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Fri 18 Apr 2025 - Sat 7 Jun 2025
DEALER'S CHOICE
BY PATRICK MARBER
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DEALER'S CHOICE

BY PATRICK MARBER
Fri 18 Apr 2025 - Sat 7 Jun 2025

LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
 

★★★★★ “A gripping production of a play that’s as brilliant as it is enduring… It still feels fresh and modern” The Stage

★★★★ “Marber’s brutal comedy remains a masterclass” The Telegraph

★★★★ “Patrick Marber’s sizzling comedy has acquired its own modern classic status” Financial Times

★★★★ “Urgent and captivating” Evening Standard

★★★★ “Matthew Dunster’s assured revival is a perfect match for the intimate dimensions of the Donmar Warehouse” The Times

★★★★ “A lean and thrilling beast” Time Out

★★★★ “What a blisteringly good play… beautifully cast" WhatsOnStage 


“Play the man, not the cards”

Sunday night. Stephen hosts a weekly poker game in the basement of his failing London restaurant. All the usual suspects are there; the chef, the waiters, the errant son…but tonight a stranger has come to play.

As the stakes get higher, the game turns savage…now no one’s safe when everything's on the line.

Patrick Marber's acclaimed 1995 debut won the Evening Standard Award (Best Comedy) and the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award (Best West End Play). It has since been performed in more than 50 cities across the world.

Matthew Dunster directs this 30th anniversary production starring Alfie Allen, Hammed Animashaun, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Brendan Coyle, Kasper Hilton-Hille and Daniel Lapaine.

 

Other ways to get tickets:

  • With Donmar Daily, an allocation of tickets will be released every morning, Monday – Saturday, at 10am for performances seven days later. These include £15 standing tickets.
  • Returns are released online when they become available.
  • Access seats may be available - please login if you’re registered for our access scheme to book. Find out more
  • Patrons (from Bronze level upwards) can book tickets right up to the day of the performance, by accessing our special allocation of house seats. Find out more


We are hugely grateful to Charles Holloway OBE, Season Supporter.

We would also like to thank our Production Supporters, Charles J Burdick and Mo Fisher & Claude Keith and Tiina Lee. 

RUNNING TIME
2 hours 5 minutes including a 20 minute interval

CONTENT ADVICE

PLEASE NOTE: This show contains loud music, the smoking of herbal cigarettes and live flames. 

Please see our content guidance here.


PERFORMANCE TIMES
Evenings Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Thursday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm


TICKET PRICES*
£70 | £55 | £30

PREVIEW PRICES* (first four performances)
£65 | £50 | £25

£15 standing tickets will be released at a later date

*Tickets are subject to a £1.50 transaction fee, waived for Members

35 AND UNDER £20 TICKETS
Aged 16-35? Sign up here to our exclusive email list to book tickets for £20 for any evening performance. Very limited availability. Tickets available for INTIMATE APPAREL which is coming up next.

ACCESS
Find out more about Access at the Donmar here.

 

Captioned Performance
Monday 19th May at 7.30pm (captioned by Stagetext)

Audio Described Performance
Saturday 31st May at 2.30pm, touch tour at 1pm (audio described by VocalEyes)

 

Cast, Creative

Alfie Allen

Actor

Hammed Animashaun

Actor

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Actor

Brendan Coyle

Actor

Kasper Hilton-Hille

Actor

Daniel Lapaine

Actor

Patrick Marber

Writer

Matthew Dunster

Director

Moi Tran

Designer

Sally Ferguson

Lighting Designer

Holly Khan

Sound Designer

Lotte Hines CDG

Casting Director

Robyn Grant

Associate Director

Ewa Dina

Resident Assistant Director

Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd

Fight Director

Rachel Bown-Williams of RC-Annie Ltd

Fight Director

Janis Price

Voice Coach

Will Houstoun

Illusionist

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Photography by Helen Murray