The Comedy About Spies
It’s interesting to think what might have happened if then-youthful fringe troupe Mischief Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wrong had never quite made it to the West End, where it’s been sitting for a decade following a two year rise through London’s smaller venues. One wonders if Michief would have stayed together or gone their seperate way without their signature hit. Certainly it’s hard to imagine they’d have sent such a colossal volume of comedy plays to the West End in subsequent years, which have included Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Magic Goes Wrong and Groan Ups, as well as a couple of improv-based shows. Their latest opus is The Comedy About Spies, which does exactly as it says on the label, being a ’60s-set farce about the scrapes that ensue when a rogue British agent steals a top secret weapon. Written by the company’s Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, you can’t ever say you don’t know what you’re getting with Mischief, but it’s nothing if not solid mainsatream comedy entertainment.
Casting is TBA though the above image of the cast who did a scene at the Royal Variety Performance is probably quite a good clue (although not Alan Carr or Amanda Holden).