The Play That Goes Wrong
London’s Landmark Comedy
Disrupting the West End for over a decade, London’s landmark comedy The Play That Goes Wrong continues to wreak havoc in its 12th year at the Duchess Theatre.
You all know the classic whodunnit story, there has been a murder at a country manor and an inspector is set on the case to uncover the culprit. But when this story falls into the hands of the accident-prone thespians of The Cornley Drama Society, everything that can go wrong… does!
As the actors and crew battle against all odds to make it to their final curtain call, the production descends into total mayhem, with hilarious consequences. Will the mystery of who murdered Charles Haversham ever be solved? You’ll have to see for yourself!
Experience the perfect slice of escapist comedy – packed with perfectly timed chaos and guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.
Families can enjoy theatre for less this Summer: Children’s tickets are available at a reduced price for shows between 25 June and 1 September as part of the Government’s Great British Summer Savings initiative. Simply add your tickets to your basket, then on the Review Basket page change the ticket type from ‘Standard’ to ‘Under 18’ for any children attending. For even greater savings, there is also a family ticket package (with a minimum of one child attending) – scroll down to the Family Tickets section for more info.
As one of London’s best-loved comedy plays, The Play That Goes Wrong is a great choice for audiences looking for a fun night out in the West End. Staged at the Duchess Theatre, its mix of physical comedy, quick-fire gags and inventive staging has made it a long-running favourite with families, groups and comedy fans.
Book The Play That Goes Wrong direct with Nimax Theatres via the Duchess Theatre Box Office for official tickets, no booking fees, and options for groups and schools.
As part of the Government’s Great British Summer Savings initiative, families can enjoy theatre for less this Summer.
£200-£250 for a Family of Four:
Book Family Ticket Online >
Valid For: Tuesday – Thursday & Sunday 7pm performances between 25 June and 27 August and not available in conjunction with any other offers.
Enjoy the perfect night out in the West End, with a two-course meal at STEREO plus a great ticket to The Play That Goes Wrong, all from £67.50.
Access performances at Nimax Theatres are now available to purchase online. You can purchase up to two tickets online for the below performances.
Access Seating:
For all performances, you can select up to two seats at our discounted access rate of 50% off per person. These include:
- Wheelchair park and companion seats
- End-of-aisle seating
- Central row seating
Step-free access to the Stalls is via a Domino Zonzini stair climber.
If you’ll remain in your wheelchair choose wheelchair spaces. For all other access requirements including transferring, choose access tickets.
Upcoming Access Performances:
To make a wheelchair transfer booking, purchase more than two tickets or to discuss your seating requirements further, please contact our Access team on 0330 333 4815 or access@nimaxtheatres.com.
Groups Rate (10+ Tickets)
Rate: £37 per ticket (reduced from £72.50 – £67.50)
Seats: Stalls & Dress Circle
Valid For: Tuesday – Friday & Sunday evening performances
Exclusion Dates: 25 – 31 May 2026, 24 Jul – 30 Aug 2026, 23 – 31 Oct 2026, 18 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027, 12 Feb 2027 – 21 Feb, 26 Mar 2027 – 11 Apr, 28 May 2027 – Sun 6 Jun, 23 Jul 2027 – 29 Aug 2027
Groups Rate (25+ Tickets)
Rate: £32.50 per ticket (reduced from £72.50 – £67.50)
Seats: Stalls & Dress Circle
Valid For: Tuesday – Friday & Sunday evening performances
Exclusion Dates: 25 – 31 May 2026, 24 Jul – 30 Aug 2026, 23 – 31 Oct 2026, 18 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027, 12 Feb 2027 – 21 Feb, 26 Mar 2027 – 11 Apr, 28 May 2027 – Sun 6 Jun, 23 Jul 2027 – 29 Aug 2027
Full price groups (10+) available on all performances.
