Mischief’s The Comedy About Spies announces live West End recording

Mischief’s new production, The Comedy About Spies, is set for a live capture at the Noël Coward Theatre in London!

Before the limited run plays its final performance on 5 September, three performances at the West End venue – on 20 August at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and on 21 August at 7:30pm – will be recorded, with plans for a future release to be announced in due course.

Brought to you by the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, the show is set in 1960s London and is described as a farcical comedy involving spies from the CIA and KGB converging at a London hotel in pursuit of a rogue British agent and a stolen top-secret file. The plot thickens with the arrival of a British couple and an actor auditioning for the role of James Bond.

Appearing in the live capture will be original Mischief company members Dave Hearn, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill and Nancy Zamit, alongside Adele James, who is making her Mischief debut.

Macadie Amoroso, Adam Byron, Matt Cavendish, Allie Dart, Niall Ransome, and Ashley Tucker complete the cast.

The play is written by Lewis and Shields and directed by Matt Di Carlo. The production also features set design by David Farley, costume design by Deborah Andrews, and sound design and composition by Jon Fiber for JollyGoodTunes. Casting is by Lucy Jenkins and Sooki McShane, with additional casting by Heather Basten. The associate director is Katie-Ann McDonough.

Tickets are on sale now below.

Want more new Mischief? Their take on A Christmas Carol will arrive later this year!