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Dateline: 12th September, 2007

Donmar Secure and Growing

Michael Grandage, artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, has announced that the theatre has bought the 125 year lease on the building, which is currently held by ATG whose lease runs out in nie years. At the same time, he announced a residence for Donmar productions at Wyndham's Theatre from next September.

With the future of the theatre as secure as it can be, he also reaffirmed his own commitment to the theatre and will not be seeking freelance work.

He went on to announce future plans, which include Jude Law as Hamlet directed by Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi in Twelfth Night, and work by Tom Stoppard and David Greig.

Already announced are the musical Parade, its UK professional premiere, and a production of Othello starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor. They will be followed next season by:

The Man Who Had All The Luck
By Arthur Miller
28th February - 5th April
Directed by Sean Holmes and touring to Salford and Truro

Creditors
By August Strindberg, in a new version by David Greig
Dates tba

Life Is a Dream
By Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Dates tba

The Family Reunion
By T S Eliot
Dates tba

The year-long Wyndham's residency, beginning in September 2008, features:

Ivanov
By Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Tom Stoppard
12th September - 29th November, 2008
Directed by Michael Grandage and starring Kenneth Branagh

Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
5th December, 2008 - 7th March, 2009
Directed by Grandage and starring Derek Jacobi as Malvolio

Madame de Sade
By Yukio Mishima
Dates tba
Directed by Grandage

Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
29th May - 22nd August, 2009
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Jude Law

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