Dianté Lodge

Set in 1999, 'CHARITY!' tells the story of a closeted Irish Y2K pop princess who undergoes a darkly comic assault on the senses as she wrestles with the cost of toxic fame and an evil record label who'll stop at NOTHING to make her a star.

A 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 at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.