Set Design by Rosanna Vize
Costume Design by Natalie Roar
Composition by Jasmine Kent Rodgman
Lighting Design by James Farncombe
Sound Design by Ian Dickinson for Autograph
Intimacy Direction by Ingrid Mackinnon
Fight Direction by Sam Lyon-Behan
Assistant Choreography by Katie Lusby

Premiered at the Lyttleton Theatre April 2026.

The pen is mightier than the sword
Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything – and for women, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil, master in the art of survival, wields her influence with intelligence and control. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) and Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare.

Photography by Sarah Lee