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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 16, 2018 13:44:30 GMT
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Post by danielwhit on Mar 20, 2018 19:23:48 GMT
Interesting to see the current tour cast are taking over the West End with a new cast going out on tour.
Wonder if that was always the plan or has happened because they're an especially strong unit.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 15, 2018 16:57:59 GMT
As requested on The Comedy About a Bank Robbery thread, a list of the casts for the London & UK tour productions of The Play That Goes Wrong.
(NB The programmes have only ever listed 1st covers so I have included 2nd covers where I know them but this is only for some casts. If anyone knows any of the missing ones feel free to add them.)
Cast information for the original fringe production is taken from the 1st edition of the script, as I didn't see the show for the first time until the Trafalgar Studios run.
London
Old Red Lion Theatre 4th December 2012-? 2013
Chris – Henry Shields
Robert – Henry Lewis/Greg Tannahill
Dennis – Jonathan Sayer
Max – Dave Hearn
Sandra – Charlie Russell/Lotti Maddox
Jonathan – Stephen Leask/Henry Lewis
Annie – Nancy Wallinger
Trevor – Rob Falconer
Trafalgar Studios 30th April-1st June 2013
Chris – Henry Shields
Robert – Henry Lewis
Dennis – Jonathan Sayer
Max – Dave Hearn
Sandra – Lotti Maddox
Jonathan – Josh Elliott/Greg Tannahill
Annie – Nancy Wallinger
Trevor – Rob Falconer
West End original cast 3rd September 2014-18th August 2015
Chris – Henry Shields
Robert – Henry Lewis
Dennis – Jonathan Sayer
Max – Dave Hearn/Rob Falconer*
Sandra – Charlie Russell
Jonathan – Greg Tannahill (also 1st cover Robert)
Annie – Nancy Wallinger
Trevor – Rob Falconer (also 1st cover Max)/Leonard Cook*
1st cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan/Trevor – Leonard Cook
1st cover Sandra/Annie – Alys Metcalf
2nd cover – Adam Byron**
2nd cover – April Hughes**
*Dave Hearn dislocated his shoulder 26th March & was off for a short time. He then returned doing 6 shows a week till 12th July when he left to have surgery. Rob Falconer, having played Max for the other 2 shows a week, then took over full-time for a month but injured his back so at the very end of the original cast’s run Dave came back to play Max again with Rob reverting to Trevor.
**Adam Byron & April Hughes joined the cast around May 2015.
West End second cast 19th August 2015-28th June 2016
Chris – Harry Kershaw
Robert – Leonard Cook***
Dennis – Niall Ransome/Matt Cavendish**
Max – James Marlowe
Sandra – Bryony Corrigan
Jonathan – Laurence Pears
Annie – Laura Kirman
Trevor – Chris Leask (also 2nd cover Robert)/Adam Byron/Matt Cavendish/Fred Gray (also 2nd cover Dennis)*
1st cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan, 2nd cover Max/Trevor – Matt Cavendish
1st cover Robert/Max/Trevor, 2nd cover Chris/Jonathan – Adam Byron
1st cover Sandra, 2nd cover Annie – Sarah Madigan
1st cover Annie, 2nd cover Sandra – April Hughes
*Chris Leask left in November 2015 to do the West end run of PPGW. Originally he was going to return but then was cast in TCAABR instead. Adam Byron & Matt Cavendish shared the role of Trevor December-January. Fred Gray then joined the cast as Trevor once he had finished in PPGW.
**Niall Ransome left early, around the end of April 2016, and Matt Cavendish took over for the rest of the run with Fred Gray as 1st cover.
***In February 2016 there was a week when Leonard Cook was on holiday & Adam Byron off injured so the role of Robert was shared between Henry Lewis, Greg Tannahill & Chris Leask.
West End third cast 29th June 2016-9th May 2017
Chris – Hayden Wood
Robert – Adam Byron
Dennis – Drew Dillon
Max –Daniel Millar
Sandra – April Hughes
Jonathan – Oliver Llewellyn-Jenkins
Annie – Joanne Ferguson
Trevor – Fred Gray (also 2nd cover Dennis)
1st cover Chris/Dennis/Max, 2nd cover Jonathan/Trevor – George Haynes
1st cover Robert/Jonathan/Trevor, 2nd cover Max/Chris – Adam Boakes
1st cover Sandra/2nd cover Annie – Katy Daghorn
1st cover Annie/2nd cover Sandra – Lindsey Scott
The 2017 UK tour cast played 3 performances at the Duchess 6th-7th January 2017 as a practice before starting their tour.
