Donmar Warehouse, Theatre in Covent Garden, England
The Donmar Warehouse is a theater in Covent Garden with 251 seats arranged in a square formation around the stage. This layout creates an immediate connection between performers and the audience watching from all sides.
The building originally served as a brewery, housing fermentation vats and banana storage areas. The Royal Shakespeare Company took over the space in 1977 and transformed it into a performance venue.
The venue hosts productions ranging from classic plays to new works, many of which later move to larger London theaters and Broadway stages. Performers and audiences share an intimate space where the closeness between stage and seating shapes how people experience theater.
Access is easy via Covent Garden tube station, which sits very close to the building. The nearby station makes it simple to visit whether you have planned ahead or are exploring the neighborhood on foot.
The name comes from two important theater figures: Donald Albery and ballerina Margot Fonteyn, combining the first letters of their first names. This naming honors two different areas of performance art in a single word.
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