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Video review transcript: When We Are Married at the Donmar Warehouse is such a fun and funny play.

It isn’t a festive play, but it feels perfect for the season.

It is a true ensemble piece, but there are a couple of standout performances for me.

All the cast are superb, but I particularly enjoyed Janice Connolly as the housemaid, and I really wanted to see more of her.

And Sophie Thompson, she is absolutely brilliant. She’s always brilliant. She just revels in this joyful rebelliousness at the chaos that is ensuing.

There are some additional plot points that add some nice twists to it, that were were unexpected that I didn’t quite see coming. So that was that was nice too.

I just thought this was great. I’m giving it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars. I loved it.

Review: When We Are Married, Donmar Warehouse

Written by JB Priestley

Directed by Tim Sheader

Cast includes: Sophie Thompson, Janice Connolly, Samantha Spiro, Siobhan Finneran, Ron Cook, John Hodgkinson, Jim Howick and Marc Wootton

Running time: 2 hours, including an interval.

Booking until 7 February, 2026 and for more information and to buy tickets, visit the Donmar Warehouse website.

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