West End comedy to raise spirits at theatre this Christmas

A West End comedy phenomenon has been confirmed as the Christmas show for the Theatre Royal Bath.

The theatre will host family entertainment in the Main House this Christmas, as the international smash-hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong will now run from December 17 until January 10.

This coincides with the reopening of the London production, which is now enjoying its sixth year at the Duchess Theatre.

The comedy replaces the previously announced pantomime, Cinderella, which has been postponed until December 2021. As with other theatres around the country, pantomime is not possible with the reduced capacity of a socially distanced auditorium. Theatre Royal Bath director Danny Moar said: “We are thrilled to be able to bring back the fantastic Mischief Theatre and one of the most popular shows of the last ten years, The Play That Goes Wrong, to keep families and theatregoers laughing and smiling at the end of a very difficult year.”

The show has won multiple awards internationally, including the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

It features the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong does. As the accident-prone thesps battle against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue.