The Old Globe to present AN EVENING WITH ADRIAN NOBLE 6/2

Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced An Evening with Adrian Noble, a free lecture and open forum to be held in the Old Globe Theatre on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m. Noble is the Artistic Director of the Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival and the author of How to Do Shakespeare, a guide to performing, listening to and appreciating the works of Shakespeare. The event will be followed by a book signing in the theater's lobby. Reservations are required for this FREE event. Reservations can be made by visiting www.theoldglobe.org or by calling the Box Office at (619) 23-Globe.

The hour and a half event will feature opening remarks by Lou Spisto. Adrian Noble will discuss his approach to the perennial issues of performing Shakespeare sprinkled with anecdotes drawn from his several decades of directing experience and answer questions from the audience. Academy Award-winning actor Ralph Fiennes called Noble's How to Do Shakespeare an invaluable book for actors and "for any student of Shakespeare it should be essential."

Noble will direct the Shakespeare Festival's productions of King Lear (June 12 - Sept. 23) and Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III (June 19 - Sept. 24). He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1980 and served as its Artistic Director and Chief Executive from 1990-2003. His recent Theater Productions include Hedda Gabler for The Theatre Royal in Bath and the West End, Hamlet for the Stratford Festival of Canada, Cosi Fan Tutte for the Opera De Lyon, Kean for Thelma Holt Ltd at the Noel Coward Theatre, Summer and Smoke and A Woman Of No Importance for Stanhope Productions, The Home Place by Brian Friel at the Gate Theatre and the West End, Brand by Ibsen starring Ralph Fiennes, Pericles at The Roundhouse in Stratford and the West End London and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at The London Palladium starring Michael Ball.

LOCATION: The Old Globe is located in San Diego's Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. There are numerous free parking lots available throughout the park. Valet parking is also available ($10). For additional parking information visit www.BalboaPark.org.

The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country's leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego's flagship arts institution for 75 years. Under the direction of Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the 580-seat Old Globe Theatre, the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre and the 612-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 300,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theater's education and community programs. Numerous world premieres such as The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Catered Affair, and the annual holiday musical, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theaters across the country.

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