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The Traitors Heads to West End With Five-Play Cycle

Producers say the staged version will let audiences explore alternate outcomes through a cycle of plays and audience-controlled Saturday performances.

Overview

  • The Traitors – Acts of Betrayal was announced Tuesday and will run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 11 May 2027 with tickets on sale from £25.
  • Studio Lambert and Neal Street Productions are mounting the show with John Finnemore writing five standalone plays and Robert Hastie directing.
  • Each weekday performance opens the same way but ends in one of five different narratives, while Saturday performances let the audience choose who becomes the traitor.
  • Finnemore says the project has taken two years so far and will need at least another six months of work, calling it the hardest thing he has written.
  • Producers point to the TV show's ritualistic imagery and psychological drama as the creative driver, and they expect the format to encourage repeat visits and a commercial run built around differing endings.