Haddon world premiere part of new Donmar season
The world premiere of Polar Bears, the first play by author Mark Haddon, will run at the Donmar Warehouse as part of the theatre's spring 2010 season, it has been announced.
Donmar associate director Jamie Lloyd will direct the production as part of a line-up which includes a new work by US playwright Lanford Wilson and a revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion.
Polar Bears is described by the Donmar as an "extraordinary new play" which uses humour to capture "one man's struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition".
Serenading Louie by Wilson tells the tale of two men struggling to deal with the responsibilities of work and marriage as they enter their thirties.
Simon Curtis is set to direct the show which the theatre said is a "timeless portrait" of two American couples who explore the "destruction of dreams and the loss of passion and purpose".
Later in the year, the Covent Garden theatre will stage a new production of Sondheim's Passion to celebrate the composer's 80th birthday.
The show, again directed by Jamie Lloyd, will feature alongside a number of events to be held in honour of the Sondheim's long association with the Donmar.
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