London: What to See & Do: Performing Arts: Donmar Warehouse

Donmar Warehouse

One of London’s most acclaimed theaters, the Donmar Warehouse is perhaps best known for the heady period when Sam Mendes (of American Beauty and husband-of-Kate-Winslet fame) was its artistic director in the 1990s. Its current creative mastermind, Michael Grandage came on board in 2002, after Mendes left, and has garnered rave reviews of such shows as Othello, with Ewan McGregor as Iago, and Peter Nichols’ Passion Play. The Donmar now produces shows in more than one location in London (the 2008/09 season marked its first in the refurbished Wyndham Theatre). Expect big-name shows with famous name actors.

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