Mischief Theatre News

Writer, director and performer Adam Meggido blogs for BroadwayWorld about Starship Improvise coming to the Fringe, in what ways a show is better for being improvised and why live performance is so exciting for the cast and the audience.

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Shark Week has been an inescapable part of summer in the U.S.  for 34 years. The fear is real. The fascination is palpable. It ended on Sunday. And finally, a week late, the off-Broadway smash The Play That Goes Wrong will celebrate the nation’s obsession with sharks with its own SHARK WEEK at any performance from August 11-14, offering $34.

With Zodwa Nyoni's The Darkest Part of the Night currently running at Kiln Theatre, Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham has announced the full company for her major revival of Moira Buffini's critically acclaimed Handbagged.

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.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s new comedy, ‘Spike’, is coming to Darlington Hippodrome with a cast including Gavin and Stacey star Robert Wilfort alongside Mischief Theatre’s Patrick Warner and Jeremy Lloyd. 

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

Full casting has been announced for SPIKE - the comedy by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman that had its world premiere at The Watermill Theatre Newbury in January, and will be touring the UK from 6 September.

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.

A fresh and thrilling take on a modern love story from the composer of critically acclaimed Electrolyte. Love, lust and late nights collide in a musical rollercoaster, taking the audience through the euphoria and distress of two people dealing with their own and each other's mental health.

West End Mischief Theatre stars Niall Ransome and Nancy Zamit are among the cast revealed today  for the world premiere of 'Tasting Notes',  a new musical by Richard Baker and Charlie Ryall at Southwark Playhouse.

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. 

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.

The original cast of The Play That Goes Wrong are reprising their roles for two weeks as part of the production's current UK tour, 10 years after they first performed the play at The Old Red Lion Pub Theatre.

Digital Theatre has announced a one off interactive live event with a streaming of Original Theatre’s comedy ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’, combined with live studio interactive hosting by BBC Radio 4 comedian Pippa Evans and guests.

Following the incredible 23 shows announced as part of the Pleasance Futures season, the third and largest official on-sale brings a host of incredible acts to the Pleasance this summer.  With returning Edinburgh Comedy award-winners, international companies, exciting new companies and debut comics, music, cabaret, live podcasts and children's work. 

A unique three-day festival in the heart of west London will celebrate self-created work by LAMDA graduates. The festival has been designed to provide a new platform to support alumni in forging their own careers in the creative industries.

​Mischief Theatre has brought their characteristic “Goes Wrong” spin to several shows on our stages and screens. Their latest collaboration with magicians Penn & Teller, Magic Goes Wrong, is making a stop in Edinburgh at the Festival Theatre as part of their UK tour.