NEWS: Mischief Theatre Announce The Comedy About Spies

The production is set to begin performances at the Noel Coward Theatre on the 14th April, with opening night set for 6th May 2025.

From the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy aBOUT A bank Robbery comes a brand new comedy that will head to the West End next year.

 Step into 1960s London in this hilarious spy 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 riotous world of Cold War farce.

This new play from Mischief has been written by company members Henry Lewis and Henry Shields and is set to be directed by Matt Di Carlo. Casting and full creative team will be announced soon.

Audiences will get a glimpse at the new show through the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Festival Hall, which took place on the 22nd November and will be broadcast on ITV1 on Sunday, 15th December.

Tickets for the production will begin with a 48-hour pre-sale via Mischief Tickets at 10am on Wednesday, 11th December, followed by a general sale on Friday, 13th December at 10am.