Lewis Henry News

What did our critic think of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre? She couldn't stop laughing through the whole show.

The Theatre Group at SBCC announces auditions for the fall comedy, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, directed by Saundra McClain, by appointment Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Garvin Theatre.

The long running hit, The Play That Goes Wrong has a whole lotta changes going on and is celebrating a few milestones. It plays at New World Stages. Beginning Monday July 25, Chris Lanceley takes over the role of Chris Bean, Chris French goes on as Jonathan, and Russell Mernagh temporarily joins the company in the role of Max until August 22.

A selection of rehearsal images has become available from two of Mischief’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 shows Charlie Russell Aims To Please (Written and performed by Charlie Russell) and Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle (By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, performed by Lewis and Sayer). Go inside the rehearsal room below.

BWW catches up with Starship Improvise to chat about coming to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mischief, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery as well as BBC comedy series The Goes Wrong Show, announced the full cast for the return of Mischief Movie Night, the improvised movie live on stage.

Playful People Productions presents The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong by the award-winning team of Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields.

Violinist Timothy Shi has won the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra's 2022 Henry Lewis Concerto Competition. Shi will join the New Jersey Symphony to perform the first movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, at the Symphony's outdoor summer concerts, June 24–July 2 in venues across the state.

An award-winning and impactful theatre company headed by Randall King, Founding Artistic Director, and Cathleen King, Executive Director, The Stage has curated a diverse array of acclaimed hits, custom adaptations, and exciting new works for its 2022-2023 season including two world premieres, a regional premiere, Tony-honored plays, and an exciting musical capping the season.

Stage West has announced the lineup for its 44th season! The new season will feature six shows, two of which will be co-productions.

Pavement Ends Studios has announced its inaugural youth theatre tour of Mischief Theatre Company's The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong, playing the Alpine Lodge Rail Haus in Red River, New Mexico June 15-19, 2022. The production began in Cherokee, Oklahoma as Cherokee High School's 2021 class 4A state championship play directed by Jason Paris.

Due to breakthrough cases in the company, all remaining performances of The Play That Goes Wrong in Chicago have been cancelled. 

The original cast of The Play That Goes Wrong will reunite for 2 weeks only to perform the production to UK audiences for the first time in over 5 years. Performances run at Opera House Manchester, 30 May – 4 June 2022, and Theatre Royal Newcastle, 6 – 11 June 2022 as part of the current UK tour.  

The New Jersey Symphony presents free outdoor concerts in Newark, Toms River and Metuchen and returns to the Giralda Music and Arts Festival in Madison. The family-friendly program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa's ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant,” Rossini's Overture to The Barber of Seville, Florence Price's “Juba Dance” and more.

With the return of Salisbury International Arts Festival imminent, Artistic Director of Wiltshire Creative Gareth Machin today announces the line up the company's Autumn/Winter season.

Mercury Theatre, led by Executive Director, Steve Mannix and Executive Producer, Tracey Childs, today announce their forthcoming season into 2023.

Mischief has released a brand new trailer for the Olivier Award-winning box office hit The Play That Goes Wrong, the longest running comedy in the West End that’s currently blundering through its eighth catastrophic year at the Duchess Theatre. 

This dark new comedy is written by Henry Shields and directed by Henry Lewis, with cast and creative team to be announced. The production opens on 5 October at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, with previews from 30 September, before transferring to Salisbury Playhouse from 18 October – 5 November.

1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all comedy theatre company, has announced their 2022-2023 season of laughs coming to Plays & Players Theatre in Center City, Philadelphia. Of note, the company will stage the professional regional premiere of the international hit sensation THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, coming in 2023, along with new stagings of two of 1812's popular hits, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS and BROADS.

Performances of The Play That Goes Wrong have been cancelled through Monday, May 9 due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases.