The Donmar Warehouse is a small not-for-profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of the London Borough of Camden, with seating for 250 playgoers.

Theatrical producer Donald Albery formed the Donmar company in 1953, the name reputedly formed from the first three letters of the names Donald Albery and Margot Fonteyn, the ballerina and a friend.In 1961, Albery bought the site, a space that was once the vat room and hops warehouse of a brewery, as a private drama studio and rehearsal room for Fonteyn's London Festival Ballet.

It was acquired as a theatre by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977, renamed the Warehouse, then converted. The Warehouse was an RSC workshop as much as a showcase and the seasons were remarkably innovative, including Trevor Nunn's acclaimed Stratford 1976 Macbeth, starring Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, which opened at the Covent Garden venue in September 1977 before transferring to the Young Vic.

The Donmar became an independent producing house in 1992 with Sam Mendes as artistic director. Mendes quickly transformed the theatre into one of the most exciting venues in the city.
Among Mendes's productions were John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret, Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, Stephen Sondheim's Company, Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus and his farewell duo of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night, which transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Many well-known actors have appeared at the theatre, including Nicole Kidman (The Blue Room), Gwyneth Paltrow (Proof), Ian McKellen (The Cut) and Ewan McGregor (Othello).

Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LX
Call:    020 7240 4882