The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief’s Olivier Award-winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale, today announces casting for its 2022 UK Tour. The cast includes new and returning performers: Kazeem Tosin Amore as Robert, Colin Burnicle as Chris, Damien James as Dennis, Beth Lilly as Annie, Edi De Melo as Max, Aisha Numah as Sandra, Gabriel Paul as Trevor and Steven Rostance as Jonathan, with understudies Harry Boyd, Mary McGurk, Clare Noy and Will … [Read more...]
Duchess Theatre London Tickets for The Play that Goes Wrong
Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this new hit comedy direct from the West End. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to put 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 get to their final curtain call.
This brilliant new laugh out loud comedy performed by Mischief Theatre Company has enjoyed two successful runs in the West End and was the sell out smash hit of the Edinburgh Festival with its sensational reviews, numerous accolades and awards. The Play That Goes Wrong is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
The Play that Goes Wrong is written by Mischief Theatre company’s Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Mark Bell. Design by Nigel Cook and lighting by Ric Mountjoy.
Purchase tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong
Evenings: Wednesday to Sunday 7.30pm
Matinees: Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm, and Sunday 3.00pm
Running Time: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Age Restrictions: Suitable for ages 8+
Duchess Theatre Seating Plan
The Play That Goes Wrong West End Trailer
The Duchess Theatre London
3-5 Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5LA
Duchess Theatre Venue and Travel Information
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Tube Lines: Piccadilly
Directions from nearest tube: 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.
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
Within Congestion Zone: Yes
Venue Facilities: Bar, Disabled toilets, Infrared hearing loop, Toilets, Wheelchair accessible
Duchess Theatre London UK Brief History
Opening on 25th November, 1929 The Duchess Theatre has one of the smallest proscenium arched in the West End theatres. The circle, which is somewhat narrower than the stalls, was also unusual for the time period. Notable productions at the theatre include, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit in 1942 (which transferred from the Piccadilly Theatre on to St James’ Theatre before arriving at the Duchess Theatre where it completed 1,997 performances.
The 1970′s brought somewhat raunchy shows in the form of The Dirtiest Show in Town for just under 800 performances. In December 1974 the production of Oh, Calcutta! transferred to the theatre from the Royalty Theatre and remained there until 1980. From 1987 to 1990 The Players Theatre company presented Late Joys Victorian Music Hall programme. The mid-90′s saw a successful run of Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress For Dinner which had transferred from the Apollo Theatre in October 1992 and stayed until 1st March, 1997. A further successful production was the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan which run from April to October 1997.
SELECTED RECENT PRODUCTIONS
2000 In January the Duchess became a Really Useful Theatre when Lord Lloyd-Webber’s Really Useful Group and Bridgepoint Capital purchased Stoll Moss Theatres Ltd.
2001 The auditorium was transformed to recreate the Cottesloe in the round layout for Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall, with Bill Nighy and the original National Theatre cast. This was followed by the Irish comedy Alone it Stands.
2002 Life After George with Stephen Dillane. The Glee Club and David Hare returned to the West End with Via Dolorosa prior to the opening of Alan Ayckbourn’s Damsels in Distress.
2003 The year started with Gyles Brandreth’s Zipp! Through the Leaves and Harold Pinter’s Betrayal.
2004 Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone. Coyote on a Fence and Novel Theatre Company’s adaptation of Little Women.
2005 David Suchet in Man and Boy by Terence Rattigan, The Birthday Party revived with Eileen Atkins and Henry Goodman, and Maureen Lipman in Glorious by Peter Quilter.
2006 Stones in his Pockets by Marie Jones, starring Conrad Kemp and John Cronin.
2007 The musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story.
2009 Plague Over England with Michael Feast and Celia Imrie, Collaboration and Taking Sides, with Michael Pennington and David Horowitz, and Endgame with Mark Rylance, Simon McBurney, Miriam Margolyes and Tom Hickey.
2010 Morecambe starring Bob Golding, Ghosts starring Lesley Sharp, The Fantasticks, and Krapp's Last Tape starring Michael Gambon.
2011 Simon Gray's Butley starring Dominic West and Paul McGann, Ruby Wax: Losing It, and The Pitmen Painters.
2012 The RSC's Written on the Heart, The Hurly Burly Show, Our Boys starring Laurence Fox and Arthur Darvill.
2013 Alan Bennett's Untold Stories starring Alex Jennings, August Wilson's Fences starring Lenny Henry and Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui starring Henry Goodman.
2014 Bakersfield Mist starring Kathleen Turner, then The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong announces new UK Tour for 2022
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG IS BACK ON TOUR! CRASHING INTO THEATRES NATIONWIDE FROM 20 APRIL 2022 The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale, will return to its touring roots and embark on its fifth UK tour this spring. The production will open at Theatre Royal Bath on 20 April before visiting Mold, Southend, Leicester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Bristol, Sheffield, Hull, Milton Keynes … [Read more...]
The Play That Goes Wrong new cast announced
The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit, today announces that a new cast at the Duchess Theatre from Tuesday 26th February 2019. Awarded the 2014 Whatsonstage.com Best New Comedy, the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a Tony award for the Broadway transfer, The Play That Goes Wrong continues to delight audiences in the West End. The remarkable rags-to-riches story shows no signs of slowing down for a play which started its life at a London fringe venue with … [Read more...]
The Play That Goes Wrong Celebrates its 4th Birthday with Booking Extension
The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit, astoundingly celebrates its fourth birthday today by announcing a new booking period with tickets going on sale until 27 October 2019. Awarded the 2014 Whatsonstage.com Best New Comedy, the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a Tony award for the Broadway transfer, The Play That Goes Wrong continues to miraculously delight audiences in the West End. The remarkable rags-to-riches story shows no signs of slowing down for … [Read more...]
Katie Piper – What’s In My Head – Duchess Theatre, London | Review
For the uninitiated, like me, Katie Piper is kind enough to provide a brief overview of the circumstances that led her to become an author and broadcaster. Acid attacks are, unpalatably, topical at the time of writing – a fortnight before this performance of Piper’s one-woman show, What’s In My Head?, a young lady in Brixton, south London, found herself the victim of a ‘suspected’ acid attack, and received hospital treatment for injuries sustained. Piper’s own experience, in March 2008, resulted … [Read more...]