The Play That Goes Wrong

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The Play That Goes Wrong
Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
Date premiered 2012 (2012)
Place premiered Old Red Lion Theatre
Original language English
Genre Comedy
Official site

The Play That Goes Wrong is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. They are all part of the Mischief Theatre Company. It premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012, moved to Trafalgar Studios in 2013, and opened to the Duchess Theatre in the West End on 14 September 2014, where it will remain until at least September 2016.[needs update][1][2][3]

It won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards.[4]

Mischief Theatre Company have also written Peter Pan Goes Wrong which opens at London's Apollo Theatre in December 2015. It will star the original cast from The Play That Goes Wrong.[5]

Reception

The Play That Goes Wrong received positive reviews. Quentin Letts of The Daily Mail gave it five stars out of five, saying "As it all goes awry it becomes hard not to gas yourself with laughter. At one point I feared I was going to hyperventilate."[6] Tim Walker of The Telegraph gave it four out of five stars and called it "a great-looking, brilliantly performed piece".[7]

International

The Play That Goes Wrong has been licensed for productions in China, USA, Australia, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Greece, Israel, Scandinavia, France, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Argentina, Uruguay, Turkey, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and South Africa.[8]

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