The Play That Goes Wrong: 3rd Edition (Modern Plays)

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Ellie Morris as Lucy Grove - an actress who suffers from stage fright, anxiety and distress, mostly due to her uncle Robert's harsh training of her acting skills. The play premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012, and moved to Trafalgar Studios in 2013. The play then opened at the Duchess Theatre in the West End on 14 September 2014, where it remains as the longest-running play since the theatre opened in 1929. [2] The direction is by Mark Bell. The cast included Henry Shields as Chris, Dave Hearn as Max, Rob Falconer as Trevor, Henry Lewis as Robert, Charlie Russell as Sandra, Jonathan Sayer as Dennis, Greg Tannahill as Jonathan, and Nancy Zamit as Annie. Sets are designed by Nigel Hook and built by Splinter Scenery. Costumes are designed by Roberto Surace. [3] [4] UK tours (2014–present) [ edit ]

Best New Comedy". Olivier Awards. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 16 April 2015. The Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play.This new play from Mischief Theatre is different from the productions above in that the audiences won't be seeing anything going wrong. Instead, it's a tightly written farce that has been scripted by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields - the same trio that have penned the group's other shows. The national tour went out again in 2023 with a stop at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, but has not announced any additional tour dates at this time. a b c d e "The Goes Wrong Show cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 13 January 2020. The Second National tour launched in the fall of 2019 and continued until the COVID-19 pandemic caused it to shut down ahead of schedule. Cast members included Chris Lanceley as Chris, Chris French as Jonathan, Michael Thatcher as Robert, Jacqueline Jarrold as Sandra, Todd Buonopone as Dennis, and Adam Petherbridge as Max. Bianca Horn initially played Annie before returning to the Off-Broadway company. She was replaced by Ashley D. Kelley. Jason Bowen also initially played Trevor before swapping places with off-Broadway's Ryan Vincent Anderson. Jonathan Sayer as Dennis Tyde - an actor entrusted with small roles, including animals and inanimate objects, due to his inability to remember lines and his misinterpretation of stage directions and instructions.

The plot for each episode of the programme focuses on the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society having the opportunity to conduct a play on live television before a live studio audience. As with the stage performances conducted by Mischief Theatre as the fictional theatre company, all productions and events done by the Cornley group tend to go wrong due to issues with props and stage pieces, mistakes with lines, and problematic accidents; in some cases, the play goes wrong right from the start due to a mistake setting it up.

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The play toured North America, starting in September 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [14] [12] The original tour cast included Brandon J. Ellis as Trevor, Evan Alexander Smith as Chris, Yaegel T. Welch as Jonathan, Peyton Crim as Robert, Scott Cote as Dennis, Jamie Ann Romero as Sandra, Ned Noyes as Max, and Angela Grovey as Annie. Also on the tour as understudies were Michael Thatcher, Sid Solomon, Blair Baker, and Jacqueline Jarrold. It’s all gone extraordinarily well for British comedy troupe Mischief, whose franchise has extended to multiple stage shows, Broadway transfers and a BBC spin-off. Original pub-theatre hit The Play That Goes Wrong is now performed in more than 30 countries, and this Duchess Theatre production is the longest-running comedy in the West End. Following the success of the first series, the BBC commissioned a second series which premiered its first episode on 27 September 2021. A touring production began in Australia at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne from February 2017, before heading to Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth. [13] US Tour (2018) [ edit ] Guide, British Comedy (14 February 2020). "The Goes Wrong Show gets second series". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 18 February 2020.

Another standout in the current The Play That Goes Wrong cast is Ross Virgo, whose actor is so chuffed by any audience response that he immediately breaks character to grin inanely. When he snaps his sword mid-fight, he makes sound effects for it, like a child vocalising a lightsaber.Walker, Tim (18 September 2014). "The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre, review: 'delightful' ". The Telegraph . Retrieved 16 April 2015.