Game Theory
PAST PERFORMANCE. Book now for Game Theory at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Written by
Rachel Bellman and Josh Bird
Director
Adam Lenson
Location
The Linbury Studio Theatre
Dates
Saturday 27 June at 7pm
Monday 29 June at 2pm
Tuesday 30 June at 7pm
Wednesday 1 July at 2pm
The running time is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval).
About the show
How far would you go for your friends?
At university, Cass gets pulled into an eccentric clique with a clandestine extra-curricular hobby. Soon, she’s swapping drinking games for black markets, organised crime, and a heist at Kew Gardens that would give Ocean’s Eleven a run for its money.
Starring LAMDA’s Musical Theatre ensemble, written by Rachel Bellman and Josh Bird, and featuring an infectious, Britpop-inspired score, Game Theory is a darkly funny, coming-of-age thriller like no other.
Prepare for a high-octane ride through friendship, betrayal and the secret underworld of endangered flower theft.
LAMDA at the Fringe
Catch LAMDA at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe where we will be showcasing three exciting shows including Alice by Heart, Game Theory and Miscast Sondheim.

Adam is a London based theatre director and multidisciplinary artist. He has just finished an acclaimed run of Flyby by Theo Jamieson at Southwark Playhouse for which he was the Director, and Video Designer. This summer his solo show Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry? makes its premiere at Summerhall for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Directing includes, Cable Steet (59e59, Marylebone Theatre, Southwark Playhouse), The Rink, Superhero, The Fabulist Fox Sister, Wasted (Southwark Playhouse), Precipice (New Diorama, Timelapse), Public Domain (Southwark Playhouse and Vaudeville Theatre), See What I Wanna See (Jermyn Street), Ordinary Days (Trafalgar Studios), Litte Fish, Saturn Returns (Finborough Theatre), Songs For A New World, 35Mm, Whisper House (The Other Palace), Stages, Ride, Lock & Key (VAULT Festival), The Leftovers (National Tour), The Storm (ENO / Helios), The Dead Guy, Disgraced (English Theatre Frankfurt), Dark Tourism (Park Theatre).
Sound Design includes, Revenge After The Levoyah (Summerhall, The Yard, Soho Theatre), The Retreat (Finborough Theatre), Race (Hampstead Theatre).
Video Design includes, Stages (Vault Festival), The Libertine (Theatre Royal Bath & Haymarket Theatre), 35Mm (The Other Palace).
adamlenson.com
Rachel Bellman: Rachel Bellman is an award-winning writer and lyricist who writes across plays and musical theatre. Her passion is for creating female-led narratives that tackle identity, belonging and morality, often incorporating genres such as crime, thriller and fantasy. Produced work includes Precipice (New Diorama and Timelapse), These Demons (Theatre503, published by Concord Theatricals, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting), Game Theory (Perfect Pitch, REWRITEs at The Lowry), The Dickens Girls (winner of the New Music Theatre Award, produced by British Youth Music Theatre at New Wolsey Theatre), and So-Called Gen Z (PQA, Edinburgh Fringe). Rachel has a range of plays and musicals in development, including a play presented in the 2024 Criterion New Writing showcase; a musical supported by artsdepot Productions and MGCfutures; and a musical seed commissioned by Birmingham Hippodrome. She has taken part in Soho Writers’ Lab and Criterion New Writing, is a three-time finalist for the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize, and was part of the inaugural Jewish Playwrights Programme. www.rachelbellman.com
Josh Bird: Josh Bird is a composer-lyricist whose work aims to bring a contemporary pop-rock sound to British musical theatre.His work with writer and lyricist Rachel Bellman includes Game Theory (developed by Perfect Pitch and presented at The Lowry’s Rewrites Festival), So-Called Gen Z (produced at the Edinburgh Fringe by PQA Sutton), and Elf Spies and The Knights Before Christmas, two mini-musicals for children commissioned and licensed by Perfect Pitch. Their work has also been developed at ArtsEd, the MTA and the University of Winchester.With writer Giles Fernando, Josh has co-written The Full English, 24 Hours in A&E (showcased at the University of Winchester) and FLIP, which was showcased at The Other Palace, workshopped at NYMT, and received student productions at Edge Hill University and the University of Winchester in 2025.
Josh has been shortlisted three times for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize. Other projects include Club Wonderland, an immersive musical performed at Royal & Derngate in 2018, and Above & Below, a site-specific immersive musical workshopped at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Alongside his writing, Josh is a Social Media Manager and Digital Content Creator for multiple West End productions, including SIX, The Choir of Man, and The Traitors: Live Experience.
