‘Wrong’ play is oh, so right
THE Play That Goes Wrong, is back on the road following the phenomenal sell-out success of the last tour.
The Olivier award-winning West End smash hit comedy is set to come to The Liverpool Empire from July 9 -14.
Winning 11 international awards, including the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a 2017 Tony Award for its Broadway transfer, The Play That Goes Wrong continues to play to sold out houses in the West End, whilst enjoying its new status as Broadway’s longest running play.
It is a remarkable rags-to-riches story for a play which started its life at a London fringe venue with only four paying members of the public at the first performance, and has since played to an audience of almost 1,500,000 worldwide.
Co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, The Play That Goes Wrong is a highly physical comedy packed with finely-tuned farce and Buster Keaton-inspired slapstick delivered with split-second timing and ambitious daring.
The play introduces The ‘Cornley Pol- ytechnic Drama Society’ who are attempting to put on a 1920s murder mystery but, as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong... does, as the accident prone thespians battle on against all the odds to get to their final curtain call.
“Why would all these regional theatres want a return visit of our little murder mystery show when last year’s tour went so badly wrong.
“I am at a loss to understand it.” – producer, Kenny Wax
Mischief Theatre was founded in 2008 by a group of graduates of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and began as an improvised comedy group.
Their other production The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is now booking into its third year in the West End at the Criterion Theatre and their new improv show Mischief Movie Night opens in the West End in December.
In December 2016, Mischief made their TV debut on the BBC with Peter Pan Goes Wrong, starring David Suchet as the guest narrator.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Olivier Award nominee 2016) also enjoyed two sell-out West End seasons in addition to a UK tour.
Mischief returned to BBC One last Christmas with A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, in front of a live studio audience.
For more information and to book tickets go to www.atgtickets.com/liverpool