The Seagull Tickets at Shakespeare's Globe

What Tickets Cost

Seats start from around £30 and go up to around £100. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

Performance Schedule

The Seagull shares the Playhouse with other productions, so it doesn't play every day, and there are no Sunday performances. Evening shows start at 7:30pm and matinees at 2pm.

• January: Friday 15 to Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 (matinee), Friday 22, Saturday 23 (matinee), Monday 25, Tuesday 26 (matinee), Friday 29 and Saturday 30
• February: most days from Monday 1 to Saturday 13, then Monday 22 and Saturday 27
• March: most days through the month
• April: Thursday 1 to Saturday 10, except Sunday 4

The last performance is Saturday 10 April at 7:30pm. The running time hasn't been announced.

Book your date

Book Your Tickets

Chekhov by candlelight, from 15 January to 10 April. Tickets from around £30, all-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

Book tickets • Call us on 020 7193 9050

Where to Sit

The Playhouse is small and close, with seats in the Pit in front of the stage and in two Galleries around it. Nobody is far from the actors, and the Lower Gallery's Boxes are right beside the stage.

What's The Seagull About?

A famous actress comes to her family's lakeside estate with her lover, a successful writer. Her son is staging a play of his own there, starring the young woman he loves, who dreams of being an actress. What starts as a play within a play turns into a story of ambition, jealousy and love that goes wrong for almost everyone.

It was the first of Chekhov's four major plays, and the Globe points out that it was inspired by Hamlet. Caroline Steinbeis directs, in a version by Rory Mullarkey. The two made Three Sisters in this theatre.

Who's It For?

Anyone who loves Chekhov, or wants a first look at him in a small theatre where you can see every face. The Globe gives no age guidance, but the play includes suicide and animal cruelty, with references to the death of a child, and under-16s must be with an adult.

News and Reviews

The Seagull opens on 15 January 2027, so there are no reviews yet. It's part of the Globe's Winter 2026/27 season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Cast and Creative Team

The cast hasn't been announced yet.

Directed by Caroline Steinbeis, in a version by Rory Mullarkey.

Getting to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

The Playhouse is part of Shakespeare's Globe at 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9DT, by the river next to Tate Modern. It's about 10 minutes' walk from Blackfriars or Mansion House, and 10 to 15 from London Bridge.

The 344 stops at Southwark Bridge, about two minutes away. The 381 stops on Southwark Street, about five. Across the river, the 11, 15, 17 and 26 stop at Mansion House and the 45, 63 and 100 at Blackfriars Bridge.

Latecomers may be held until a suitable point and seated somewhere else until the interval, and late entry isn't guaranteed, so arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later. More in our Sam Wanamaker Playhouse guide.

Accessible Performances

• Relaxed: Saturday 13 February, 2pm, and Wednesday 24 March, 7:30pm
• Captioned: Saturday 27 February, 7:30pm; Saturday 6 March, 2pm; Monday 15 March, 7:30pm; Tuesday 30 March, 7:30pm
• Audio described: Tuesday 9 March, 2pm, and Saturday 13 March, 2pm

No BSL-interpreted performance is listed. The Playhouse has a wheelchair space, reached by a door on the piazza level. Access bookings are handled by the Globe's own team, not by us.

Accessible performances

• Relaxed performances: Sat 13 Feb 2027, 2:00pm; Wed 24 Mar 2027, 7:30pm
• Captioned performances: Sat 27 Feb 2027, 7:30pm; Sat 6 Mar 2027, 2:00pm; Mon 15 Mar 2027, 7:30pm; Tue 30 Mar 2027, 7:30pm
• Audio described performances: Tue 9 Mar 2027, 2:00pm; Sat 13 Mar 2027, 2:00pm

Access bookings are handled by the venue's own access team, not by us.

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