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THE MAIDS

BY JEAN GENET, IN A NEW VERSION WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY KIP WILLIAMS
Mon 13 Oct 2025 - Sat 29 Nov 2025

★★★★★ 
“A dazzling digital-age headrush… it’s brilliant.” The Stage

★★★★ 
“Kip Williams dazzles again… Storming performances… exhilarating.” The Guardian

★★★★
“It’s a wild ride… The performances are a marvel” The Standard

★★★★
“Frenzied, giddying, wildly extravagant... Superbly done” Daily Mail

"My spurt of saliva is my spray of diamonds”

With their mistress away, two maids act out their darkest fantasies as they obsessively role-play her murder, until performance and reality begin to blur.

This bold new version of The Maids is a compelling, timely parable of modern identity and the destructive desire to both emulate and annihilate those we idolize.

Kip Williams follows his international hit production of The Picture of Dorian Gray with this wild reimagining of Jean Genet’s classic play.

“So revolutionary, remarkable and dazzling you'll think you're gazing into theatre's future” The Washington Post on The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

With special thanks to our Season Supporter, Charles Holloway OBE

We would also like to thank our Production Supporters:
Neil & Debra Blair and Adam Kenwright & Michael Cassel

 

RUNNING TIME

Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes. There will be no interval.

 

CONTENT GUIDANCE

Please note this production contains haze, flashing lights and the use of vapes.

 

See our content guidance here.

 

PERFORMANCE TIMES

Evenings Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Thursday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Additional matinee: Tuesday 25 Nov 2.30pm
No evening performance 29 Nov


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

These have sold out, but check back for returns online. Find out more about 35 and Under Tickets here.


ACCESS

Find out more about Access at the Donmar here.

 

Captioned performance Monday 17 November 7.30pm

 

Audio-described performance Saturday 22 November 2.30pm
Touch tour begins 12.30pm

 

Cast, Creative

Yerin Ha

Actor

Phia Saban

Actor

Lydia Wilson

Actor

Jean Genet

Writer

Kip Williams

Director

Rosanna Vize

Set Designer

Marg Horwell

Costume Designer

Jon Clark

Lighting Designer

Dan Balfour

Sound Designer

DJ Walde

Composer

Zakk Hein

Video Designer

Lotte Hines CDG

Casting Director

Ewa Dina

Resident Assistant Director

Peiyao Wang

Assistant Set Designer

Caroline Mccall

Assistant Costume Designer

Jim Leaver

Production Manager

Cheryl Firth

Company Stage Manager

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