Neal Street and Studio Lambert are delighted to announce that the World Premiere of The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal is now on sale. The stage adaptation of the global phenomenon is set to feature a cycle of five brand newplays. Written by John Finnemore (Cabin Pressure) and directed by Robert Hastie, director of back-to-back Olivier Awards Best New Musical winners, Standing at the Sky’s Edge and Operation Mincemeat it begins preview performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on 11 May 2027 with an official opening night on 8 June 2027.
The bold new stage show does something television cannot and answers the question: who would have won if different players had been chosen to be the Traitors? From Monday to Friday the story begins identically but ends in five different ways. Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another. Each stands alone as a complete drama; together, they reveal what happens when the cloak falls elsewhere and victims become victors.On Saturdays the audience is handed control to decide who will wear the cloak. Their choice determines in real-time which version will be played out to arrive at a final showdown. The matinee audience may see one outcome, the evening audience quite another.
A world of paranoia, betrayal and shifting alliances, The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal is a dramatic exploration of the sliding doors of fate, where nothing is certain, and no one is safe.
Caro Newling, Co-Founder of Neal Street, said: “It's a true privilege to bring such an innately theatrical concept to the stage together with Studio Lambert and a team of inspired theatre-makers. With a different new play performed each week-day night, and rogue-choice Saturday performances, they've together created anendeavour of extra-ordinary scale, offering audiences a genuine box-set of entertainment from the heart of the Traitors universe.”
Stephen Lambert, CEO of Studio Lambert, said: “Each of the five plays tells a whole story on its own. But the same evening could have turned out in completely different ways, and anyone who wants to discover how is welcome to come back and find out. On the surface it is a game of paranoia and betrayal. Underneath, it is about who we really are underpressure, and the way our true colours show in the end."
