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Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Donmar Warehouse

11 Dec 15 – 13 Feb 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Sex, intrigue and betrayal dominate in this searing revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses play, Donmar Warehouse 2015.

By Lucy Brooks on 14/12/2015

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Dominic West, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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30 years after it was first staged, Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses play about scandal in pre-revolutionary France is set to crown the Donmar Warehouse’s 2015 season with the stellar Dominic West.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: book to play
Based on the 18th Century novel by Choderlos de Laclos, which caused a sensation when it was published, the play weaves a web of seduction, revenge and corruption. The story influenced Victorian playwrights including Oscar Wilde, and more recently was given a modern adaptation in film Cruel Intentions. Christopher Hampton’s adaptation won Olivier and Evening Standard Award for Best Play when it was first staged and boasted iconic performances from Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson.
An all star cast: Les Liaisons Dangereuses play London
A trio of stage and screen stars have been lined up to take the leads in the story of a wager to corrupt a young woman before her wedding made by two rich and bored former lovers.
BAFTA winner Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair) will play the Vicomte de Valmont opposite twice academy award nominee Janet McTeer who will play Marquise de Merteuil. McTeer was last seen at the Donmar in Mary Stuart and has won a Tony and Olivier Award for her previous stage work.
Downton Abbey actor Michelle Dockery was due to make her Donmar debut in the production, but pulled out of the project six weeks before opening night. She is replaced by stage regular Elaine Cassidy.
Masterful director: Domar's Josie Rourke
The Donmar’s artistic director Josie Rourke will direct the production. "I have long wanted to direct Christopher Hampton’s superb Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and the cast we have drawn together is a testament to the brilliance of his play." she says. Expect a sexually charged atmosphere and lavish costumes. The auditorium may well have a makeover too. Under Rourke’s leadership the compact 250-seat theatre has often seen the set design spill over into the seating and circle balconies.



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What Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Donmar Warehouse
Where Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London, WC2H 9LX | MAP
Nearest tube Covent Garden (underground)
When 11 Dec 15 – 13 Feb 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £7.50 - £37.50
Website Click here to book via the Donmar Warehouse



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    THE DONMAR WAREHOUSE

    This intimate 250-seat theatre in Covent Garden has an enviably starry reputation and a knack for galvanising audiences and selling out well in advance of opening night. It is well known for its casting coups, regularly attracting famous faces such as Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne and Rachel Weisz to its small stage. Previously run by American Beauty director Sam Mendes and Michael Grandage, the theatre’s current artistic director is feather-ruffler Josie Rourke.  Commenting on the new season she says: 'one of the things that most excites me about this season is the strong leading roles for women. It is a thrill to announce a season of work that features, in plays by living writers, women of the calibre and power of Zawe Ashton, Sinéad Cusack, Michelle Dockery, Michelle Fairley, Genevive O’Reilly and Janet McTeer"

    Front row tickets

    The Domnar hold back the very best seats in the house for their Barclays Front Row deal. Even if the show is sold out (which they invariably are), you can get front row seats for just £10.  Tickets are released at 10am on Monday, starting two weeks before the show opens. If you want to bag a bargain you have to be quick and have the page loaded and ready to book. 

What members say

    What a treat - wonderlul play and clever acting

    Sandrine Roch

    A phenomenal evening that sizzled under candlelight and the spell that is Dominic West.

    Alice Godwin

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