24th June 2017 – The Play That Goes Wrong
“The Cornley Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!“
Location: Duchess Theatre, London
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: So cleverly done – we were in stitches all the way through. We were excited to see Penn Jillette in the audience too, which we later found out led to the creation of Magic Goes Wrong.
21st July 2018 – The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
“Summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. An escaped convict is dead set on pocketing the gem with the help of his screwball sidekick, trickster girlfriend… and the maintenance man. With mistaken identities, love triangles and hidden agendas, even the most reputable can’t be trusted.“
Location: Criterion Theatre, London
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: This play was even funnier than The Play That Goes Wrong, and immediately confirmed Mischief Theatre as a firm favourite.
27th December 2019 – Magic Goes Wrong
“Join a hapless gang of moderately skilled and accident-prone magicians presenting a charity fundraiser. As the accidents spiral out of control, so does their fundraising target! Created with Magic legends Penn & Teller, this evening of grand illusion with breath-taking tricks and typical Mischief comedy will tickle your funny bones and fill you with wonder.“
Location: Vaudeville Theatre, London
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: This is the show Penn was preparing for when we saw him in the audience at The Play That Goes Wrong.
3rd July – 11th July 2021 – Mischief Movie Night In
“Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously bring the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, Mischief Movie Night is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!”
Location: Riverside Studios, London (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: The Mischief team are the ones behind The Play That Goes Wrong etc, so we were excited to support their Covid-19 live stream venture – a fully interactive improvisation, with suggestions incorporated from social media. It was so much better than we even imagined, with full song and dance routines included, all made up on the spot. We bought tickets to as many of their shows throughout July as we could, and they were all hilarious.
3rd July 2021
Title: Rumpole of the Motte and Bailey
Genre: Legal drama
Setting: Medieval circus
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Niall Ransome, Charlie Russell, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Nancy Zamit, Mike Bodie
Featuring: • A hard-core metal number about trees • Best tech team cameo • Dapper Stan, a fashionable man
9th July 2021
Title: A Dice With Death
Genre: Murder Mystery
Setting: Las Vegas
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Harry Kershaw, Nancy Zamit, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Susan Harrison, Henry Shields, Mike Bodie, Charlie Russell
Featuring: • Musicians playing two completely contrasting pieces of music at the same time • Best opera number • Best ventriloquist performance
11th July 2021
Title: If It Wasn’t For Those Pesky Kids
Genre: Detective
Setting: Abandoned funfair
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie
Featuring: • Most complicated description of an object without naming it • Most aggressive rendition of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” • Most vivacious entrance
4th July 2021
Title: Zoo Mania
Genre: Alien Invasion
Setting: Zoo
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Shields, Mike Bodie, Nancy Zamit, Niall Ransome, Susan Harrison, Charlie Russell, Harry Kershaw
Featuring: • Most romantic “rock, paper, scissors” battle • Most spectacular fireworks display • Sexiest rendition of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
10th July 2021
Title: Star Paws
Genre: Sci-Fi
Setting: Earth
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Nancy Zamit, Susan Harrison, Mike Bodie, Niall Ransome
Featuring: • Best use of interpretive dance • Best lullaby about hats • Remedy Ron – always eager to offer weird and wonderful things on his person to solve problems or ailments
Title: Angstronauts
Genre: Musical
Setting: Space
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Shields, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie, Charlie Russell, Nancy Zamit, Henry Lewis, Susan Harrison
Featuring: • Best mirror scene between two actors • Best cooking show scene in a movie • A character who’s more at home in the Bronte era • Wolliam Breakspeare, a failed actor who speaks in broken Shakespearean
29th October 2022 – Good Luck Studio
“It’s the final night recording Wibble the Dragon. The show is massively over budget and under written. With one hour left to film 16 pages and an audience of children getting more and more impatient, the cast and crew know big cuddly heads are going to roll. The last thing anyone needs is a failed actor showing up with a sinister vendetta and his own dragon costume. In this adult take on a kids’ TV show more than just careers will die.”
Location: Salisbury Playhouse
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: Another brilliant show from Mischief Theatre. A slightly darker theme this time, but still full of misunderstandings all coming together in the second half for a hilarious payoff.
8th January 2023 – The Mind Mangler 
“Join the ‘Mind Mangler’ as he returns to the stage following a disappointing two-night run at the Luton Holiday Inn conference centre, suite 2b. His new solo spectacular is predicted to spiral into chaos as he attempts to read your mind…“
Show Title: Member of the Tragic Circle
Location: Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: The show was amazing – so funny. Wes got picked on to write down an “object” which Henry Lewis kept coming back to throughout the show to try and guess. The big reveal right at the end of the show was him guessing it correctly with a written prediction which had been “in a box on stage the whole time”. Of course Wes can’t follow instructions, so had written “that well known object” – aardvark – which did get a big laugh from the audience at least. More photos available on the “Celebrity Encounters” page.
8th January 2023 – Celebrity Encounters
We’ve been huge fans of Mischief Theatre ever since first watching The Play That Goes Wrong in 2017, and have tried to catch everything they’ve done ever since. We’d only been expecting to be able to meet Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, so it was an added bonus to have Henry Shields show up. Even though they weren’t doing official meet and greets, they were really happy to chat to fans outside and take photos.
