[5] In the years that followed, Donkin toured Europe with people such as John Abercrombie, Marc Copland, Bill Stewart, Greg Osby, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Speed, Ari Hoenig, Jonathan Kreisberg, Terrell Stafford, David Binney, Tyshawn Sorey and many others.
[5] In 2010, Donkin moved to New York City, where he, played with artists including Ben Monder, Kevin Hays, Adam Rogers, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Steve Cardenas, Bruce Barth, Edward Simon.
[5] Donkin is a member of many projects in Europe, such as Dhafer Youssef's Bird's Requiem featuring Eivind Aarseth and Nils Petter Molvaer.
[6] He is a member of Rainer Böhm's trio,[7][8] and a collaborative quartet featuring Pablo Held, Johannes Enders and Nasheet Waits.
He also plays regularly with Nils Wogram's 'Root 70',[9] Marius Neset's 'Birds' quartet, the Ben Kraef Trio[10] and the Max von Mosch Tentet.