Cast revealed for Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in the West End and on tour – including original Mischief stars

Mischief has confirmed the cast for its new show Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, which opens in the West End later this year and will tour the UK.

Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, and directed by Matt DiCarlo, the production begins its West End run at the Apollo Theatre on 6 December 2025 following a tour that opens at the Lowry in Salford on 2 November.

The cast includes Matt Cavendish as Max, Daniel Fraser as Chris, Sasha Frost as Sandra, Chris Leask as Trevor, Lewis as Robert, Sayer as Dennis and Greg Tannahill as Jonathan. Nancy Zamit and Dumile Sibanda will share the role of Annie. The understudies are Alex Bird, Will Bishop, Siobhan Cha Cha, Colm Gleeson and Ashley Tucker.

More than half of the tickets have already been sold for the West End run, which continues until 25 January 2026. The producers report that bookings so far include audience members named Carol, Tim, Holly, Hollie and Noel, and have expressed hope that a Fezziwig will join them soon. There will be a gala performance at the Apollo on 14 December.

The show sees the return of the fictional Cornley Amateur Dramatic Society, last seen bringing mishaps to The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About Spies. The group will attempt to stage Dickens’ A Christmas Carol while managing missing actors, set problems and disagreements over casting. Matt DiCarlo directs.

After the West End, the show will tour to Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff and Theatre Royal Bath before heading to Nottingham Theatre Royal, the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury, the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, the King’s Theatre in Glasgow and the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, where the run concludes on 1 March 2026.