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Thespians review – world’s first actor gets comic kudos from Mischief’s merrymakers

This musical from the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong unearths the invention of acting in ancient Greece – and finds little has changed

The Guardian - UK · May 25

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong review – a Dickensian disaster to savour

Mischief Theatre return to the am-dram battlefield, turning the Victorian tale into a blizzard of bruised egos and expertly timed farce

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at the Apollo Theatre review: dynamite gags and expert slapstick

4/5 The veteran theatre company’s brash, obvious, knockabout humour is laced with moments of lightning-flash wit and invention

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

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Mischief makers: The story behind the funniest theatre company in town

Mischief are returning with a new production, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, and tells us about their remarkable success story

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

The Comedy About Spies at Noel Coward Theatre review: bungling, buffoonish hilarity

4/5 Finally, Mischief may have found a match for their smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

The Comedy About Spies review – rapid fire gags in a delightfully silly show

The sheer rate of jokes, from groanworthy to dynamite, may leave you crying helpless tears of laughter in this farce from the Mischief company

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025

A very British omnishambles: how The Play That Goes Wrong conquered the world

This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit 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 travels to Europe to solve the mystery

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024

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Charlie Russell Aims to Please review – party pieces with an uneasy twist

The Mischief Theatre regular delivers routines to fit the audience’s requests before heading down a darker path in an uneven show

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Mind Mangler review – Magic Goes Wrong spin-off is all fun and mind games

Mischief Theatre are up to their old tricks as silly slapstick meets telepathy in a send-up of stage mentalism

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

The Play That Goes Wrong at Liverpool Empire was a genius mess

The comedic timing was impeccable

Liverpool Echo · May 24, 2022

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