Mischief Theatre

Critics' Choice: Kat Mokrynski's Top Ten Shows of 2024

Having seen over 320 shows in cities like London, New York, Edinburgh in 2024, it was certainly difficult to narrow it down to my top ten shows of the year, but I have done my best! This list is a mix of plays, musicals and stand-up comedy shows that I have seen as both a critic, as well as some that I went to as a punter.

Penn & Teller to Celebrate 50th Anniversary at Radio City Music Hall

Penn & Teller will celebrate 50 years together when they headline Radio City Music Hall on Thursday August 21, 2025. Learn how to purchase tickets.

MARY AND THE HYENAS Premiere to be Presented by Pilot Theatre And Hull Truck Theatre

Pilot Theatre and Hull Truck Theatre will present the premiere of MARY AND THE HYENAS by Maureen Lennon, featuring music by Billy Nomates, set to debut at Hull Truck Theatre and Wilton's Music Hall in early 2025. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG At San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse kicks off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. See photos from the production. 

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SPY MOVIE: THE PLAY!, Pleasance Courtyard

Spy Movie: The Play!, written by Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey, is “The Greatest Spy Movie (n)Ever Made.” The show has quite the interesting (and meta) concept - what we are going to see is meant to be seen on the silver screen but, due to financial reasons, we are going to be seeing it staged as a play.

Interview: Seán Carey And Christian Andrews on OPERATION MINCEMEAT

Operation Mincemeat, the winner of the 2023 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, has been taking the Fortune Theatre - and the West End! - by storm with its incredible musical tale of the real-life Operation Mincemeat. Now in its second year, the show has had a cast change, with some new actors coming in and previous covers taking on the roles.

Cast Set For THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse will kick off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. Learn more about the cast here!

Photos: In Rehearsal For WHY AM I SO SINGLE? From Tony-Winning SIX Duo Lucy Moss and Toby Barlow

From the multi-award-winning writers of SIX, Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss, comes their all-new, highly anticipated second musical, WHY AM I SO SINGLE? Go inside the process with new photos from inside the rehearsal room!

1812 Productions Unveils 2024-25 Season Featuring THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG & More

1812 Productions announces its 2024/2025 season featuring popular hits like THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, and more.

Review: MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, The Other Palace

After a run at the Vaudeville theatre and on livestream during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Mischief Movie Night returns to London with a run at The Other Palace. The show, which started as Lights! Camera! Improvise! at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, brings the original Mischief Theatre troupe members back to their roots of improvisational comedy

A Cabbage Productions Brings SPY MOVIE: THE PLAY! To Edinburgh This Month

In a parody of Bond movies and fringe theatre, a rejected, frustrated screenwriter invites an audience of producers to a one-night-only showing of her spy movie masterpiece... if only it had received the funding.

PCPA Presents THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Beginning This Month

PCPA will present THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, a comedy about a theater production beset by a series of hilarious mishaps.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Comes to San Francisco Playhouse in September

San Francisco Playhouse will kick off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. This fast-paced farce full of slapstick silliness and inventive theatricality finds the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society on opening night of its newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Swings Into Action On The Shoctor Stage This July

Experience the comedic chaos of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at The Citadel Theatre.

The Barn Theatre School to Kick Off 2024 Summer Season with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

The Barn Theatre School kicks off its 2024 summer season with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, featuring guest artist and alum Eric Peterson. Enjoy a night of comedy and mishaps now through Sunday.

Cast Set For WHY AM I SO SINGLE? From SIX's Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

The full cast has been announced for Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ all-new, highly anticipated second musical, WHY AM I SO SINGLE? 

Cabaret Star Ellie MacPherson Returns As BABE LINCOLN At Edinburgh Fringe

Cabaret star Ellie MacPherson returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with BABE LINCOLN, blending songs and stories from America's past and present. Enjoy music by Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish, and more in this comedic historical cabaret.

Cast Set For A JAFFA CAKE MUSICAL in Edinburgh

Inspired by the 1991 tribunal which determined the true identity of a Jaffa Cake, multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre (Scouts! The Musical, RuneSical, Timpson: The Musical) return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new musical comedy for the whole family!

Cast Set For MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (The Comedy of Errors, Globe), with Ekow Quartey and Amalia Vitale as Benedick and Beatrice.

Cast and Creative Team Set for TWELFTH NIGHT at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has revealed the full cast for Twelfth Night or What You Will. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.