Select credits as Musical Director and/or Musical Supervisor include: Clueless (Trafalgar Theatre), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (Criterion Theatre), Cable Street (Marylebone Theatre/off broadway), Trevor Nunn’s The Third Man (Menier Chocolate Factory), Woman, Life, Freedom (Greenwich docklands festival), Trevor Nunn’s Identical (Kenny Wax Productions), U.Me (BBC Radio Musical), A Chorus Line (Leicester Curve), Vanara (Hackney Empire), Gin Craze (Theatre Royal & Derngate), The Wizard Of Oz (Leeds Playhouse), The Season (The Other Palace), Growl (Leicester Curve), Signal (ongoing concert series of new MT writing, West End), Mamma Mia (Mark Goucher Productions), Michael Blakemore’s The Life (Southwark Playhouse), Vanities (Trafalgar Studios), Heaven On Earth (UK Arena Tour), Creatives (Perfect Pitch), BBC Children In Need (as MD/arranger), Savage (as MD/orchestrator - The Arts Theatre), Me And My Girl (as associate MD - Chichester Festival Theatre).
Original cast albums include: Two strangers (carry a cake across New York), Cable Street, Stay Awake Jake, Warhol (concept album).
www.tamarasaringer.com
Sasha is a multidisciplinary artist with a specialisation in accessibility and access coordination.
CREDITS INCLUDE: Now That’s What I Call… The Afterlife (Dramaturg, HOME), Flyby (Access Coordinator, Southwark Playhouse), Cable Street (Access Coordinator, Marylebone Theatre & 59e59), Precipice (Access Support, New Diorama), Pests (Associate Producer & Access Lead, Wisteria Theatre), Sink (Associate Dramaturg), Vile (Access Lead & Assistant Director, 53two), Toxic (Rehearsal Assistant, UK Tour), Borrowed (Writer, HOME & Unity Theatre), Acceptance Day (Writer, Rope Ladder Fiction), Red Flags (Director, theSpaceUK), Richard's Little World (Director & Dramaturg, Contact Theatre) Confessions (Assistant Director, 53Two), Ladyfriends [A Period Drama] (Dramaturg, Hope Mill Theatre), Blackbird (Director, Liverpool's Royal Court), Gilgamesh (Assistant Director, LIPA).
Themes of betrayal and organised crime (with references to kidnapping and murder within a black-market setting) and theft. Contains explicit language throughout and alcohol consumption alongside mild depictions of physical assault and substance abuse.
LAMDA is a two-minute walk from Barons Court Station or a ten-minute walk from either West Kensington or Hammersmith Station.
Please note: Our nearest station, Barons Court, is undergoing refurbishment works throughout 2026. Find out more.
Creative Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Director
Adam Lenson*
Designer
Cory Shipp*
Musical Director & Additional Musical Arrangements
Tamara Saringer*
Choreographer
Joe Wolstenholme*
Lighting Designer
Jake Mawhinney*
Sound Designer
Chris Drohan*
Fight Director
Joe Reed*
Intimacy Director
Mandy Gordon*
Voice Director
Sarah English*
Producer
Rebecca Lyle*
Assistant Producer
Bobby Harding*
Singing Specialist
Charlie-Jade Jones*
Associate Sound Designer
Velia de Nicola
Assistant Director
Stefani Angelova
Cast
In alphabetical order
Cass
Annemarie Adriana
Mia
Rheanna Arbon
Dennis
Paul Barrière
Professor Eldrin
Elisa Bergomi
Tom
Jago Cahill-Patten
Finley
Gaby Caycedo
Sophie
Ellie-May Doherty
Alex Brook
Carolyn Jerz
Jo
Lauren Jannetti
Officer Jeffreys
Hannah Rody
Inspector Young
Nevada Ross
Holly
Francesca Sakura
Luke
Niklas Salah
Production Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Production Manager
Amelia Thorpe
Stage Manager
XiTong Cao
Deputy Stage Manager
Heather Trevelyan
Prop Supervisor
Chloe Wood
Sound #1
Alexander Hoppe
Sound #2
Peter McNally
Production Lx
Tammy Cheng
Programmer
Ming Ong
PSE
Danielle Small
Sound Assistants
Josh Short
Jaimie Westwell
Production Carpenter
Izzy Barton
Costume Supervisor
Caitlyn Keaney*
Costume Assistant
Ellie Schembri*
Production Support
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Access Coordinator
Sasha Georgette*
Access Support
Joe Gilmour*
Carly McCann*
Louise Wilcox*
The Band
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Drummer
Tom Casson*
Bassist
Sam Edgington*
Guitarist
James Pusey*















