The Donmar Warehouse announces programme for 2026

Following Evening All Afternoon, which wraps up performances on 11 April, the world premiere of Mass will take place. The debut play by Fran Kranz, adapted from his screenplay of the same name, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Set in a quiet room of an Episcopal church, two couples meet to have a conversation no parent should ever have to face. As the couple's defences fall away and memories surface, they attempt to reach across a divide carved by violence.

Carrie Cracknell, making her Donmar debut, directs Adeel Akhtar (The Estate, National Theatre) Amari Bacchus (Crookhaven), Monica Dolan (Doubt, Chichester Festival Theatre), Paul Hilton (A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic), Lyndsey Marshal (The Hypochondriac, Almeida Theatre), Rochelle Rose (Black Power Desk, Brixton House) and Susie Trayling (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre) in this profoundly moving new play which runs from 18 April - 6 June.

From 20 June to 15 August, Russell Tovey will return to the Donmar to star in The Guilty. The new thriller by Chloë Moss, based on the films Den Skyldige and The Guilty, will be directed by Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett. The creative team includes set designer Alex Eales, lighting designer Anna Watson, sound designer Gareth Fry, video designer Luke Halls, associate director Elin Schofield and casting director Lotte Hines.

Lyndsey Turner directs Brian Friel’s reworking of Ivan Turgenev’s most famous play, A Month in the Country. The production will play from 22 August to 3 October.

The Donmar Warehouse's 2026 will conclude with Ilford Boy, a funny and moving drama which is set in 90s East London and follows Mixed-race teenager Ted Martin. Tim Sheader will direct Danny Lee Wynter's production, which is about the ghosts that follow us, the families we choose, and the Streisand that helps us survive. The production plays from 10 October to 28 November 2026.