Donmar Warehouse

The West End


The 250-seat Donmar Warehouse is London's ‘thinking person’s theatre’. With new artistic director Michael Longhurst, works in progress are more provocative and less celebrity-driven than traditional West End theatre. The 2020 programme includes works from playwrights like Caryl Churchill and Nina Segal.


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