About the Show

Mischief Theatre's new 1960s spy spoof arrives in the West End with bungled missions and comic misfires.

From the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery comes this riotous new farce set in the swinging sixties. The Comedy About Spies follows an international scramble for a stolen top-secret weapon blueprint, as undercover agents from across the globe descend on London’s Piccadilly Hotel. With mistaken identities, rogue briefcases, clueless civilians, and enough double-crosses to make your head spin, this is espionage at its most delightfully disastrous.

Premiering at the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited run, this latest Mischief Theatre production reunites original company members for a brand-new mission packed with misfires. Expect split-second physical comedy, winking genre spoofs, and a plot so tangled even MI6 would need a flowchart. Fans of vintage spy flicks and Mischief’s signature brand of theatrical mayhem will feel right at home.

Critic Reviews (10)

For a previous production

"Even for Mischief, this is an ambitious show, with rarely a pause in the action."
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For a previous production

"I’d say it takes near genius to fashion something this incorrigibly goofy."
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For a previous production

“Matt DiCarlo’s intricately calibrated production is a miracle of comic timing and ensemble acting.
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For a previous production

This finely tuned machine of comic timing and theatrical chaos is possibly Mischief’s best work yet, offering audiences exactly what they have come to expect – and love – from this troupe. For those in need of a good laugh and a bit of escapist fun, The Comedy About Spies is a mission you should choose to accept.
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For a previous production

"The lavishness of the staging sometimes feels at odds with the makeshift jollity that is Mischief’s stock-in-trade. This is clearly going to be an enormous popular hit."
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For a previous production

"The whole thing’s a visual treat; montages dangling Lance down a lift shaft, and spinning Douglas in a washing machine, are particularly inspired."
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For a previous production

"It’s often breathlessly funny, but there’s also a whiff of self-indulgence."
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For a previous production

"I was crying helpless tears of laughter within the first five minutes, and at several other moments throughout, not least during a line about a haunted leaflet that would take a paragraph to explain."
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About the Show

Critic Reviews (10)

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