The show that goes wrong is doing something right, making London audiences laugh since 2014. Book tickets to The Play That Goes Wrong on Box Office.
Mischief Theatre Company, which created the show, is now globally famous and has multiple successful shows to its name. See the play that started it all. The Play That Goes Wrong was an instant smash in the West End, where it won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and in New York, where it has run since 2017.
Forgetful actors, broken sets, and missing props would normally spell a show’s closing, but at The Play That Goes Wrong, every mishap is part of the laughs. An amateur theatre troupe must weather all this and more just to make it through opening night of their new murder mystery play.
London Theatre hails the play as “divinely daft, gloriously preposterous and utterly silly.” It’s impossible to go wrong with a night out at The Play That Goes Wrong — book tickets on Box Office now.
Assisted performances
BSL - Friday 16 May 2025 at 7:30pm, Sunday 23 November 2025 at 3pm
CAPTIONED - Friday 11th Oct 2024 at 7:30pm, Sunday 18 May 2025 at 3pm, Sunday 16 November 2025 at 3pm
AUDIO DESCRIBED - Friday 23 May 2025 at 7:30pm, Friday 21 November 2025 at 7:30pm
2hr. Incl. 1 interval.
18th June, 2021
Plays, Comedy, Family / Kid-friendly, West End
Ages 8+.
Your name and email will be passed to the venue to enable covid-safe attendance through a pre-visit check-in email. Look out for this email 48 hrs prior to the performance. The wearing of masks is encouraged.
By: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
Director: Mark Bell
Producer: Kenny Wax Ltd and Stage Presence Ltd
Cast list: Owen Jenkins (as Robert), Daniel Fraser (as Chris), Joe Bolland (as Jonathan), Hannah Sinclair Robinson (as Sandra), Jordan Akkaya (as Trevor), Billie Hamer (as Annie), Daniel Anthony (as Dennis), Jay Olpin (as Max)
Design: Nigel Hook
Costumes: Roberto Surace
Lighting: Ric Mountjoy
Sound: Andy Johnson
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Aldwych) RV1, 6, 11, 13, 23, 59, 68, 87, 171, 172, 188, X68
Night bus numbers: (Aldwych) 6, 23, 188, N11, N13, N26, N47, N68, N87, N89, N155, N171, N551
Car park: Drury Lane, Parker Street (5mins)
Directions from tube: (5mins) Go right on Long Acre; turn right into Bow Street and after 100 metres turn left (Russell Street) then immediately right onto Catherine Street, where the theatre is located 100 metres down.
Do not miss the multi award-winning international smash hit THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG now the longest running comedy in the West End.
The Cornley Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue!
Hailed “a gut-busting hit” by the New York Times, Mischief’s THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is stumbling through its eighth chaotic year at London’s Duchess Theatre, and has unexpectedly received a host of celebrity endorsements from the likes of Joanna Lumley “We laughed until the tears ran down our faces, it has to be seen” to Ant & Dec “The funniest show we’ve seen! If you can get a ticket, go!”
Don’t miss this brilliantly funny comedy, guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.
Day of week | Matinee | Evening |
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Monday | - | - |
Tuesday | - | 7:30 PM |
Wednesday | - | 7:30 PM |
Thursday | - | 7:30 PM |
Friday | - | 7:30 PM |
Saturday | 2:30 PM | 7:30 PM |
Sunday | 3:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong... does! The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!
The Play That Goes Wrong is 2hr. Incl. 1 interval.
Duchess Theatre.
The price for tickets to The Play That Goes Wrong starts at £25.
Ages 8+.
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