After nearly eight years, it’s time for audiences old and new to be rolling in the aisles as The Cornley Drama Society attempts to stage a 1920s murder mystery where everything goes hilariously wrong, The Play That Goes Wrong, touring Australia in August – September 2025.
You all know the classic whodunnit story; there has been a murder at a country manor and an inspector is set on the case to find the culprit. But when these accident-prone thespians take it on, everything that can go wrong…does! The actors and crew battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Who murdered Charles Haversham? You’ll have to see for yourself!
Presented by GMG Productions and Stoddart Entertainment Group by arrangement with Mischief Worldwide Ltd, this fan favourite tour coincides with the 10th Anniversary UK performance.
Mischief’s The Play That Goes Wrong opened at the Duchess Theatre, London in September 2014, and this year celebrates its 10th year in the West End. The production shows no signs of slowing down since its first performance at The Old Red Lion Theatre with only four paying customers and has now been performed to over 3.5 million people around the world in every continent except Antarctica.
The show’s many achievements to date include:
- Over 3500 performances of The Play That Goes Wrongat the Duchess Theatre.
- During the West End run members of The Drama Society have been hit (by objects or each other) more than 125,545 times
- 106 actors have performed in the show’s Duchess Theatre run.
- The show has won 11 awards, including an Olivier, Tony and a Moliere.
- There have been productions of the playin 49 countries and in every continent except Antarctica (where producers fear a frosty reception).
- More than 4,246,481 people have seen the show worldwide, and there have been 7,822 performances in the English language.
- An actor has shouted out for a ledger 54,747 times. (And that’s only in English.)
- A total of 58,180 door slams in America
- 8 million people watched the 2015 performance at The Royal Variety Performance, with a further 6.3 million seeing the clip on YouTube.
- 2,607 fire extinguishers have been used to put out fires in The Play That Goes Wrongsomewhere in the world in these past ten years.
- Winston the Dog has been successfully located zero times.
The Play That Goes Wrong is co-written by Mischief company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and is directed by Mark Bell, with set designs by Nigel Hook, costumes by Roberto Surace, lighting by Ric Mountjoy, original music by Rob Falconer, sound design by Andy Johnson. The Australian season will be directed by Associate Director Amy Milburn.
Sydney Opera House
19 June – 3 August 2025
HOTA, Gold Coast
6 – 10 August 2025
Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
11 – 15 August 2025
Civic Theatre, Newcastle
19 – 31 August 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
3 – 21 September 2025
TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.PLAYGOESWRONG.COM
Image: Matt Crockett
