Cirque Africa
12 December 2024The Opera House
19 – 27 April 2025
The Opera House
It’s a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python farce and Sherlock Holmes mystery. ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a mad-capped piece of live theatre. It follows the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s performance of a classic murder-mystery play. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong — to hilarious effect. There’s an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over the set and their lines.
The play is the longest-running comedy in London and has won Olivier and Tony awards. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, the show serves up riotous laughter wherever it plays. While playing in the United States, a critic from The New York Times was inspired to call it “A gut-busting hit.” The New York Post had one word for its readers: “GO!” Catch the hijinks and comedy mayhem when things go from bad to utterly disastrous on The Opera House stage in 2025.
Pictured above: Original West End Cast for The Play That Goes Wrong.
Visual: A white background with the words ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’. Black text says Best New Comedy. Logos for Olivier Award, Whats Onstage Award, and Broadway World Award.
Audio: Music plays.
Visual: Clips from the West End show play.
Visual: A white background with a review: Five red stars, “I feared I was going to hyperventilate.” Daily Mail.
Visual: More clips from the West End show play.
Visual: A white background with a review: “A masterpiece of malfunction.” The Times.
Visual: More clips from the West End show play.
Visual: A white background with a review: “There is no funnier play.” This Is London.
Visual: More clips from the West End show play.
Visual: A white background with the words, “The Play That Goes Wrong. By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. New Zealand Tour | April to May 2025. PlayGoesWrong.com.”
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