Mischief Theatre
The Mischief Theatre founded in 2008 by a group of graduates and students of The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.
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| Formation | 2008 |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Comedy |
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Artistic director(s)
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Henry Lewis Jonathan Sayer Henry Shields |
| Website | http://www.mischieftheatre.co.uk |
Mischief Theatre is an Olivier Award-winning British theatre company specialising in comedy. The company was founded in 2008 by a group of students from The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art in West London. Since its inception the company has performed scripted and improvised comedy in the West End, across the UK as well as in Europe and Asia.
Mischief Theatre's ensemble members are: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Dave Hearn, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell, Josh Elliott, Mike Bodie, Nancy Wallinger, Henry Shields, Niall Ransome, Bryony Corrigan & Rob Falconer.
The company is led by Artistic Director Henry Lewis and Company Director Jonathan Sayer.
Mischief Theatre performed their first show Let's See What Happens on Tuesday 15 July 2008 at The Questors Studio Theatre in Ealing. Let's See What Happens ran at The Questors Theatre for a week before it moved to The Edinburgh Festival the following month. Since then Mischief Theatre has produced three more of its own improvised shows: Lights! Camera! Improvise!,Late Night Impro Fight and Improvaganza and scripted shows including; The Murder Before Christmas,Mogic and The Buffoons.
The Mischief Theatre Company was formerly known as The Scat Pack.
Mischief Theatre's Olivier Award winning hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong is currently playing in London's West End at the Duchess Theatre and has extended until February 2016.
The Play That Goes Wrong is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. It premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012, moved to Trafalgar Studios in 2013, toured the UK and internationally in 2014 and opened to the Duchess Theatre in the West End on 14 September 2014 where it will remain until at least September 2017. It won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards and Best New Comedy at the WhatsOnStage.com Awards in 2014
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