Mischief Theatre

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Mischief Theatre
Formation2008;16 years ago (2008)
TypeTheatre group
PurposeComedy
Location
  • London, England
Artistic director(s)
 Henry Lewis
Website https://mischiefcomedy.com/

Mischief Theatre is a British theatre company that was founded in 2008 by a group of students from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in West London, and directed by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. [1] The group originally began by doing improvised comedy shows, but by 2012, they expanded into comedic theatrical performances that include choreographed routines, jokes, and stunts. [2]

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The company is primarily known for their comedic performances as the fictional theatre company, The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, enacting amateur performances that go wrong. Works by the company includes the award-winning 2012 stage play The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC television series The Goes Wrong Show . Several of the stage performances by the company have been shown in the West End of London, and also in theaters throughout the United Kingdom and across North America and Europe.

History

Mischief Theatre was formed in 2008 by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, while the three were studying in a drama foundation course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [3] The founders selected the company's members, a majority of which were attending the same course, including Dave Hearn, Nancy Zamit, Bryony Corrigan, and Niall Ransome. [4] The company conducted its first performance, Let's See What Happens, at The Questors Studio Theatre in July 2008, [5] which they later performed at The Edinburgh Festival the following month.

In 2012, Lewis, Sayer, and Shields devised the script for The Play That Goes Wrong , originally titled The Murder Before Christmas [6] , a comedic play based on real-life accidents and problems that can occur in stage productions. With the play, the company branched into choreographed performances, including stage combat, stunts, and staged technical malfunctions. The play premiered in London later that year, went on multiple UK tours, and was featured at the 2015 Royal Variety Performance show. Lewis, Sayer, and Shields continued to devise new shows for Mischief Theatre, based on both improvisational comedy and scripted performances, including Lights! Camera! Improvise!, [7] Late Night Impro Fight, [8] and Mischief Movie Night.

The play Peter Pan Goes Wrong made its premiere at the Pleasance Theatre in London in December 2013 before touring the UK in 2014. The production transferred to the West End in London at the Apollo Theatre for a Christmas season run in 2015. [9] In 2016, Mischief Theatre was approached by the BBC to conduct a televised Christmas special consisting of an adaptation of the stage play. The Peter Pan Goes Wrong adaptation proved a success, with the BBC later commissioning the company to develop a new Christmas special in 2017, A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.

On 1 April 2020, Mischief Theatre began a weekly podcast titled "Mischief Makers", which focused on the members of the troupe. [10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mischief Theatre put on improvisational comedy shows (Mischief Movie Night) in open-air venues from late August to early September. [11] They briefly took the show to the Vaudeville Theatre in December before national lockdown procedures caused venues to close, forcing their planned schedule to be cut short. To compensate for this, the company conducted their show online, under the title Mischief Movie Night In. [12] [13]

The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society

The company is most well known for their series of "Goes Wrong" productions wherein they portray the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, struggling to perform amateur shows as they slowly fall apart. In-universe, the troupe is composed of university students who spend their free time outside of classes producing shows, though in recent years, their televised work has been supported by the BBC. [14] For non-European audiences, they are presented as the Cornley University Drama Society.

The characters are maintained across all of the company's "Goes Wrong" productions (with the exception of Magic Goes Wrong ), and their personalities are fleshed out over time. Members of Mischief therefore portray their Cornley characters while also portraying the characters of whatever play they are doing in-universe.

Chris Bean

Chris Bean (originated by Henry Shields) is Cornley's director and primary lead actor. At the helm of most of the troupe's often complicated productions, he is consistently exasperated by his fellow members and the mistakes that inevitably happen, though he is not above the occasional slip-up as well. He views his work as extremely serious and gets hot-headed when others regard it as silly and fun.

Robert Grove

Robert Grove (originated by Henry Lewis) is Cornley's wannabe lead actor, who is frequently at odds with Chris over leading roles. He is bold and brash, believing that the key to a good performance is to simply be louder than everyone else. His niece Lucy is introduced in Peter Pan Goes Wrong and he is often shown as being incredibly critical of her performance.

Dennis Tyde

Dennis Tyde (originated by Jonathan Sayer) is a supporting player within the troupe, though his inability to remember his lines often means he is relegated to playing objects rather than people. The Play That Goes Wrong establishes his stage fright and embarrassment over mistakes, but in succeeding productions he has been characterized more by his extreme forgetfulness and obliviousness instead.

Sandra Wilkinson

Sandra Wilkinson (originated by Charlie Russell) is Cornley's lead actress. Like Chris, she is a comedic foil, often getting annoyed when her fellow actors make mistakes, but is not immune to them. She has a habit of sneaking seductive looks to the audience or camera, which can undermine her previous dialogue or her character in general. Her love life with a few of her fellow actors becomes a recurring plot point across productions.

Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Harris (originated by Greg Tannahill) is a supporting player within the company who often juggles several roles. He plays the lead in Peter Pan Goes Wrong, but in A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong and from then on, his bit roles are characterized by his inability to perform properly due to certain circumstances. He is involved in a few love triangles across the Goes Wrong productions.

Max Bennett

Max Bennett (originated by Dave Hearn) is another supporting player who often gets distracted by the audience's reactions. He is usually cast in supporting roles, despite being one of the troupe's best actors. Along with Dennis, he is one of the kindest and most innocent members of the troupe, most evident in subplots revolving around his ability as an actor or his love life.

Annie Twilloil

Annie Twilloil (originated by Nancy Zamit) is initially introduced as Cornley's stage manager in The Play That Goes Wrong, but is eventually promoted to supporting actress in subsequent productions. Like Jonathan, she tends to juggle several roles in a single production, and often plays men as well.

Trevor Watson

Trevor Watson (originated by Rob Falconer) is Cornley's technical director who later doubles as stage manager when Annie becomes an actress. Although he works behind the scenes, he always somehow makes his presence known; he also occasionally steps up when the troupe is in need of additional actors. He is portrayed by Rob Falconer in The Play That Goes Wrong, but in subsequent productions is played by Chris Leask.

Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carraway

Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carraway (originated by Bryony Corrigan) is the latest addition to the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society as another female player, introduced in The Goes Wrong Show . Her work in the troupe is often characterized by being injured during productions as well as a paralyzing inability to improvise, which only makes things worse when mistakes require it of her. Prior to Vanessa's introduction, Bryony Corrigan was an understudy for The Play That Goes Wrong; she later played a stagehand in Peter Pan Goes Wrong and the BBC receptionist in A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, though it is unknown if these are all separate characters.

Stage productions

The Play That Goes Wrong (2012)

The Play That Goes Wrong is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. [15] It premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012, [16] moved to Trafalgar Studios in 2013, [17] toured the UK and internationally in 2014 and opened to the Duchess Theatre in the West End on 14 September 2014. In the play, The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to put on a 1920s murder mystery, but the performance is beset with increasingly intricate disasters and the accident-prone cast are forced to struggle through every scene.

It won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards and Best New Comedy at the WhatsOnStage.com Awards in 2014 [18]

Its run in London's West End at the Duchess Theatre has been extended multiple times, and is still currently running. [19]

The play transferred to Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in April 2017 with the original West End company. It closed in January 2019 before moving to the Off-Broadway theatre New World Stages and reopening in February 2019, where it continues to run. The Broadway production was followed by two North American touring companies as well as productions at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse in 2022 and The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. from July to August 2023.

The Play that Goes Wrong has been translated and licensed for productions in over 30 other countries, including China, Hungary, France, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Mexico. [20] Notable productions in other languages include Théâtre Tristan Bernard's staging in Paris, France [21] and Teatr Variété's from February 2024 in Kraków, Poland.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields in the 'Goes Wrong' series. It premiered at the Pleasance Theatre in London in December 2013 before touring the UK in 2014 and 2015, [22] and in December 2015 it opened at London's Apollo Theatre. [23] Following widespread critical acclaim, Peter Pan Goes Wrong returned to the Apollo Theatre for a limited run from October 2016 to January 2017. [24] [ better source needed ]

Adapted from the original stage play Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, the play features the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society as they set out to present the classic tale of Peter Pan with comical and disastrous results.

The production was nominated for two Off West End Awards in 2013 for Best Production [25] and Best Ensemble. [26]

Peter Pan Goes Wrong made its Broadway debut at the Barrymore Theater on 17 March 2023 (with an opening date scheduled for 19 April 2023), featuring a majority of the original company, and a number of US Mischief alumni.

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (2016)

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is a comedy play, written by Lewis, Sayer and Shields. [27] The play opened at the West End's Criterion Theatre on 31 March 2016, with an official opening night on 21 April 2016. The production closed on 15 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original cast included: Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Nancy Zamit, Dave Hearn, Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill, Jeremy Lloyd and Chris Leask

The play is directed by Mark Bell, with set design by David Farley and costume design by Roberto Surace. [28]

Lights! Camera! Improvise! and Mischief Movie Night (2009)

Lights! Camera! Improvise! is an improvised comedy show devised and performed by Mischief Theatre. [29] The show was first presented at The Edinburgh Festival in August 2009 [30] and has since been performed across the UK and internationally as well as at The Duchess Theatre in the West End.

In the show, a film collector named Oscar invites the audience to suggest genres, locations and a title for a film which he then finds in his extensive DVD collection. A company of six or seven performers then improvise a long-form narrative based on these ideas under the direction of Oscar.

In 2013 the production won a Spirit of the Fringe Award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [31]

In 2017 the show, renamed Mischief Movie Night, began a limited run at The Arts Theatre in London's West End.

