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The Play That Goes Wrong at Alexandra Theatre

Why see The Play That Goes Wrong?

the worldwide phenomenon 

Scripted by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, The Play that Goes Wrong is an uproarious hour of slapstick humour, blubbered mispronunciations and perfectly timed sight gags, revolving around an amateur theatre production that's seemingly doomed to failure despite (or maybe because of) the cast's best efforts.

The show originally landed in London at Trafalgar Studio 2, where it was heralded by Telegraph theatre critic Charles Spencer as the funniest thing he'd seen since Noises Off. Those responsible, Mischief Theatre (formerly known as The Scat Pack), are a comedy theatre company first formed in 2008 by a group of graduates and students of The London Academy of Music & Art. Since their debut work in 2008, these talented imps have staged productions all over the UK and now dominate the West End with their bonkers productions.

What's The Play That Goes Wrong About?

After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to put on a 1920s murder mystery play in the West End. But as the hopeless thesps discover to their horror, everything that could go pear-shaped, does, with hilarious consequences. Corpses that can't lie still, props which disappear and reappear at the wrong time and a set that is literally falling apart will all ring true to any amateur performers out there (although hopefully, not quite to this degree). Couple all this with a Butler whose talent for garbling simple phrases is rivalled only by Fawlty Towers' Manuel and you have a production which probably won't be up for any Olivier Awards anytime soon...

Key Information

Audience

Suitable for ages 10+

Run Time

Two hours and five minutess including a 20 minutes interval

Dates

Finished 21 May 2022

Cast

Kazeem Tosin Amore as Robert
Colin Burnicle as Chris
Damien James as Dennis
Beth Lilly as Annie
Edi De Melo as Max
Aisha Numah as Sandra
Gabriel Paul as Trevor
Steven Rostance as Jonathan 

Understudies
Harry Boyd, Mary McGurk, Clare Noy and Will Taylor

Creative

Created by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shield
Directed by Mark Bell
Design by Nigel Hook
Lighting by Ric Mountjoy
Costume design by Roberto Surace

Awards

2015 Olivier Award wins

Best New Comedy

Reviews

Customer reviews

10 reviews, average rating: (4.1 Stars)

Pippa

Made me cry

I loved it. There were times when I was crying with laughter & times I could hardly breathe because of laughing. Then there were moments when I could gather myself but could hear another audience members laughing. The script was clever (& funny) & the action hilarious. Afterwards I asked my son what his favourite part was & we kept remembering different things & laughing at the memory. We decided we didn’t have a favourite moment… We went on a Tuesday night & I couldn’t see an empty seat anywhere in the dress circle. ... Read more

Mark

Superb

Anyone who doesn’t enjoy this really has had a sense of humour bypass .. I’m not a fan of live theatre in general but this has converted me .. the comic timing / acting and fun was quite simply superb from all involved .. absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏 ... Read more

Craig Llewellyn

Laugh out loud brilliant

Quite simply the best thing I’ve ever watched. Hilarious from start to finish. ... Read more

News

The Tour That Goes Wrong

The Tour That Goes Wrong

Kitty, February 15th, 2022
A gloriously silly cornucopia of slapstick humour, blubbered mispronunciations and perfectly timed sight gags, revolving around an amateur theatre production, TPTGW is now entering its 10th year of going wrong!...
Read more

The Tour That Goes Wrong

The Tour That Goes Wrong
Kitty, February 15th, 2022
A gloriously silly cornucopia of slapstick humour, blubbered mispronunciations and perfectly timed sight gags, revolving around an amateur theatre production, TPTGW is now entering its 10th year of going wrong!...
Read more

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