Play at Home
Play at home escape room games created by Henry Lewis.
| 14/01/2023 | Mystery Agency: The Vanishing Gambler  Locate the whereabouts of casino cheat Roy Marshall. Discover hidden messages, hack into Roy’s bank account and even go undercover yourself. |
| 04/02/2023 | Mystery Agency: The Balthazar Stone Join Elsa Winslow on her journey to Sharktooth Island. To solve the mystery, you must unlock an ancient treasure chest, find Balthazar’s Stone and break its ancient curse. |
| 05/02/2023 | Mystery Agency: The Ghost in the Attic  Terrible things happened to those who played this haunted board game when it was released in the 1950s. But the only way to solve the mystery is to play the game yourself. |
| 05/02/2023 | Mystery Agency: The Oracle  The rumours and whispers are true: there’s a hidden fourth mystery. To solve this, you’ll need all three of our previous mysteries to hand! |
| Unplayed | Mystery Agency: The Man From Sector Six |
| Unplayed | Mystery Agency: The Museum Heist |
| Unplayed | Mystery Agency: The Bookshop Murder |
7th October 2023 – Celebrity Encounters
We knew Neil Patrick Harris liked Phantom Peak as he’d tweeted about it before, but we didn’t expect to see him there, let alone with Henry Lewis and Henry Shields (from Mischief Theatre). We spent hours debating whether to approach him, and then braved it just before the closing ceremony. We’d met Henry and Henry before and complimented them on their work with Mischief at the time, so this time we focused on the escape room side of things and told Henry Lewis how much we loved his Mystery Agency games. We told Neil Patrick Harris we loved his escape room game Box One, and we owned his Choose Your Own Adventure autobiography, and he said “I can tell we’re likeminded people”.
4th August 2024 – Mischief Movie Night
“Mischief, ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ (The Telegraph) returns to the stage this summer, stepping back to their comedy roots for 5 weeks only with MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, the improvised movie live on stage! Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously brings the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!“
Location: The Other Palace, London
With: Wesley Mead
Title: Can the Heart Really Be Saved? Part 5
Genre: Medical Drama/Romantic Comedy
Setting: Hospital
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Niall Ransome, Charlie Russell, Ellie Morris, Susan Harrison, Henry Shields, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis
Highlight: Ellie naming her human doctor character “Broccoli Crayon” much to Jonathan’s despair.
12th August 2024 – Mischief Movie Night
“Mischief, ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ (The Telegraph) returns to the stage this summer, stepping back to their comedy roots for 5 weeks only with MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, the improvised movie live on stage! Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously brings the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!“
Location: The Other Palace, London
With: Wesley Mead
Title: Macbitch
Genre: American Teen Romance based on Macbeth
Setting: High School
Cast: Henry Lewis as Oscar, Niall Ransome, Ellie Morris, Susan Harrison, Nancy Zamit, Matt Cavendish, Josh Elliott
26th August 2024 – Mischief Movie Night
“Mischief, ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ (The Telegraph) returns to the stage this summer, stepping back to their comedy roots for 5 weeks only with MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, the improvised movie live on stage! Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously brings the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!“
Location: The Other Palace, London
With: Wesley Mead
Title: Blood Sucks
Genre: Vampire Romance
Setting: Blood Donation Centre
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Niall Ransome, Ruth Bratt, Matt Cavendish, Josh Elliott, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Henry Lewis
Highlight: Henry Lewis playing an anthropomorphic swinging door, complete with musical number.
Location: The Other Palace, London
With: Wesley Mead
Title: Renaissance Nightmare
Genre: Monster Horror
Setting: Renaissance Fair
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Niall Ransome, Ruth Bratt, Matt Cavendish, Josh Elliott, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Henry Lewis
Highlight: Jonathan getting increasingly frustrated as the cast keep making jokes and call backs about a character “shitting themselves” throughout the entire show.
1st September 2024 – Mischief Movie Night
“Mischief, ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ (The Telegraph) returns to the stage this summer, stepping back to their comedy roots for 5 weeks only with MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, the improvised movie live on stage! Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously brings the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT, is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!“
Location: The Other Palace, London
With: Wesley Mead
Title: Peg Lego
Genre: Pirate Movie
Setting: A Lego Ship
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Niall Ransome, Matt Cavendish, Josh Elliott, Susan Harrison, Nancy Zamit, Henry Lewis
Highlight: Jonathan refusing the audience suggestion that the voyage was in search of a frog, only for Henry to run with it in his opening dialogue, quickly followed by Nancy explaining that the frog was Henry’s twin brother, and their parents were half frogs/half humans. Jonathan was furious.
20th-21st December 2024 – Mischief Movie Night In
“No two shows are the same, as you suggest a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously bring the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, Mischief Movie Night In is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster, and the perfect family treat this Christmas.”
Location: Lilian Baylis Studio, London (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead (Kelvin & Vickie Burpitt for one show)
Comment: Following a busy summer travelling to London and back multiple times to watch Mischief Movie Night shows, we were excited to see the team back again as soon as Christmas! We bought tickets to go to the live shows in January, and the December shows were being streamed, so we could save on train tickets! We paid for the three shows below (but did watch all eight through other means…)
Title: Hull School Musical
Genre: Musical
Setting: A school in Hull
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Bryony Corrigan, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell
Highlights: Charlie genuinely and confidently announcing that 4×4=12 and then falling apart. Henry’s character getting further and further away from that of a teenage boy, until by the end of the play he’s a 45 year old murderer with a crush on the dinner lady.
Title: All I Want for Christmas is Zoo
Genre: Christmas
Setting: A zoo
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Bryony Corrigan, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell
Highlights: Harry being unfamiliar with the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, thus inventing the character of a new ghost – Christmas Bonanza Boy!
Title: The Codfather
Genre: 50s Gangster movie
Setting: A cruise ship
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Henry Lewis, Susan Harrison
Highlights: Henry’s character of the detective asking Ellie’s character what her criminal son does for a living. Her answer – “Criiiii…ime”. Jonathan was furious – “you had all that time to think of a different ending to that word!”