Donmar Warehouse in London is finally reopening its doors October 7 after completing renovations. The first production is Cordelia Lynn鈥檚 Love and Other Acts of Violence, with an opening night set for October 14.
The play stars Abigail Weinstock as Her/Baba, Tom Mothersdale as Him/Man, and Richard Katz as Tatte. Lynn鈥檚 meditation on relationships follows a young Jewish physicist and an activist poet who meet at a party and fall in love. As society splinters around them, the couple's struggle to survive erupts into violence.
Elayce Ismail directs the production with set and costume design by Basia Bi艅kowska, lighting design by Joshua Pharo, sound design by Richard Hammarton, movement by Yarit Dor, and casting by Anna Cooper.
This isn鈥檛 Donmar鈥檚 first staging since the COVID-19 shutdown鈥攁 rotating cast performed Nick Payne鈥檚 Constellations over the summer at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. Following Love and Other Acts of Violence, the London institution Tim Price鈥檚 new stage adaptation of Ruben 脰stlund鈥檚 film Force Majeure.
