Smash-hit West End farce The Play That Goes Wrong has revealed new casting for its London run at the Duchess Theatre.
The cast change is the 11th for the show, which is also extending at the Duchess Theatre to 30 August 2026…. The Cornley Drama Society intends to keep performing the show until they get it 100% right!
The new cast includes Jonty Peach (Operation Mincemeat) as Jonathan, Jack Hardwick (The Bodyguard) as Chris, Robert Jackson (Brief Encounter) as Robert, Izzy Edmunds-Clarke as Annie, Charlotte Scott (Guys and Dolls) as Sandra, Mitesh Soni (A Midsummer Nights Dream, RSC) as Dennis, Tom Wainwright (Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle) as Max and Ronnie Yorke (Will or Eight Lost Years of Young Shakespeare’s Life) as Trevor.
Understudies are Alex Blackie, Jake Burgum, Kitty Devlin, Louise Hoare and Ed Shamwana. And – assuming they can find him – Winston The Dog will be played by Winston!
The new starters begin performances on 3 June 2025.
The current cast incudes Jordan Akkaya as Trevor, Daniel Anthony as Dennis, Joe Bolland as Jonathan, Daniel Fraser as Chris, Billie Hamer as Annie, Owen Jenkins as Robert, Jay Olpin as Max and Hannah Sinclair Robinson as Sandra, with understudies Alex Bird, Munashe Chirisa, Colm Gleeson, Dumile Sibanda and Alice Stokoe.
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 associate director is Sean Turner and the resident director is Amy Marchant.
Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, the show opened at the Duchess Theatre in September 2014, and is the longest-running comedy in the West End.
The Play That Goes Wrong is now playing at the Duchess Theatre, booking to 30 August 2026.
Mischief’s new West End show is The Comedy About Spies, which is currently playing for a limited season at the Noel Coward Theatre, until 5 September 2025.
The comedy company is also bringing their hit show Christmas Carol Goes Wrong to London, playing the Apollo Theatre from 6 December 2025.
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More about the cast
Jonty Peach
Jonty Peach grew up in Portsmouth and trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where he received the Andrew Lloyd Webber Scholarship award.
His stage credits include: Operation Mincemeat (1st Cover Hester/2nd Cover Charles, Fortune Theatre), SuperYou in concert (Matty, Lyric Theatre), Stranger Sings! (Steve Harrington & Others, The Vaults), Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Reading Rep) Romeo & Juliet (Romeo, Duke’s Theatre Company)
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Film Credits: Nuremberg (Corporal Hodges, to be released 2025)
Other Training Includes: NYMT 2016 (The world premiere of The Battle Of Boat)
Jonty is massively grateful to his agent, friends, and family for all their support.
Ronnie Yorke
Ronnie trained at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
During his training, Ronnie was selected to perform at the Sam Wanamaker festival 2017 at Shakespeares Globe Theatre playing Richard 111.
Since completing his training, his theatre credits include: Richard Burbage in Will or Eight Lost Years of Young Shakespeare’s Life. (Rose Playhouse) for which he was nominated for an Off Westend Stage Award for Best Supporting Male; Ferdinand in The Tempest (The Lord Chamberlains Men Uk & Europe tour);Pete in Not Quite Jerusalem (Finborough Theatre);The title role in Macbeth (The Lord Chamberlains Men UK & Europe tour); Mickah in The Commitments (UK & Ireland tour)
Television credits include: Dino in Banged Up Abroad (Raw TV);Eastenders (BBC);Currently unannounced character in Fable 4 (playground games); Archie Hargrove in The Jury (Channel 4)
Robert Jackson
Robert trained at The Arts Educational Schools, London.
Theatre credits include: Julius Caesar’ (Royal Shakespeare Company’) Brief Encounter’ (Stephen Joseph Theatre/Theatre By The Lake/Octagon Theatre, UK Theatre Award Nomination, Best Supporting Performance), The Glee Club’ (Out Of Joint/The Kiln Theatre), She Ventures and He Wins’ (The Young Vic), Kiss Me Kate’ (The Watermill Theatre), Alice In Wonderland’ (Stephen Joseph Theatre) Around The World In 80 Days’, Peter Pan’, Gulliver’s Travels’, Summer Holiday’, A Christmas Carol’, The Threepenny Opera’, The Railway Children’ (The Octagon Theatre, Bolton) Stickman’ (UK/International Tour) Treasure Island (Creation Theatre, Oxford) Parkway Dreams, The Long Life & Great Good Fortune of John Clare (Eastern Angles), Progress, The Green Children (Red Rose Chain, Ipswich), The Sonnet Walk (Shakespeares Globe), Lido (Southwark Playhouse), Opening Doors (Soho Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Kents Cavern, Torquay), The Ripper (Charing Cross Theatre), Sandbox (Waterloo East Theatre).
