This is totally rad!
Trent and Michael live in Shoreditch, East London- one of my favorite neighborhoods in all of London.  It's full of cute little stores and tons of art galleries and has this fantastic little market around the corner from their apartment where I spent some time talking with the cheese guy who works there.  He was super cool and, well, you know I love to talk to people!

Anyhow, they were breaking ground for a new theater when they found the remains of Shakespeare's original theater- which was then moved to the current location, the Globe- next to the Thames.  Which is where we went to the gallery opening at the Fa!  Whew!

Here's the article....

Experts find theatre where Shakespeare plays first staged

Wed Aug 6, 1:41 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - The remains of a London theatre where William Shakespeare's early plays including "Romeo And Juliet" were first performed have been discovered by archaeologists, a museum said Wednesday.

Shakespeare appeared at The Theatre in Shoreditch, east London, as an actor with a troupe called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, which also performed his efforts as a playwright there.

"Richard III", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant Of Venice" are among the other plays likely to have premiered at the theatre, according to the Museum of London, whose team made the discovery.

After a tenancy dispute in 1599, the owners of The Theatre dismantled it during the night and its timbers were used to construct the Globe Theatre by the River Thames which became the home of Shakespeare's plays.

But now Museum of London archaeologists have rediscovered the original footings or groundwork of the polygonal Shoreditch venue — ironically on a site being prepared for the construction of a new theatre.

"It's a theatre that's been known about for a long time but no remains have ever been found," museum spokesman Tim Morley told AFP.

"This is the theatre that the company of players that Shakespeare was part of first performed in and when he started writing, the company would have performed his plays."

It is planned that the remains will be kept in place as the new theatre is built.

This picture obtained from the Museum of London shows the remains of a London theatre...