22 February 2020
Newsdesk
The Donmar Warehouse is pleased to announce that Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will curate a series of intimate evenings of music and song performed in the iconic setting of the Donmar auditorium. Each cabaret evening will feature the best of musical theatre, with a programme of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Noël Coward and Lin-Manuel Miranda. From its early days as a rehearsal studio for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, to the hugely successful Divas at the Donmar series in the early 2000s, the Donmar has presented outstanding musical talent over many years, and is delighted to continue this tradition with Donmar Lates.
Daniel and Jenna will be joined by special guests Hannah Waddingham (Spamalot and A Little Night Music) and Giles Terera (Hamilton and The Book of Mormon), who will perform their favourite songs from the world of musical theatre and beyond. They will be accompanied by a three-piece band led by Musical Director Theo Jamieson, whose recent credits include Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Funny Girl.
Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 March, 9.15pm (featuring guest performer Hannah Waddingham)
Friday 27 March and Saturday 28 March, 9.15pm (featuring guest performer Giles Terera)
Daniel and Jenna led the cast in the acclaimed 2007 production of Sunday in the Park with George, winning the Olivier Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical, before transferring to Broadway the following year.
Daniel is the current Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. He won his first Olivier Award for his performance in Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along at the Donmar Warehouse. Jenna is a Tony-nominated prolific theatre and TV actress. She performed in the Donmar Warehouse production of Into the Woods and the concert series Cutting Edge.
Members of the Director’s Forum can book now. Email directorsforum@donmarwarehouse.com or call the Development team on 020 7845 5816.
Steel, Copper and Friend level members have access to an exclusive allocation of tickets before public booking opens on Wednesday 11 March. Priority Booking for Steel and Copper members and Friends begins at 9am (online) and 10am (phones) on Tuesday 25 February. Book online at donmarwarehouse.com or call the box office on 020 3282 3808.
A limited allocation of tickets will be available when public booking opens at 9am (online) and 10am (phones) on Wednesday 11 March. Book online at donmarwarehouse.com or call the box office on 020 3282 3808. Sign up to the Donmar newsletter for a reminder when tickets are released.
Donmar Lates runs alongside Lyndsey Turner’s acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill’s Far Away. Performances of Far Away have been extended to Saturday 4 April.
Daniel Evans returns to the Donmar Warehouse having been in Merrily We Roll Along, for which he won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and Grand Hotel. Daniel is the Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre, where his directing credits include Forty Years On, Fiddler on the Roof and James Graham’s Quiz, which transferred to the West End in April 2018. For Festival 2018 he directed Me and My Girl and Flowers for Mrs Harris and for Festival 2019, This Is My Family. He was also the Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres for seven years, where his directing credits include Show Boat, Flowers for Mrs Harris, The Effect, Anything Goes, The Sheffield Mysteries, Oliver! (Best Regional Production, WhatsOnStage Awards 2014), This Is My Family, An Enemy of the People, Racing Demon, Othello, Macbeth, My Fair Lady (Best Regional Production, WhatsOnStage Awards 2013) and The Full Monty. As an actor, Daniel appeared in Company, The Pride, Cloud Nine and The Tempest, which transferred to The Old Vic Theatre, London. Sheffield Theatres won The Stage’s Regional Theatre of the Year Award for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016. His West End productions include Quiz (Noël Coward Theatre), Show Boat - 2017 Olivier Award nomination for Best Musical Revival (New London Theatre), The Full Monty (Noël Coward Theatre), American Buffalo (Wyndham’s Theatre) and The Light in the Piazza (Southbank Centre). Daniel is also a double Olivier Award-winning actor. His theatre credits includes Henry V, Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure For Measure and Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company), Cardiff East, Peter Pan, Troilus and Cressida, Candide, The Merchant of Venice (National Theatre), Ghosts (English Touring Theatre), Other People, Cleansed, Where Do We Live and 4.48 Psychosis (Royal Court), Total Eclipse and Sunday in the Park with George - Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Menier Chocolate Factory/Wyndham’s Theatre/Studio 54, Broadway). His television credits include The Passion, Doctor Who, The Virgin Queen, Spooks, Love in a Cold Climate, Great Expectations, Daniel Deronda and To the Ends of the Earth. His film credits include Les Misérables.
