NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Thursday 25 June 2026

Cinema

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre.

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. 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.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

Event Details

Time: 7:00pm
Date: Thursday 25 June 2026
Duration: 150 mins
Tickets: £13.50 - £17.00
Venue: Chelmsford Theatre Studio

Book Tickets

Chelmsford Theatre members get priority booking on all events, plus £2.50 off each ticket (max 4) for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Become a member now to save and never miss out.

Age rating 15 (contains depictions of a sexual assault and grooming, sexual references and reference to baby loss. This production contains strong language, violence, flashing lights, haze.)

Runtime 2 hours 30 mins

Wheelchair accessible and essential companion tickets must be booked via our Access Scheme

Planning Your Visit

Getting Here

Located in the heart of Chelmsford's West End, we are only a 10-minute walk from Chelmsford train station and a short distance from many of the city's car parks.

Chelmsford Train Station is a short walk from the Theatre. You can look at Greater Anglia to check which trains stop at Chelmsford Station.

Chelmsford Bus Station is just around the corner from the Theatre. You can look at First Essex to check which buses stop at the Chelmsford Bus Station.

The closest parking to the Theatre can be found at Townfield Street car park (open till 11pm Mon to Sat but closes at 6pm on Sun), Coval Lane car park (entrance via Rainsford Lane, open all hours) and Fairfield Road car park, (entrance via Coval Lane, open all hours but there are restrictions in place Mon to Fri before 5pm, Fairfield Road car park is also used extensively by people visiting the city in general and travelling to London on the train so can be very busy at all times).

Visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk/car-parks for information on all carparks before your visit. Charges apply at all times.

All Chelmsford City Council car parks are now cashless. You can still pay by card, contactless payment or the MiPermit app.