The Broadway cast played 6 performances at the Duchess 21st-25th February 2017 as a practice before going to Broadway. Lindsey Scott played Annie on 22nd & 23rd and Bryony Corrigan on 24th.
West End fourth cast 10th May 2017-27th March 2018
Chris – Jack Baldwin***
Robert – Leonard Cook***
Dennis – Sydney J Smith
Max – George Haynes (also 2nd cover Chris)
Sandra – Katy Daghorn*
Jonathan – Fred Gray**(also 2nd cover Robert)
Annie – Lindsey Scott
Trevor – Daniel Poyser
1st cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan, 2nd cover Max/Trevor – Tom Babbage
1st Robert/Max/Trevor, 2nd cover Dennis/Jonathan – Sean Carey
1st cover Sandra, 2nd cover Annie – Jamie Birkett
1st cover Annie, 2nd cover Sandra – Beth Lilley
*Katy Daghorn had several weeks off in November 2017. Bryony Corrigan returned to play Sandra.
**Fred Gray had several weeks off injured November-December 2017. The role of Jonathan was covered by several people including both the current understudies & returning cast members Adam Boakes, Jason Callender & Matt Cavendish.
***Jack Baldwin & Leonard Cook left early on 27th January to join TCAABR rehearsals. Matt Cavendish returned to play Chris & Ed Judge started early as Robert.
West End fifth cast 28th March 18-current
Chris – Patrick Warner
Robert – Ed Judge
Dennis – Edward Howells
Max – Alastair Kirton
Sandra – Meg Mortell
Jonathan – Jason Callender
Annie – Katie Bernstein
Trevor – Graham Rooney
1st cover Chris/Robert/Trevor – Matthew Howell
1st cover Jonathan/Max/Dennis – James Watterson
1st cover Sandra – Natasha Culley
1st cover Annie – Helena Muir
UK Tours
First Tour 21st January-12th July 2014
Chris – Henry Shields
Robert – Henry Lewis
Dennis – Jonathan Sayer
Max – Dave Hearn
Sandra – Charlie Russell
Jonathan – Greg Tannahill (also u/s Robert)
Annie – Lotti Maddox/Nancy Wallinger*
Trevor – Rob Falconer (also u/s Max)
1st cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan/Trevor – Christopher Currie
1st cover Sandra/Annie/Tess – Alys Metcalf
*Lotti Maddox played Annie for the first part of the tour while Nancy recovered from breaking her foot in PPGW.
Second Tour 10th January-12th August 2017 (plus Hong Kong & New Zealand afterwards)
Chris – Patrick Warner
Robert – Ed Judge/Chris Leask*
Dennis – Edward Howells
Max – Alastair Kirton
Sandra – Meg Mortell
Jonathan – Jason Callender
Annie – Katie Bernstein
Trevor – Graham Rooney
1st cover Chris/Robert/Trevor – Matthew Howell
1st cover Jonathan/Max/Dennis – James Watterson
1st cover Sandra – Natasha Culley
1st cover Annie – Helena Muir
*Ed Judge had several weeks off injured July/August 2017. Chris Leask returned to play Robert until the end of the UK venues. Ed re-joined the tour for Hong Kong & New Zealand.