In 2020 Mischief Theatre began live-streaming semi-regular performances of Mischief Movie Night In during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Groan Ups (2019)

Groan Ups was written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, and was the first production of the residency, running from 20 September until 1 December 2019, featuring the original Mischief company and directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward.

Magic Goes Wrong (2019)

Magic Goes Wrong is a collaboration between the company and Penn & Teller that combines the Goes Wrong formula with actual stage magic. The production began previews 14 December 2019, prior to officially opening on 8 January 2020. [32] It had been extended to run until August 2020, [33] but the COVID-19 pandemic shut it down in March. The production reopened on 21 October 2021 at The Apollo Theatre for a strictly limited Christmas run. [34]

The Comedy About Spies (2025)

The Comedy About Spies [35] is the upcoming play written by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields and will open in April 2025 at Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End.

Additional shows

Mischief Theatre returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022. In addition to Mischief Movie Night, Mischief also presented Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle, in which the protagonist is based on a Magic Goes Wrong character, as well as Charlie Russell Aims to Please, a solo show written and starring original company member Charlie Russell.

Outside of the official Mischief productions, company members participated in Starship Improvise at the Festival, partnering up with members of fellow improv-comedy group Showstoppers, including People Just Do Nothing actress Ruth Bratt. [36]

Mischief opened a revised version of Mind Mangler off-Broadway at New World Stages on November 19, 2023. Starring were original company members Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer. [37] Performances ended on January 28, 2024 in preparation for a seven-week West End run in March. [38]

Television productions

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016)

Peter Pan Goes Wrong was adapted for a one-hour television special which was broadcast on 31 December 2016 on BBC One. It featured almost the entire original cast (with the exception of Rob Falconer) and guest starred David Suchet as the narrator. [39]

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)

On 30 December 2017, A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong aired on BBC One, featuring both Dame Diana Rigg and Sir Derek Jacobi. Following the events of the previous year, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society have now been blacklisted by the BBC. Determined to get back on the air, they hijack a live broadcast of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . [40] The special was watched by a reported audience of 4.61 million. [41]

The Goes Wrong Show (2019-21)

On 22 February 2019, it was announced the company would create a six-part BBC One series titled The Goes Wrong Show. Starring the original cast and creatives behind The Play That Goes Wrong, episodes are formatted as half-hour "live" televised stage plays. The series ran for two seasons and an additional Christmas special from December 2019 to November 2021. [42] [43]

Peter Pan Goes Wrong, A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong and The Goes Wrong Show were filmed at dock10 studios. [44]

Awards and nominations

The Play That Goes Wrong Nominations and Awards (UK and Broadway)
YearAward CeremonyCategoryNomineeResult
2014 WhatsOnStage Awards Best New Comedy [45] Won
2015Broadway World UKBest New Play [46] Won
Olivier Awards Best New Comedy [47] Won
2017Broadway.com Audience Choice AwardsFavourite New Play [48] Won
Broadway WorldBest New Play [49] Won
Drama League Awards Best PlayNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play Nigel HookWon
Tony Awards Best Scenic Design of a Play Won
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Set DesignNominated
2019Broadway WorldFunniest Play of the Decade [50] Won
Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Featured Actor in a PlayMatt WalkerNominated
Peter Pan Goes Wrong Nominations and Awards (UK and Broadway)
YearAward CeremonyCategoryNomineeResult
2013Off West End AwardsBest Production [25] Nominated
Best Ensemble [26] Nominated
2016Olivier AwardsBest New Comedy [51] Nominated
2023Drama Desk Awards [52] Best Direction of a PlayAdam MeggidoNominated
Best Costume Design of a PlayRoberto SuraceNominated
Unique Theatrical ExperienceWon
Outer Critic Circle Awards [53] Outstanding New Broadway PlayNominated
Outstanding Scenic DesignSimon ScullionNominated
Outstanding Director of a PlayAdam MeggidoNominated
Drama League Awards [54] Outstanding Production of a PlayNominated
Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards [55] Favorite New PlayWon
Favorite Featured Actor in a PlayMatthew CavendishNominated
Favorite Featured Actress in a PlayNancy ZamitNominated
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery Nominations and Awards
YearAward CeremonyCategoryResult
2017Olivier AwardsBest New Comedy [56] Nominated
2020Mousetrap Awards [57] Power of the EnsembleNominated
Groan Ups Nominations and Awards
YearAward CeremonyCategoryResult
2020Mousetrap AwardsSpectacular SetNominated
Magic Goes Wrong Nominations and Awards
YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2020 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Entertainment or Comedy Play Nominated
2022 WhatsOnStage Awards [58] [59] Best New PlayShortlisted
Best West End ShowShortlisted
Best Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Play Henry LewisShortlisted
Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a PlayJonathan SayerShortlisted
Best Supporting Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a PlayNancy ZamitShortlisted

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