Revised dates for The Play That Goes Wrong’s visit to Eastbourne

The Olivier Award-winning box office hit will play Congress Theatre, Eastbourne from April 12-17 and not as originally advertised from January 18-23. All customers who have already booked for the show will have their tickets moved to the new date with refunds offered if this is no longer suitable. They have all been contacted by the box office.

Awarded the 2014 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy, the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a Tony Award for the Broadway transfer, The Play That Goes Wrong was last year enjoying its sixth year in the West End

A spokesman said: “The show’s success is a testament to the hard work and determination of a group of drama school graduates who became friends, set up a company under the name Mischief and created an extraordinary body of work. The Play That Goes Wrong shows no signs of slowing down since its first performance at a London fringe venue with only four paying customers. Since then, it has played to an audience of over two million and had productions in over 30 countries. The play features the (fictional) Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong … does! As the accident-prone thesps battle against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue!”

Mischief’s other West End successes include Peter Pan Goes Wrong, A Comedy About A Bank Robbery and Magic Goes Wrong; and 2019 saw a brand new six-part TV series for BBC One: The Goes Wrong Show, written and performed by the founding Mischief Theatre members.The Play That Goes Wrong is co-written by Mischief company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields.