The story of a comedy about an amateur dramatics production that started in a small pub room and became an Olivier award-winning show, spawning a franchise of 'Goes Wrong' plays and a TV series, showcasing the talent of Mischief Theatre.
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain’s greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer hits the continent to solve the mystery
Despite having its premiere in a tiny room above a London pub, there is nothing amateurish about the Olivier award-winning comedy – one of the longest-running shows currently in the West End. It spawned a franchise of “Goes Wrong” farces on stage, as well as a dazzlingly inventive TV series, and catapulted the creators, Mischief Theatre, to international glory. The play is on inand has been performed in many other European cities and on Broadway. Next year it tours Australia and New Zealand.
In the UK, too, the play’s gaffes and collective dysfunction have chimed with our own news headlines. Take Theresa May’s 2017when she lost her voice and the letters began to drop off her backdrop’s slogan, like the collapsing title on the play’s poster. It was likened to “the speech that goes wrong” in the press, and the ways in which the amateur actors tie themselves in knots evokes other mishaps from the “Brexit means Brexit” years.
The physicality of the comedy is key to the play’s global appeal, says Jessica Hall, Mischief’s licensing manager. She joined the team in 2018 when interest from international producers was taking off. The company has grown with “unbelievable speed”, and The Play That Goes Wrong has been put on in more than 50 countries. Many are “replica” productions using familiar costumes and props, as in Madrid. Replicating musical productions is common but for plays it is quite unusual, says Hall.
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