A first look at Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse

By Kitty UnderwoodPublished 7 August 2020

Blindness is an exciting new piece of theatre at the Donmar Warehouse.

Since Blindness is a sound installation rather than a performance involving live actors, it was able to open on 1 August.

Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo by Helen Maybanks 14 utz74f

Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens has adapted Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago’s dystopian novel Blindness into a sound installation.

Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo by Helen Maybanks 13 mn2vl0

Directed by Walter Meierjohann, the installation features immersive binaural sound design by Olivier Award nominees Ben and Max Ringham.

Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo by Helen Maybanks 10 yonfjn

Olivier Award-winner Juliet Stevenson voices the Storyteller/Doctor’s wife in this timely and gripping story of the rise and, ultimately, profoundly hopeful end of an unimaginable global pandemic of inexplicable blindness spreading through the city.

Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo by Helen Maybanks 05 wnf8dq

You can experience Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse until 22 August, with four hour-long showings every day. Grab your tickets below on the Donmar’s website!

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