Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox to star alongside Tom Hiddleston in Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre

### Jamie Lloyd's *Betrayal *gains even more star power Joining the Olivier Award, Golden Globe Award and Evening Standard Award-winning actor, **Tom Hiddleston** as Robert**,** are Hackney-born actress **Zawe Ashton** as Emma and Netflix’s *Daredevil* actor **Charlie Cox** as Jerry. The role of 'Waiter' has yet to be announced. Zawe Ashton is perhaps best known for her television roles, most notably the sitcom *Fresh Meat, Wanderlust, *the comedy series *Not Safe for Work, *and the upcoming TV series *Velvet Buzzsaw.* A frequent collaborator of **Jamie Lloyd**, Ashton's prior stage credits include The Jamie Lloyd Company production of *The Maids* (directed by **Jean Genet**) at [**Trafalgar Studios**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/17/trafalgar-studios.aspx) and the titular role in Jamie Lloyd's *Salomé* for Headlong. Charlie Cox is best known for his star billing as the lead role in Marvel's *Daredevil*, Jonathan Hellyer Jones in *The Theory of Everything, *Tristan Thorn in *Stardust, *and Owen Sleater in HBO’s *Boardwalk Empire. *His stage credits include the titular role in *The Prince of Homburg *at the Donmar Warehouse, Nick Payne's *Incognito *in New York, and the 2008 Jamie Lloyd production of Harold Pinter's *The Lover* & *The Collection *at the [**Comedy Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/26/harold-pinter-theatre.aspx) (now the Harold Pinter Theatre). ### The groundbreaking plot of Pinter's Betrayal play The title of Harold Pinter's play – *Betrayal *– is unique for its play on words, as it not only reflects the show's themes of infidelity, but also the play's reverse chronology that Pinter used as a plot device. The play begins in 1977 and 'rewinds' scene by scene before reaching the year 1968. The 1978 Pinter play first premiered at the National Theatre, and following its critically acclaimed 1983 film adaption, the play has been revived numerous times. Featuring Pinter's signature pauses, sparse dialogue, hidden motives, and bottled-up emotions, *Betrayal *has long since been regarded as the late playwright's most dramatic work from his oeuvre. ### The unprecedented Pinter at the Pinter season slowly comes to a close The Pinter at the Pinter is the once-in-a-lifetime season marking the 10-year anniversary of Harold Pinter's death. Many of the Nobel Prize winner's rarely staged plays have once again seen the light of day in a series of multi-bill productions that the critics have been positively raving about. The season is currently running *[**Pinter 5: The Room/Victoria Station/Family Voices**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3163/pinter-the-room-victoria-station-family-voices-tickets.aspx)* and *[**Pinter 6: Party Time/Celebration**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3164/pinter-party-time-celebration-tickets.aspx)*, the latter show of which was [praised for its refinement and comedic take in our recent blogger review](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/london-theatre-review-pinter-6-party-time-celebration-at-the-harold-pinter-theatre). Both [***Pinter 5***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3163/pinter-5-the-room-victoria-station-family-voices-tickets.aspx) and [***Pinter 6***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3164/pinter-6-party-time-celebration-tickets.aspx) close on 26 January 2019. *Betrayal *opens on 6 March 2019 and is booking until 1 June 2019. ## Jamie Lloyd's *Betrayal* almost completely sold out! The overwhelming ticket demand for *Betrayal *at the Pinter is backed by the unwavering star power of Tom Hiddleston, who is best known for playing Loki in *Thor* and the many *Avengers *films and spin-offs. The blockbuster star has helped make the revival of ***Betrayal *one of the fastest selling Pinter productions of all time**. Time is running out! Hurry and [**get the last remaining West End Betrayal tickets** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/170/betrayal-tickets.aspx)while you still can! These tickets will not last! * * * [**Book your tickets to the Harold Pinter Theatre production of *Betrayal* starring Tom Hiddleston**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/170/betrayal-tickets.aspx).