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  • Donmar paints Broadway Red

    01 Feb 2010

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    The Donmar Warehouse’s current hit drama Red, which stars Alfred Molina as artist Mark Rothko, is to transfer to Broadway next month. Read more


Red

Showing at: Donmar Warehouse

Box Office: 0870 060 6624

Download (pdf format): Seating plan

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Play (Drama)

"There is only one thing I fear in life my friend... One day the black will swallow the red."

Red is John Logan's portrait of Mark Rothko, the 20th century artist known for his large canvases of colour. 

Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. 

Red is a moving and compelling account of Rothko's struggle to accept his growing riches and the praise heaped upon him, which became his ultimate undoing. 

Red stars Alfred Molina as Rothko. Molina is best known for his numerous screen appearances in films including The Lodger, The Da Vinci Code, As You Like It, Spiderman II, Frida, Chocolat, Magnolia, Boogie Nights and Raiders Of The Lost Ark. He will soon be seen in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. 

The cast of Red also, somewhat appropriately, contains rising star Eddie Redmayne who received acclaim for his performance in Now Or Later at the Royal Court last year. His television credits include Tess Of The D'Urbervilles for the BBC.

Logan is a playwright and screenwriter whose impressive screenplay CV includes Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, The Aviator, Gladiator and The Last Samurai.

Red is directed by Michael Grandage, the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse and the director of numerous hit shows there as well as the quartet of shows in the Donmar West End season which included Hamlet and Twelfth Night.  

For more about Red at the Donmar Warehouse, read the First Night Feature and Big Interview with Eddie Redmayne.

Performance Details

  • previews from: 03 Dec 2009
  • opening night: 08 Dec 2009
  • closing: 06 Feb 2010

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Thu & Sat 14:30

ticket prices: £13-£29

cast: Alfred Molina, Eddie Redmayne

author: John Logan

director: Michael Grandage

sound: Adam Cork

lighting designer: Neil Austin

designer: Christopher Oram

producer: Donmar Warehouse

map: View Map

Access Enabled Map (pdf format):
View The Donmar Warehouse Access Enabled Map

address: Earlham Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9LX

nearest tube: Covent Garden (275m)

nearest bus: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176

parking: Westminter City Council car park at Cambridge Circus. NCP at Drury Lane and Upper St Martin's Lane. Meters in Earlham Street and Mercer Street. 1 Disabled parking bay outside theatre.

air conditioned: Yes

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0871 297 5477

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts available for disabled theatregoers and their companions.

limited mobility: Aisle seats have the most legroom, except row A in the Stalls. C9 and C30 in the Stalls have unlimited legroom.

access description: A portable ramp can be placed over the 15cm step into entrance on Earlham Street. Box office counter is straight ahead from the Earlham Street entrance. Lift up to all floors of the auditorium, to the right of the box office counter. All staircases have handrails on both sides and steps are highlighted. Stalls up 26 steps from the foyer and have one step between rows. Circle up 48 steps from the foyer, with one step between rows. The Stalls is level, the Circle is raked.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 8 headsets. Headsets can be collected from the Box Office. Returnable deposit of credit card or driving licence required. Portable induction loop at the Box Office.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed in the auditorium, alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit. The theatre can accommodate 4 guide dogs per performance.

wheelchairs: Slight slope up from the lift to the back of the Stalls. 1 space for a wheelchair user in the Stalls. Up to 4 wheelchair transfer seats available. Wheelchair/Scooters are stored beside the Box Office.

toilets: Women’s and men’s off the Circle bar, off the foyer and 4 steps up from the Stalls.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet off Circle bar.

bars: 2 licensed bars. No steps to both the Stalls and the Circle bars. Both have fixed seating and limited space. Drinks may be taken into the auditorium in plastic cups, or brought to customers.

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