly melodic and dancey, listeners experience a sound which unites the body and soul in deep, joyful psychedelia and elemental dance
Saturday 14th August, 6pm, FREE (optional charity donation at the door)
Saturday Sessions: Film Noir Special- Cool Cat Collective & Friends
Join us for an evening filled with mystery, music and glamour. A classic movie from the film noir era kicks off the evening at 6pm, with special dishes to savour. Live music follows from the one and only cool cat collective, with DJs to take us well into the night. The dress code is strict- think glamorous femme fatales and dashing detectives.
Sunday 15th August, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: The Princess Bride
A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, some Rodents of Unusual Size, Dread Pirates, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
Sunday 15th August, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing -- or dead -- for forty years by a young female hacker. An adaptation of Stieg Larsson's bestselling novel.
Wednesday 18th August, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: American Psycho
Christian Bale plays one of literature's darkest characters, assuming the mantle of Patrick Bateman. An adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel, the film is a superb character study of a narcissistic, amoral 80s Wall Street money maker who can only access his emotions through gruesome and violent murders.
Thursday 19th August, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe Special: Hail! The Planes
Described by Bethan Elfyn as 'the most exciting band in Wales right now', this post-folk quartet join us on the eve before they play Green Man Festival. Vocally inspired by the likes of Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire, this is a band to watch. Come down and get into the pre festival spirit!
Friday 20th August, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: The Mouths
The Mouths play witty, gritty, groovy pop, reminiscent of Bowie, Blur and The Stranglers, and they return to The Globe after a hit appearance at the Festival here.
Savour their off-beat lyrics and surrender to the wicked grooves of songs like ‘Girls of Slender Means', ‘Keep it Unreal' and ‘I Forgive you Everything (Except for your Success)'
Saturday 21st August, 8.30pm, FREE
Saturday Sessions: DJ Winstan
Hereford-based DJ Winstan is definitely one to watch...at 8.30pm he'll take to the decks to play soul and funk upstairs in the pulpit, stepping it up with dancehall and dub during the later hours. Having graced the likes of Beachbreak Live and Secret Garden Party festivals, he knows how to keep the crowd on their feet! Start early...our special evening menu is available from 6.30pm.
Sunday 22nd August, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Sunday 22nd August, 2.30pm, £4
Kids at the Globe: Sealegs Puppet Show- The Ugly Duckling
In association with Night Out Wales
Float downstream with the Story Man, in Sea Legs Puppet Theatre's gentle, new musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale of belonging and identity. Meet a host of colourful characters, as they run the troubled duckling out of the farmyard into a cold, lonely wilderness. Journey through the seasons as the hapless creature finds his way in a hostile world. But do not worry! In a grand musical finale to melt even the coldest of hearts, a happy ending awaits our humble hero. Set on the banks of a magical river, brilliant storytelling, fantastic puppets and a delightful new musical score make this a must see show for little ones and their families.
"A beautiful production filled with humour, emotion and excellent puppetry"
Sunday 22nd August, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: Shutter Island
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese join forces once more for Shutter Island, a drama set in 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island
Wednesday 25th August, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: Gone With the Wind
An adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name, it is arguably one of the most popular movies of all time, in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Terrifically acted, staged and designed, Gone with the Wind remains one of the greatest period epics ever filmed.
Friday 27th August, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Gothique
A duo that creates an evening of music with a difference! Rooted in music of the middle ages, tunes from around the world are played on the oud, symphonie (the medieval hurdy-gurdy), bagpipes, and percussion. Gothique brings together moody sephardic melodies and rhythmic arabic folk-music as well as more familiar tunes from across Europe.
Saturday 28th August, 8.30pm, £5
Saturday Sessions: Ragged Glory
Ragged Glory play World Folk Music served up with a slice of tradition and a twist all of their own. They'll be sure to get you up and dancing!
"Ragged Glory are like watching flames flicker in the darkness. They warm your very heart and soul"
Sunday 29th August, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Toy Story
What do your toys do when you're not around? Toy Story is a classic kid's film about the rivalry between Woody, a cowboy, and Buzz, a space ranger as they scuffle for the spot of ‘favourite toy'.
Sunday 29th August, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: The Infidel
David Baddiel's debut as a director tells the tale of A Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish. A wonderful identity crisis comedy.
Wednesday 1st September , 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: Adaptation
A gloriously postmodern approach to adapting texts, Adaptation is another Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman collaboration that subverts the cinematic form. Featuring Nicholas Cage playing identical twin screenwriters, it explores the difficulties of adapting Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief, a beautiful book about a floral kleptomaniac, John Laroche.
Friday 3rd September, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Heed to the Thunder
Heed the Thunder - Alex Gordon's latest project. The man behind the band Lincoln has been wandering - playing with Beirut, Ted Barnes, Beth Orton, Citizen Fish, amongst others. And now he's found a community - in Herefordshire. And there are goats. Heed the Thunder are playing regularly around Herefordshire, and looking to unleash themselves on the world at large. This is a folk band never to be missed!
