An official live version of ‘The Traitors’ is coming to the West End next year

The Traitors is, of course, the betrayal based reality TV show-slash-gameshow that has gripped the nation via its two Claudia Winkleman-presented series. It’s gripped many nations, in fact: based upon a Dutch original called De Verraders, the format has spread throughout the world, with around 30 incarnations made or in the works, and we Brits have happily gorged on the various English language incarnations while feverishly counting down the days until a third season.

None of those countries has an actual live version of The Traitors, however, but that’s just what London is due to get next year with The Traitors: Live Experience. Aside from the fact the Brits are nuts for the show, London has made a huge success of the long-running The Crystal Maze Live Experience, and the The Tomb Raider Live Experience was a huge amount of fun. It also comes hot on the heels of the live version of Taskmaster, another quirky gameshow that’s successfully transitioned into a public version.

What can we expect? By all accounts it’ll be pretty damn authentic, with a recreation of the show’s round table, a blindfolded traitors selection process, and tasks that approximate those of the show. There will also be a live host: presumably not Winkleman, but she’s lent a quote of endorsement to the launch press release, which suggests that maybe she’ll be present in pre-recorded form.

You can now play ‘Traitors’ in the flesh (if you dare).

Of course, it won’t be a series and it sounds like your experience will be relatively brisk at around 90 minutes. But you can pack a hell of a lot of treachery into that time, and we’re also promised a ‘lavish’ bar for drinkies before and after. 

The Traitors: Live Experience starts in spring 2025, with tickets starting at £29.50 and going on sale early next year. It will run somewhere TBC in the West End. To be the first to find out more, sign up at thetraitorslive.co.uk.

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