Full cast announced for LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES at National Theatre

Emmie Newitt 2 February, 2026, 17:14

Marianne Elliott’s (Angels in America) major revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses will have a refreshed script for its first ever staging at the National Theatre, which begins in March.

les liaisons dangereuses full cast Aidan Turner, Lesley Manville and Ishmail Aaron. Headshots provided by the production.

Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) acclaimed adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ novel shares a story of seduction, manipulation, and revenge set in pre-revolutionary France. At its heart are the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two aristocrats who turn seduction into a strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Previously announced cast members include Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Gabrielle Drake (Time and the Conways), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), and Aidan Turner (Rivals).

Completing the cast will be Ishmail Aaron, Sharif Afifi, Curtis Angus, Charlotte Avery, Nandi Bhebhe, Lucia Chocarro, Liz Ewing, Ali Goldsmith, Darragh Hand, Georges Hann, Dianté Lodge, Katie Lusby, Amy Macken, Aisha Naamani, Bryony Pennington, Cat Simmons and Hannah van der Westhuysen.

The creative team for the play involves set designer Rosanna Vize, costume designer Natalie Roar, choreographer Tom Jackson Greaves, composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman, lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Ian Dickinson for Autograph, intimacy director Ingrid Mackinnon, fight director Sam Lyon-Behan, casting directors Alastair Coomer CDG and Naomi Downham, voice and dialect coach Hazel Holder, associate director Mumba Dodwell and associate wigs, hair and make-up designer Adele Brandman.