Sunday 5th September, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Mrs Doubtfire
After a bitter divorce, actor Daniel (Robin Williams) assumes the cross dressing disguise of an elderly female housekeeper, Euphegenia Doubtfire, in an attempt to maintain his relationship with his children.
Sunday 5th September, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: I Love You Philip Morris
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven realizes he's gay and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star.
Wednesday 8th September, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: High Fidelity
A fantastic film that follows the life of Rob, a record shop owner and compulsive list maker as he recounts his top five break ups, including the one in progress.. An adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel of the same name, John Cusack shines as Rob, with excellent support from Jack Black
Friday 10th September, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Mr. Lloyd
Mr Lloyd, who the hell is he? Wish we know, nevertheless the band play original material culled from the many influences four happy lads (oh yeah who are you kidding?!) have. Solid groves that fold away into train wrecks; lyrics that provoke your emotions in all directions. Right that's it, now just come and enjoy a fun band with a ‘what the hell' attitude. Steve Williams - vocals and blues harp, Tony Lancet - lead guitar , Dez Bromage on electric drums and Mike Williams on bass
Saturday 11th September, 8.30pm, free
Saturday Sessions: DJ Winstan
Hereford-based DJ Winstan is definitely one to watch...at 8.30pm he'll take to the decks to play soul and funk upstairs in the pulpit, stepping it up with dancehall and dub during the later hours. Having graced the likes of Beachbreak Live and Secret Garden Party festivals, he knows how to keep the crowd on their feet! Join us early to take full advantage of our special evening menu, available from 6.30pm.
Sunday 12th September, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Enchanted
A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Sunday 12th September, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: Kick Ass
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Will leave you full of adrenaline and an overwhelming desire to become a superhero.
Wednesday 15th September , 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: A Clockwork Orange
The controversial adaptation of Antony Burgess' novel by Stanley Kubrick was banned for 28 years, for it's portrayal of Alex, a young man whose passions include Beethoven, ultra violence, and rape. The film explores this dystopian Britain and the dangerous effects of experimental treatment on Alex.
Friday 17th September, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Evening Chorus
Evening Chorus took our breath away at HowTheLightGetsIn with their beautiful, harmonious folk songs. With a banjo, violin, guitar and cello, and four distinct yet complementary voices, these four friends are a band to watch. We are delighted to these festival favourites back at the Globe!
"Some bands come together as if by some divine hand from above"
Saturday 18th September, 8.30pm, FREE
Saturday sessions: Zuppa Inglese
For 30 years Zuppa has been a DJ and promoter of African & Latin music, including for all the top live bands at the legendary "Bongo Go" Sessions in Birmingham . Some of the places played includes Arakataka (Edinburgh), El GocePagona (Bogota/Colombia) and Moseley Tropical (Birmingham). Zuppa is one of THE top DJ's in this area of Classic & Contemporary Tropical music! Our special evening menu will be available from 6.30pm.
Sunday 19th September, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: Jurassic Park
In a scientific breakthrough, a wealthy entrepreneur finds a way to clone dinosaurs. He plans to exhibit them at a theme park, but during a preview tour, a major power breakdown allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok, and it is a race for survival for the human visitors.
Sunday 19th September 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: Four Lions
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that-while terrorism is about ideology-it can also be about idiots. A fine directorial debut from Chris Morris.
Wednesday 22nd September, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: The English Patient
A moving story of a Hungarian mapmaker and his dying memories of the romance that tragically alters his life. Burned horribly in a fiery plane crash while crossing the Sahara Desert during WWII, he is tended to by a Canadian nurse with ghosts of her own and haunted by a thief seeking answers for a crime from his past. Michael Ondaatje's novel is beautifully adapted by Anthony Minghella.
Friday 24th September, 8pm, £5
Live at the Globe: Jonathan Powell & Band
New Welsh talent Jonathan Powell, was recently described as 'Genius and a little gem' by Frank Henessey and Amy Wadge on their BBC Radio Wales programme Jonathan's music, which has been described by several reviewers as urban folk, has a strong classical influence; he studied the viola at the Royal Academy of Music, London from the early age of 16 after winning the National Chamber competition 5 times!
Saturday 25th September, 8.30pm, FREE
Saturday Sessions: Rhubarb & Custard
Rueben and Barty take over the globe for one night only. They'll be pumping out tunes from the 1970s onwards, playing iconic songs that you forgot you ever loved! Our special evening menu will be available from 6.30pm.
Sunday 26th September, 11am, FREE
Kids at the Globe Film: The Addams Family
For 25 years uncle Fester has been missing. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Adams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts as to the sincerity of the new uncle Fester. The fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans and take over the Adams Family's fortune?
Sunday 26th September, 8pm, FREE
The Sunday Film: An Education
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard shine in this Oscar nominated drama.
Wednesday 29th September, 8pm, FREE
Great Adaptations: Brokeback Mountain
This adaptation of 'E. Annie Proulx' story about a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years won several Oscars, including ‘Best Adapted Screenplay'. Stunning performances from the late Heath Ledger, and Jake Gylenhaal.