Schools & Education Rate (10+ Tickets)
Rate: £23 per ticket (reduced from £72.50 – £67.50 / £60 – £55), 1 free teacher ticket for every 10 students
Seats: Stalls & Dress Circle
Valid For: Tuesday – Thursday performances
Exclusion Dates: 25 – 31 May 2026, 24 Jul – 30 Aug 2026, 23 – 31 Oct 2026, 18 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027, 12 Feb 2027 – 21 Feb, 26 Mar 2027 – 11 Apr, 28 May 2027 – Sun 6 Jun, 23 Jul 2027 – 29 Aug 2027
Discover Mischief’s education programme by downloading the Learning Resource Pack or by visiting Learn With Mischief.
Ruby Ablett
Annie
Ruby trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She was nominated for Best Comic at the UK Pantomime Awards in 2023 and 2025.
Theatre Includes: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre for the West End), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep), Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Aladdin, Rapunzel (both Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), The Great Murder Mystery: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Lost Estate), The Threepenny Opera & A Christmas Carol (Bolton Octagon), Wind in the Willows (Derby Theatre), Dick Whittington (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Alice in Wonderland (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), Why is the Sky Blue? (Southwark Playhouse), 8: A Steampunk Opera (The Other Palace), Double Act (Polka Theatre), The True History of Julia Pastrana (Hope Mill Theatre), Brass (Hackney Empire & Leeds City Varieties).
Film includes: CC: Emily (Working Title), Infracktion (British Horror Film Festival Award Winner); Jane Austen’s Guide to 21st Century Dating (History Bombs).
Alex Bird
Dennis
Alex trained at The Arts University Bournemouth.
Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (West End/UK Tour); The Play That Goes Wrong (West End); The Changeling (Southwark Playhouse); Ghostbusters (Secret Cinema); Romeo and Juliet (UK Tour/Edinburgh Fringe Assembly Rooms); Love’s Labour’s Lost (UK Tour); I’d Be Lost Without It (Salisbury Playhouse, UK Tour); Pride and Prejudice (China Tour); Great Expectations (UK Tour); Boys (Lost Theatre, London).
This is Alex’s dream show, and he’s so thrilled to be back.
Raphael Bushay
Robert
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Theatre includes: Twelfth Night, Peter Pan, and Henry V (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); The Crucible (National Theatre and West End); Oklahoma! (Young Vic and West End); Don Quixote (RSC); Red Riding Hood (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Tempest and Henry V (Shakespeare’s Rose); Queen of Chapeltown (West Yorkshire Playhouse); As You Like It (Lamb Players); Fantastic Mr Fox (UK and UAE tour); and Kampala (Arcola).
Television includes: Holby City.
Joshua Lendon
Max
Josh is ecstatic to be making his West End debut in The Play That Goes Wrong.
On Stage: Treasure Island (Orange Tree Theatre), Look Who’s All Grown Up (The Space Theatre), The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told (Hobgoblin Tour)
On Screen: The Soldier’s Camera (Blackpoint Media), The History of Britain (Hobgoblin)
Adverts: Tinder, Fujifilm, Wagamama
Voice Over work: Defeated (BBC), Duskbloods (FromSoftware), Sleep Well, Little Crocodile (Toniebox)
Training: École Philippe Gaulier, National Youth Theatre
Josh is beyond excited to goof around with the Mischief Mob. He would like to thank his agent, friends & family for their unconditional love, support and for being his first audience.
Kieron Michael
Trevor
Kieron is an actor, singer and writer from Newcastle Upon Tyne and trained at Manchester School of Theatre.
His stage credits include: The Worst Princess (UK tour, Full House Theatre Co), Cirque Du Hilarious (UK Touring Circus), Cherryade Supernova, Where Did All The Magpies Go and Down The Lines (Customs House), Hamlet and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Theatre Space NE), Live Writes (Live Theatre Newcastle), Daisy Donald (UK Tour Blackbird Theatre Company) The Edge (UK Tour, Hooley Theatre Company) and The Monster (National Theatre Tokyo).