Jenna Russell returns to the Donmar Warehouse having played Cinderella in Into the Woods. Her theatre credits include The Bridges of Madison County (Menier Chocolate Factory), Fun Home (Young Vic), Dr Faustus (Duke of York’s), Grey Gardens (Southwark Theatre), Songs For A New World (St James Theatre), Di, Viv and Rose (Vaudeville Theatre), Pennywise (Apollo Theatre), Mr Burns (Almeida Theatre), Merrily We Roll Along - 2014 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical (Menier Chocolate Factory/Harold Pinter Theatre), That Day We Sang (Manchester International Festival), Seasons Greetings (National Theatre), Into The Woods (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Amy's View (Garrick Theatre), Sunday In The Park With George - Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Tony Award nomination (Wyndham’s Theatre/Studio 54, Broadway), Guys And Dolls – 2006 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical (Piccadilly Theatre), Martin Guerre (Prince Edward Theatre), Hello Again (Bridewell Theatre), Follies (Shaftesbury Theatre), The Three Sisters (Royal Court), As You like it, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale, Misha’s Party, Wildest Dreams and The Beggars Opera (Royal Shakespeare Company). Her television credits include EastEnders, Deborah in Born and Bred, On the Up, Call the Midwife, The Paradise, Holby City, Doctor Who, Picking Up the Pieces and Minder. Films include The Death and Life of John F Donovan and Mortdecai. Jenna is about to play the title role of Piaf at the Nottingham Playhouse and will be playing Irene Molloy in the upcoming production of Hello Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre.
Hannah Waddingham makes her Donmar Warehouse debut in Donmar Lates. Her theatre credits include Kiss Me Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre/The Old Vic), A Little Night Music (Garrick Theatre/Menier Chocolate Factory), Spamalot (Shubert Theatre, NY/ Palace Theatre); for all three she was nominated for the Olivier Award for the Best Actress in a Musical. Other credits include The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum), The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), Into the Woods (Regent’s Park Open Air), The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre), Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre). Her television credits include Sex Education, Krypton, Game of Thrones, 12 Monkeys, In The Club, Bad Move, Josh, Partners in Crime, Benidorm, Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack’d, Not Going Out and My Family. Her film credits include The Hustle, Winter Ridge, Les Misérables, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and Meet Pursuit Delange.
Giles Terera returns to the Donmar Warehouse having appeared in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. His theatre credits include Rosmersholm (Duke of York’s), Hamilton - Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Victoria Palace), The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s Globe/International Tour), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Hamlet, Death & The King's Horseman, The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other, Troilus and Cressida, Candide, Ugly, Honk!, The Darker Face of the Earth, Mind the Gap, Walk in the Light (National Theatre), Pre Imagination - The Songs of Leslie Bricusse (St James Theatre), King John (Shakespeare’s Globe/UK Tour), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales), The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Don't You Leave Me Here (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Playboy of the Western World (Abbey Theatre Dublin), Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre), Ratpack (Strand Theatre/International Tour), Jailhouse Rock (Theatre Royal Plymouth/Picadilly Theatre), 125th Street (Shaftesbury Theatre), Rent (Prince of Wales Theatre), You Don't Kiss (Stratford Circus), Up on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Tempest (RSC), Six Degrees of Separation (Sheffield Crucible) and Generations of the Dead (Young Vic). His television credits include Flack, Maxxx, Horrible Histories and Doctors, and his film credits include The Current War and Muse Of Fire, which he co-created. Giles was appointed MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to theatre.
Theo Jamieson makes his Donmar Warehouse debut as Musical Director for Donmar Lates. His work as Composer and Lyricist includes Love Child (developed at the National Theatre Studio) and Kali’s Toenail (Workshop at Theatre Royal Stratford East). His work as Musical Supervisor includes Everybody’s Talking about Jamie (UK Tour), and as Musical Director and Supervisor, The Wild Party (The Other Palace). Theo’s credits as Musical Director include Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo), Funny Girl (Savoy), High Society (Old Vic), Treasure Island and Here Lies Love (National Theatre), and Putting It Together (St James Theatre).
