The Comedy About Spies to premiere at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre from The Play That Goes Wrong’s Mischief Comedy

Award-winning theatre company Mischief are bringing a brand new comedy to the West End next year.

The Comedy About Spies is set to run at the Noël Coward Theatre in London from 14 April 2025, booking to 3 August 2025.

Billed as an action-packed thriller, the show is set in 1960s London, and is a farcical, physical double-crossing caper full of misunderstanding, miscommunication, and mistaken identity.

A rogue British agent steals plans for a top-secret new weapon. Spies from the CIA and the KGB assemble at London’s Piccadilly Hotel to track down the British mole and obtain the file. When a young British couple and an older actor auditioning for the title role in the first James Bond film check into the hotel, the stakes reach boiling point in this hilarious Cold War comedy.

The news was first announced today as part of the line-up for this year’s Royal Variety Performance, which takes place tonight, Friday 22 November 2024, at the Royal Albert Hall, followed by an ITV broadcast in December.

At the Royal Variety Performance, the team behind the smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong will be debuting a sneak preview and the first public performance of their hilarious brand new West End show.

The Comedy About Spies is written by original Mischief company members Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, and directed by Matt Di Carlo.

Cast and further creatives to be announced.

Mischief Theatre is comprised of Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, and are the acclaimed company best-known for their multi-award-winning, internationally successful comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, which continues to play at the West End’s Duchess Theatre in London.

Mischief have also produced another show under the “The Comedy About…” banner, with The Comedy About A Bank Robbery premiering at the Criterion Theatre in London in 2016.

Their other shows include Magic Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mind Mangler, and Mischief Movie Night, which is returning to London next month, playing the studio in the Sadler’s Wells Theatre from 18 to 23 December 2024 and 7 to 12 January 2025.

The Comedy about Spies is presented by Kenny Wax and Stage Presence in association with Jo Danvers.

The Comedy About Spies will play at the Noël Coward Theatre from 14 April to 3 August 2025.

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Main photo: The Comedy About Spies - Mischief company who are performing at the Royal Variety Performance with hosts Amanda Holden and Alan Carr. Photo by Ellie Kurttz