In Pantomime: Jack and The Beanstalk, Beauty and The Beast, Peter Pan and Wendy and Alice In Wonderland (Gala Durham), Aladdin and Robin Hood (Customs House) and Snow White (AJ Productions).
Film and television includes: Glasshouse (Three Lanes Productions), TNT Sports Commercial and The Brook, (Hazy Pine Pictures).
Matthew Spencer
Chris
Matthew trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and he has worked extensively throughout Theatre and Screen.
His credits include:
Theatre: Troilus and Cressida (The Globe), Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The White Factory (Marylebone Theatre), The Woman in Black (West End, Fortune Theatre), Amadeus (National Theatre), 1984 (Almeida/Playhouse Theatre, UK and International Tour), Animal Farm (Birmingham Rep), Haunting Julia and The Invisible Man (Queen’s Theatre), Macbeth (Orange Tree Theatre), Sleuth (Watermill Theatre), The Busy Body (Southwark Playhouse), Blast Off (Soho Theatre), War Horse (West End/National Theatre), This Happy Breed (Theatre Royal Bath), Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End and UK Tour), Bent (Trafalgar Studios), Tartuffe (Watermill Theatre and UK Tour).
TV credits: Slow Horses (Apple TV), Weapon of Mass Destruction (TNT), Trying (BBC studios/Apple TV), The Girlfriend Experience (Amazon Prime)
Film credits: Magpie (55 films), The Man You’re Not (FMW Films), Alice (Ruby Films/Film 4).
Lucinda Turner
Sandra
Lucinda trained at LAMDA. Her theatre credits include: The Gods The Gods The Gods (Wright & Grainger), Ada Thorne in Peaky Blinders: The Rise (Hartshorn-Hook Productions), Daisy in The Great Gatsby (Hartshorn-Hook Productions), Mary/Lady Russell/Mrs Clay in Persuasion (Theatre6), Alice in Class Mates (Arcola Theatre).
TV & Film credits include: Vanity Fair (ITV), Will (Turner Network TV), The Sky Looks Different in Chicago (WildSky Films), The Magpie (Compact Film Productions), The Day She Ate the Stars (Long Story Short Productions), Pianist in a Brothel (Crude Studios)
Lucinda has also executive produced and starred in the multi award-winning short film Dear Dorothy, depicting the forgotten story of the only female soldier to fight in WWI.
Lucinda is excited to be making her West End Debut as Sandra in The Play That Goes Wrong.
Luke Wilson
Jonathan
Luke Wilson trained at RADA. His work in theatre includes: Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC; Rockets & Blue Lights for the RNT; Under the Sun for The Royal Court; The Mountain Top for Chipping Norton Theatre; Bootycandy at the Gate Theatre; Run it Back for Talawa; Fragments of a Complicated Mind at Theatre503; Romeo and Juliet for Red Rose and Chain; Twelfth Night at Southwark Playhouse; La Bayadere at the Royal Opera House; Twelfth Night for The Handle Bards; The Odyssey Festival (Promethius Unbound) with Dame Janet Suzman at Cadogan Hall; Shakespeare Birthday Luncheon (The Pragnell Shakespeare Birthday Award) with Dame Judi Dench; The Scottsboro Boys for Fiery Angel and The Lion King for Disney both in the West End.
Most recently Luke appeared in the Summer Rep. Season in Pitlochry and the UK Tour of Calamity Jane playing Lt. Danny Gilmartin.
Luke is delighted to be joining the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong.
Harry Al-Adwani
Understudy
Harry grew up in North Lincolnshire and trained in Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, with the Judi Dench/Andy Stewart Scholarship.
Theatre Credits include: Waving (Etcetera Theatre), Pilgrimage (Old Red Lion Theatre), Taking Orders (Old Red Lion Theatre) and Prodigy (The Other Palace).
Screen credits include: Lady Eleanor’s Portrait (Short Film) and Edging (TV Pilot).
