One of the most famous playhouses in the world, Shakespeare’s Globe will knock your theatrical socks off. This dutifully authentic reconstruction will transport theatre-goers back to Elizabethan times, with hard wooden seats and a central floor space open to the elements (cushions and ponchos are on sale). Groundling tickets are just £5 for every performance, but you're required to stand through it all.
The Globe's season runs from April to October and includes works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, such as Christopher Marlowe. Also on the Globe's grounds is the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, an indoor candlelit Jacobean-style theatre similar to what Shakespeare would have used in winter, which has year-round performances.