Third Tour 4th January-6th October 2018
Chris – Jake Curran
Robert – Kazeem Tosin Amore
Dennis – Benjamin McMahon
Max – Bobby Hirston
Sandra – Elena Valentine
Jonathan – Steven Rostance
Annie – Catherine Dryden
Trevor – Gabriel Paul
1st cover Chris/Max/Jonathan – Liam Horrigan
1st cover Robert/Dennis/Trevor – David Kristopher-Brown
1st cover Sandra – Laura White
1st cover Annie – Louisa Sexton
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Post by martello736 on Apr 15, 2018 19:26:11 GMT
This is truly incredible, I'm amazed that not only do you know every cast, including the very earliest ones, you also know all of the information about emergency covers. This has made such good reading, and it's really interesting to see the same names cropping up across the various shows.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2018 19:35:58 GMT
I love that you are so passionate about Mischief and have taken the time to gather all this information.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 15, 2018 20:11:25 GMT
This is truly incredible, I'm amazed that not only do you know every cast, including the very earliest ones, you also know all of the information about emergency covers. This has made such good reading, and it's really interesting to see the same names cropping up across the various shows. I'm lucky that I fell for TPTGW back when it was a 1-act play at Trafalger Studios & have seen every UK cast since (apart from the current tour cast as they haven't got round to me yet) so it's much easier for me to compile a list than it would be for someone coming to it later on as not only do I know most of it from being there but I have all the programmes for double-checking. Likewise, many of the emergency covers I either saw when they did the emergency covering or I was told about them around the time. I think there have been more emergency cover incidences but I've only included the ones that I am sure of. I'm rather sketchy on the third cast's year as I only saw them once, due to seeing large amounts of TCAABR at that time. Yes, there have been quite a lot of returnees, which I find lovely as a fan. For instance, I realised when I saw Chris Leask make his Freeboys debut on Friday that it was four years to the week, if not quite the day, since I first saw him with Mischief, in the PPGW tour. I love that you are so passionate about Mischief and have taken the time to gather all this information. Thank you. |
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 15, 2018 20:25:20 GMT
Loving the work you've done into collating all the cast information for Mischief Theatre - it's been so interesting to read. The third West End cast were the first ones I saw and made me interested in Mischief Theatre's work.
I saw the new West End cast last week and was impressed. Alastair Kirton got the biggest laughs, and he is probably my favourite Max alongside Dave Hearn. Loved Graham Rooney and Katie Bernstein as well.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 15, 2018 20:38:55 GMT
I saw the new West End cast last week and was impressed. Alastair Kirton got the biggest laughs, and he is probably my favourite Max alongside Dave Hearn. Loved Graham Rooney and Katie Bernstein as well. I haven't seen the new West End cast but I did see them 3 times when they were the tour cast last year and Alastair Kirton & Graham Rooney, along with Patrick Warner, were the stand-outs for me then. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 16, 2018 21:40:30 GMT
So the list is already out of date! Add George Haynes to the emergency covers list, he tweeted earlier that he's covering Chris for the tour for a week.
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Post by vegas on Apr 29, 2018 18:58:01 GMT
Was an early version of this ever performed at the Edinburgh Fringe? When I saw it on Broadway, it seemed awfully familiar, although the play I saw in Edinburgh was much shorter and the set, of course, was far simpler.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 29, 2018 19:32:22 GMT
Was an early version of this ever performed at the Edinburgh Fringe? When I saw it on Broadway, it seemed awfully familiar, although the play I saw in Edinburgh was much shorter and the set, of course, was far simpler. I believe the 1 act version was done at the Edinburgh Pleasance in 2013, after the Trafalgar Studios run. I didn't see it there myself so this is going by what I read a while ago on Mischief's website, which used to have more information about their earlier years. |
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Post by vegas on May 2, 2018 21:21:58 GMT
Okay, thanks, then I didn't imagine it!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 5:16:41 GMT
The Broadway production has just pulled a little surprise. One month before its announced closure, it has announced it will now run all the way through January 2019!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 11:16:33 GMT
I love how they even turn the Broadway extension into a 'goes wrong'. Their marketing person/team is a genius.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 21:01:06 GMT
I love how they even turn the Broadway extension into a 'goes wrong'. Their marketing person/team is a genius. It's amazing it is extending, especially by pretty much half a year! |
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Post by ncbears on Aug 21, 2018 19:43:55 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 21, 2018 23:12:33 GMT
Great news. This is the longest running play on Broadway, the next one is going to be Potter, but that will have to run a lot longer than The Play That Went Wrong to recoup. |
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Post by ncbears on Aug 22, 2018 13:35:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:17:30 GMT
Great news. This is the longest running play on Broadway, the next one is going to be Potter, but that will have to run a lot longer than The Play That Went Wrong to recoup. It's only the longest running play *currently* on Broadway, once it shutters it's going to have no claim whatsoever to any sort of "longest running" title. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 15:42:50 GMT
Great news. This is the longest running play on Broadway, the next one is going to be Potter, but that will have to run a lot longer than The Play That Went Wrong to recoup. It's only the longest running play *currently* on Broadway, once it shutters it's going to have no claim whatsoever to any sort of "longest running" title. Pah. Spoilsport. I'll bet you're a blast at celebrations! |
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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 25, 2018 9:36:55 GMT
Has anyone sat in box F? How bad is the side view?
