Donmar Warehouse 2019 season
New Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Longhurst kicks of with an enticing, eclectic and sure-to-sellout season of shows
Europe by David Greig
Europe has played a starring role in British politics, dominating headlines since the fateful decision to leave the EU. Now, it takes centre stage at the Donmar Warehouse with a timely revival of David Greig's 1994 play, Europe.
Director Michael Longhurst describes the show as 'a masterpiece of modern British theatre... prophetic in its vision for our complex continent. A story of borders and refugees; hope, conflict and love'.
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
American writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is changing and challenging the way we consider race, one bravura play at a time.
He thrilled British audiences and critics with an inversion of 'blackface' in 2014's The Octoroon (Orange Tree Theatre and National Theatre). Now he returns to London with another subversive examination of America's relationship with race, both past and present.
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What happens when a women goes to prison?
Clean Break theatre company was set up by two women prisoners in 1979 to bring these unseen stories to broader audiences. To mark the 40th anniversary of creating plays exploring the theme of women and crime, Clean Break are working with the West End's Donmar Warehouse to co-produce [BLANK].
Writer Alice Birch (Most Promising Playwright, 2014) and director Maria Aberg create a 'kaleidoscopic view' of women's experience of incarceration.