Commercial credits include: Eurostar and McDonald’s.
Harry is very excited to be making his West End debut and would like to thank his wonderful agent, friends and family – especially his mum – who have supported him to get here.
Will Bishop
Understudy
Will is an actor and writer based in London. He trained at LAMDA, graduating in 2019. This is his second show with Mischief.
Theatre credits include Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (UK Tour and West End), Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (Park Theatre), This Be The Verse (Hen & Chickens Theatre) and I Have Heard You Calling in the Night (Union Theatre Southwark). Recent screen credits include Odd Squad (CBBC) and the Fairy Platinum Plus Advert.
Will has written the plays Anadiplosis (Hen & Chickens) and Goodbye Cow (The Glitch), and with his writing partner Colm Gleeson he has also written for screen and audio. In 2021, Will and Colm co-wrote and performed I Have Heard You Calling In The Night, which went on to become an award-winning short film, and most recently co-created ASBO BOZO (Riverside Studios) with writer Georgina Duncan. He is co-head of development at Calling Productions, which has just completed its second film.
Phoenix Edwards
Understudy
Training: LAMDA, RADA.
Theatre includes: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Palace theatre), BIOGRAPHY OF A CONSTELLATION (Orange Tree Theatre), WINDRUSH GIRL (UK Tour), THE LITTLE PRINCE (UK Tour).
Television includes: WE ARE LADY PARTS (Channel 4).
Tom Quinn
Understudy
Tom trained at East 15.
Theatre credits include: War Horse (International Tour, National Theatre & Anniversary Tour); Spitting Image the Musical (West End & Birmingham REP); The Leftbehinds (National Theatre R&D); Dinosaur World Live (London & US Tour); The Mousetrap (St Martins, West End); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Duke of Yorks, West End), Dragons & Mythical Beasts (UK Tour).
Direction credits include: Dinosaur World Live (Associate Director); Taskmaster Live (Assistant Director)
TV credits include: I Con (E4).
Paige Round
Understudy
Paige grew up in Cannock in the Midlands, and trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre Credits include – “Jack and The Beanstalk” at Park Theatre, “Hurling Rubble at the Moon” at Park Theatre, “A Midsummer Nights Dream” for Watch Your Head, “Faceless” at Park Theatre, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” UK Tour for Blackeyed Theatre, “Tartuffe” for The Birmingham Rep, “The Swearing Jar” for New Perspectives and “Christmas Carol Goes Wrong” for Mischief/Kenny Wax.
TV credits include – “Doctors” for BBC, “D.I.Ray” for ITV and “Tartuffe” BBC IPlayer, Birmingham Rep Production.
Paige is beyond excited to be returning to the Mischief family and be joining the incredibly talented cast of “The Play That Goes Wrong”.
Henry Lewis
Author
Jonathan Sayer
Author
Henry Shields
Author
Mark Bell
Original Director
Matt DiCarlo
Director
Nigel Hook
Designer
Ric Mountjoy
Lighting
Roberto Surace
Costume Designer
Rob Falconer
Original Music
Andy Johnson
Sound Designer
Anna Marshall
Associate Director
Lexie Ward
Resident Director
★★★★★‘I feared I was going to hyperventilate’
DAILY MAIL
★★★★‘A joyous show builds to a delirious climax’
FINANCIAL TIMES
★★★★‘A triumph of split second timing’
METRO
★★★★‘Exquisitely choreographed mayhem’
THE INDEPENDENT
‘A masterpiece of malfunction’
THE TIMES
‘A gut-busting hit’
NEW YORK TIMES
‘Ridiculously funny’
THE TIMES
‘We laughed until the tears ran down our faces’
JOANNA LUMLEY
‘Best thing we’ve ever seen’
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN
‘Brilliant! Just brilliant! I haven’t laughed so hard for aaaaaages’
ANT & DEC
‘I actually peed my pants…’
CATE BLANCHETT
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