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Photos: CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG UK Tour- First Look
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2025

Mischief, the multi-award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, has released new production photos by Mark Senior for its upcoming festive comedy Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.

Photos: A CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG Cast in Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 9, 2025

You can now get a first look at new rehearsal pictures for Mischief's upcoming festive fiasco, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. Learn more about the show here!

Mischief Will Record THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES Live Ahead of Final West End Performance
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2025

As Mischief's critically acclaimed and hilarious new caper The Comedy About Spies heads to its final West End performance, three performances of the show will be recorded live at London's Noël Coward Theatre

Cast Set for Mischief's CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 11, 2025

With only 167 days until Christmas, Mischief has revealed the complete cast for their new festive fiasco, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. See who is starring and learn more!

Photos: THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES at the Noël Coward Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2025

The first production images have been released from the World Premiere of Mischief’s The Comedy About Spies, which began previews last night at the Noël Coward Theatre. Check out the photos here!

SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Comes To Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 9, 2025

 Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will visit the Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. Spontaneous musical comedy at its finest, this is the first ever long-form improv show to have a full West End run and to win an Olivier Award.

Mischief's THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES Extends West End Run
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2025

An extra 30,000 tickets for Mischief's brand new West End show,  The Comedy About Spies have been released, with the show extended through Summer 2025 by four weeks due to phenomenal demand.  

Review: MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, The Other Palace
by Kat Mokrynski - Jul 31, 2024

After a run at the Vaudeville theatre and on livestream during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Mischief Movie Night returns to London with a run at The Other Palace. The show, which started as Lights! Camera! Improvise! at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, brings the original Mischief Theatre troupe members back to their roots of improvisational comedy

Extra Performances Added to MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT at The Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - Jul 19, 2024

Seven extra performances have been added to the Mischief Movie Night season at The Other Palace this summer.  The season has proved so popular that the original scheduled performances have already sold out.

Original Mischief Gang Will Return With MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT at The Other Palace This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Jul 3, 2024

The original Mischief gang, creators of Mischief’s flagship comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, will return to London and to their comedy roots to present their improvised Mischief Movie Night at The Other Palace for 5 weeks only. 

Mischief Will Return To The Belgrade This Spring With GROAN UPS
by Stephi Wild - Feb 1, 2022

This February, Mischief returns to the Belgrade Theatre with its usual brand of calamitous comedy in Groan Ups. The farcical tale of growing up runs on the Belgrade's Main Stage from Mon 28 Feb – Sat 5 March. 

BWW Review: GROAN UPS, Theatre Royal Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Oct 26, 2021

Following their phenomenal rise to global success with The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, multi award-winning Mischief Theatre return on tour with their brand new comedy all about growing up.

Casting Announced For the UK Tour of GROAN UPS
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2021

Olivier award winning comedy favourites, Mischief, announce full casting for their very first UK tour of Groan Ups. The touring cast presents: Daniel Abbott (Archie), Jamie Birkett (Chemise, Miss Murray), Matt Cavendish (Simon), Killian Macardle (Paul, Mr White), Yolanda Ovide (Moon), Dharmesh Patel (Spencer), Lauren Samuels (Katie), with understudies Paul Brown and Holly Sumpton.

BWW Review: GROAN UPS, King's Theatre
by Fiona Scott - Sep 29, 2021

​Are we really that different from who we were at school? Mischief Theatre’s Groan Ups takes a light-hearted look at this question. This comedy, a diversion from Mischief’s usual “goes wrong” flavour of plays, tugs at the heartstrings but still leaves you in stitches.

BLUFF - a Brand-New Musical Comedy Written Exclusively For Radio is Coming Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2021

Brand-new musical comedy Bluff, written exclusively for radio by Matt Cavendish and Ed Zanders is available to download on Monday 18 October, following a full studio recording with West End cast and musicians at Masterchord Studios London. The full radio-play, complete with foley sound effects, is designed to take the listener on a vivid journey through a larger-than-life world, accompanied by a live studio orchestra.

SHOWSTOPPER! Announces Residency at The Lyric Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2021

The Showstoppers are returning to the West End's Lyric Theatre on Monday 15 November for five months of monthly shows. Prior to this move they have two previously annouced West End shows at the Garrick Theatre on Monday 27 September and Monday 11 October.

Mischief Announces Full Casting For GROAN UPS UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2021

Groan Ups will open at Theatre Royal Bath on 12 August 2021 before touring to Salford, Chester, Sheffield, Oxford, Guildford, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Cardiff, Cambridge, Glasgow, Dartford, Wolverhampton, Norwich, Brighton, Nottingham, Southampton, Aylesbury and Coventry until 5 March 2022. Tickets are on sale now!

Alex Young, Alan Cox, Ryan Kopel and More to Star BLUFF, a New Musical for Radio
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2021

Bluff is a madcap romp through a surreal universe in which everyone lies about everything all of the time. Everyone that is apart from Alec who has been raised 'honest'. As he desperately tries to navigate what is real and what is not, It becomes clear that he must come to terms with his own dark secret, as the world starts to unravel around him. 

The Showstoppers Announce 'Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Livestream - Christmas Special'
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2020

Olivier Award winners The Showstoppers return to your home screens one final time this year to bring some much needed festive cheer into your living room with a special Christmas edition of their improvised musical livestream.

SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Converts Performances to Virtual Format
by Stephi Wild - Nov 6, 2020

One of the last West End shows to be cancelled before lockdown in March, The Showstoppers turned their final performance at the Lyric Theatre into an impromptu online live stream event, which has since been viewed more than 112,000 times.