Donmar Warehouse has unveiled its autumn 2025/25 schedule, with two world premieres from writers Mike Bartlett and Kip Williams and a revival of JB Priestley comedy When We Are Married.
Juniper Blood
By Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald
Starring Terique Jarrett, Hattie Morahan, Nadia Parkes, Jonathan Slinger and Sam Troughton
Designer ULTZ, associate set designer Mark Simmonds, lighting designer Jo Joelson and sound designer Helen Skiera
August 16 – October 4, 2025
Lip and Ruth have left the city behind for a new life on a farm; trying to live differently, live better. But when Ruth’s stepdaughter and her provocative best friend arrive, this quiet rural project is thrown into chaos, as conflicting visions of the future come crashing into the present.
Mike Bartlett’s powerful new play Juniper Blood explores the true cost of pursuing our ideals in an imperfect world.
The Maids
Written by Jean Genet, a new translation written and directed by Kip Williams
Set designer Rosanna Vize, costume designer Marg Horwell, video designer Ian William Galloway and lighting designer Jon Clark
October 13 – November 29, 2025
With their mistress away, two maids act out their darkest fantasies as they obsessively role-play her murder, until performance and reality begin to blur.
This bold new translation of The Maids is a compelling, timely parable of modern identity and the destructive desire to both emulate and annihilate those we idolize.
When We Are Married
Written by JB Priestley, directed by Tim Sheader
Starring Siobhan Finneran, Samantha Spiro, Sophie Thompson and Marc Wootton
Set designer Peter McKintosh, costume designer Anna Fleischle and lighting designer Ryan Day
December 6, 2025 – February 7, 2026
Three couples, highly respected pillars of the Yorkshire community, gather to celebrate their joint silver wedding anniversaries. It’s champagne toasts all round until their evening of pride and self-satisfaction is upended by an unexpected and deeply embarrassing revelation.
As scandal turns to farce, the couples are forced to confront long-buried truths, simmering resentments and the liberating possibility of starting over.
Priority booking for Donmar supporters is now open, with public booking from Friday, July 18 here.