Screen credits include: The Other One’ (BBC/Tiger Aspect), Coronation Street’ (ITV), English In Mind (CUP).
Voice Over work includes: Tesco Mobile, LinkdIn, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, British Gas & QVC.
Mitesh Soni
Mitesh trained at the Guildford School of Acting
Theatre credits include: Flute/Thisbe in A Midsummer Nights Dream (RSC/Barbican), Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (RSC), Arthur in The Play What I Wrote (Birmingham Rep/UK Tour), Collins in Autobiography of a Cad (Watermill), Charley/Noah in Oliver Twist (Leeds Playhouse), Hazy in Jack And The Beanstalk (Oldham Coliseum), Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Alice/Nym in Henry V, Trinculo in The Tempest, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Roger in Swallows & Amazons (Chester, Storyhouse) Spit in The Big Corner, Abdul in East Is East, Fortinbras in Hamlet (Octagon, Bolton) Faisal in Combustion (Arcola Theatre/Tara UK Tour) Banquo in Macbeth (Tara Arts/UK Tour), Paris/Prince in Romeo & Juliet (National Theatre), Ali Baba in Arabian Nights (Manchester Library Theatre), Billy in The Rise & Fall of Little Voice (Dukes, Lancaster), Tootles in Peter Pan (New Vic Stoke), Etash in Rafta Rafta (Octagon Bolton/New Vic Stoke)
Television credits include: Juice, Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Ted’s Top Ten, Silent Witness, The Pact, The Agency, Run, Threesome and The Canterbury Tales.
Film credits include:A Christmas No1, Medusa Deluxe, Mughal Mowgli, Rise of The Footsolider 2, and Syriana.
Awards: Asian Media Awards- Best Production (Combustion) Manchester Theatre Award- Best Ensemble (Arabian Nights)
Jack Hardwick
Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Theatre: The Bodyguard (UK tour); The Doctor (Adelaide Festival, Australia – Almeida transfer); The Importance of Being Earnest (Octagon Theatre); The Inheritance (Nöel Coward Theatre); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Wyndham’s Theatre & US tour); Private Lives (UK tour); The Railway Children (Kings Cross Theatre); Battis Boy (Arcola Theatre); Blood Wedding (Courtyard Theatre); Revengers Tragedy (Hoxton Hall); Collaborators (National Theatre); Quality Street (Finborough Theatre); The Tempest (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory); A Midsummer Nights Dream (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory).
Television & film: Casualty (BBC); Misfits (E4/Channel 4); Law and Order: UK (ITV); Amazon Alexa Advert; Tom Walker My Way’ music video; The Suit Weareth The Man (ChampDog Films); Verona (Mirror Productions).
Izzy Edmunds-Clarke
Izzy Edmunds-Clarke is originally from Suffolk. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Credits whilst in training: Oh What a Lovely War, Romeo and Juliet & Emilia Workshops: Tiny Plays, Big Ideas (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds), The Memory of Snow (MK Gallery) Rehearsed Readings: Dorothy: Back to Oz (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds) The Play that Goes Wrong is Izzy’s professional and West End Debut and she’s super excited to be joining the Mischief team!
Charlotte Scott
Charlotte is originally from Norwich and went on to train professionally at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduating with a BA (hons) in Musical Theatre.
Her West End credits include: Dance Captain and cover Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls’, cover Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (Sadlers Wells), swing in the original cast of Back to the Future’, Acrobat and cover Miss Honey and Mrs Wormwood’ in the RSCs Matilda, assistant dance captain and cover Hope in Urinetown, cover Kathy Seldon in Singin’ In The Rain’ and cover Glinda and Nessarose in Wicked’ as well as dancing alongside Strictly Come Dancings Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace in The Last Tango’
Regional and touring theatre credits include: Maggie Winslow in A Chorus Line’ (Leicester Curve), Glinda in Wizard of Oz’ (Blackpool Opera House), Me and My Girl’ (Chichester Festival Theatre), Jellylorum and understudy Grizabella in Cats’ (international tour)The Rocky Horror Show’ (UK tour), Fame’ (UK tour), Footloose’ (UK tour) and Jemima and Rumpleteaser in Cats’ (European tour)
Tom Wainwright
Theatre Credits Include: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle (UK Tour; Apollo Theatre, West End), Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion (New York, Off-Broadway), Magic Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre, West End), Frankenstein (TrueStory Theatre), Dracula (TrueStory Theatre), A Christmas Carol (The Core), The Three Musketeers (Kenton Theatre). Film & TV Credits Include: Royal Mob (Sky TV), Doctors (BBC), Dirty God (BBC Films). Tom trained at The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts.
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