With only 250 seats, the tickets for "Othello" starring McGregor were in such demand that Grandage feared it could become "a bad news story". His response was to plan a one-year season at the 750-seat Wyndham's Theatre, four major new productions presented by Donmar West End. It commenced on 12 September 2008, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role of Chekhov's "Ivanov", given in a new version by Tom Stoppard and directed by Grandage. The West End season continued with Derek Jacobi in "Twelfth Night", Judi Dench in Yukio Mishima's "Madame de Sade" and Jude Law in "Hamlet", all directed by Grandage.