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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 25, 2018 11:04:43 GMT
They're appealing beacause they're so cheap, anything else decent is twice the price. Thanks, I'll think about it. Can you not see that side at all even if you lean?
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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 30, 2018 10:28:47 GMT
I accidentally bought tickets for the evening show this Sunday instead of the afternoon, second row, would anyone be able to use them?
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Post by martello736 on Nov 17, 2018 0:03:02 GMT
Saw the show for the third time last night. Not sure if there were any understudies on as I don't really know this cast but they were all very good. I feel this show isn't quite as tight as Comedy About a Bank Robbery, there are a few physical comedy sequences that go on a bit too long and moments that are probably funnier on paper than in reality. Then again it could just be this current cast's way of doing things, but on the whole it is very laugh out loud funny. I think it's interesting how freely cast members can move between Mischief shows because every show has a "Dave Hearn role" or a "Charlie Russell role" and if you fit the specifics you can do said role in all of their shows. Had to spend a long time explaining to my friend that the show is always called "The Play That Goes Wrong" and it doesn't become "The Play That Went Wrong" after you've seen it  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 17, 2018 17:33:13 GMT
I think it's interesting how freely cast members can move between Mischief shows because every show has a "Dave Hearn role" or a "Charlie Russell role" and if you fit the specifics you can do said role in all of their shows. You'd think that would be the case but actually if you look at everyone who's been in multiple Mischief shows then it doesn't really work out that way a lot of the time. The Mischief career paths of the many of the members of the PPGW tour cast are particularly interesting (to me at least - most people will probably want to stop reading now!) in that regard.
Matt Cavendish: Max in PPGW > 1st cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan, 2nd cover Max/Trevor in TPTGW > Dennis for a couple of months in TPTGW > Max in PPGW > cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan/Max/Trevor TPTGW on Broadway
James Marlowe: Dennis in PPGW > Max in TPTGW Harry Kershaw: Francis, also 1st cover Chris in PPGW > Chris in TPTGW > Chris in PPGW Laurence Pears: Chris in PPGW > Jonathan in TPTGW > Francis in PPGW > Cooper in TCAABR Fred Gray: cover Max/Jonathan/Trevor/Francis/Dennis in PPGW > Trevor in TPTGW, also 2nd cover Dennis/Jonathan > Jonathan in TPTGW, also 2nd cover Robert Chris Leask: Trevor, also 1st cover Robert in PPGW > Trevor in TPTGW, also 2nd cover Robert > Trevor in PPGW > Everyone Else in TCAABR > Robert for a few weeks in TPTGW > Everyone Else, also 1st cover Freeboys in TCAABR Laura Kirman: cover Sanrda/Annie/Lucy in PPGW > Annie in TPTGW
And also a few people who didn't start in that PPGW tour.
Leonard Cook: cover Chris/Dennis/Jonathan/Trevor in TPTGW > Robert in TPTGW > Freeboys in TCAABR Niall Ransome: Dennis in TPTGW > 1st cover Warren/Everyone Else, 2nd cover Cooper in TCAABR > Warren for a couple of months in TCAABR Steven Rostance: cover Freeboys/Cooper/Shuck/Everyone Else in TCAABR > Jonathan in TPTGW George Haynes: 1st cover Chris/Max/Dennis, 2nd cover Robert/Trevor in TPTGW > Max in TPTGW, also 2nd cover Chris > subsequent returns to TPTGW as both Chris & Robert Jack Baldwin - Chris in TPTGW > Shuck in TCAABR Sean Carey: 1st cover Max/Robert/Trevor, 2nd cover Dennis/Jonathan in TPTGW > Sam in TCAABR
In fact the only person I can think of who has appeared in more than one show and only played a single character, excluding some of the original casts, is Sydney Smith as Dennis in first PPGW then TPTGW. Even among the orginal TPTGW cast members Greg Tannahil was cover Robert & Rob Falconer cover Max. I suppose it shows that, while actors are naturally suited more to some roles than others, there are a number of actors who have managed to cover quite a range. Between the two Goes Wrong shows Fred Gray has played every male Cornley character bar Chris! It also shows the versatility of some of the original cast members. I'm thinking particularly of Henry Shields as I can't think of anyone else who's played Chris, certainly as lead, who I can imagine playing also Mitch & vica versa.
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