Betrayal (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (6)
See it if You like Tom Hiddleston.
Don't see it if You want a fast paced play.
See it if you're in love with charlie cox (like me) or tom hiddleston (like my friend)
Don't see it if you like something a bit more exciting
See it if You like the actors, that’s why I went to see it and they did their job great
Don't see it if You like a fast developing plot and complex staging, this one in a simple one and a bit slow
See it if Great cast, the actors did a good job. Interesting story about relationships.
Don't see it if you want to see a comedy
See it if You like character-led stories where little happens but character development is central
Don't see it if You don't plays with a very small cast
See it if You like more thought-provoking and serious plays that draw parallels to real relationships, focusing more on the script than the set.
Don't see it if You prefer more visual, light-hearted plays
Critic Reviews (10)
...there have to be very few people alive – or indeed dead – who understand Pinter in the way Lloyd does, and it shows here.
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Funny, sharp, oddly nasty, and memorably anguished, Lloyd’s Betrayal is fully faithful to a theatrical landmark.
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It is Betrayal as I've never seen it before, and like this entire season, it bathes Pinter in a brilliant new light.
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This is a magnificent, searing account of Pinter's most autobiographically charged play ... and it brings Lloyd's classy season of Pinter at the Pinter to an end with a fine flourish.
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Yet the revelation of this excellent production is its reminder that betrayal is never-ending and that the one deceived forever haunts the imagination.
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Jamie Lloyd locates the radical soul of a classic work...A searing climax to a thrilling season.
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The coolness of it all means that some of the play’s emotional potency is diluted, but it’s always gripping – and superbly performed, particularly by Hiddleston.
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Crowning his superlative six-month Pinter season at this address, Jamie Lloyd directs an exceptionally thoughtful and searching revival of this time-reverse play.
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