Sarah Hemming of the Financial Times gave the play four out of five stars, noting its shared lineage with plays such as Noises Off and stated that "It's not new then, but it is often very funny." Though she found areas in the play that needed improvement ("it would be funnier if it started more subtly, rather than at full tilt.... The company could also make more of offstage dynamics"), she considered the play to be "largely a joyous show." [33]

Jonathan Sayer as Dennis Tyde - an actor entrusted with small roles, including animals and inanimate objects, due to his inability to remember lines and his misinterpretation of stage directions and instructions. a b "Crisis Averted! THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Extends Through January 2019". BroadwayWorld. 11 July 2018. Ian D. Hall (12 January 2020). "The Goes Wrong Show: A Trial To Watch. Television Review". Liverpool Sound and Vision . Retrieved 19 February 2020. THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (script) 3rd Edition Henry Lewis (Author),Henry Shields (Author),Jonathan Sayer (Author) Fallout from the Nativity play allows Robert to supplant Chris as director. He puts on a Downton-esque family saga, with Chris given a poor role to humiliate him. Wanting the production to be perfect, Robert has the cast restart the opening scene from the beginning each time something goes wrong. The retakes grow progressively worse and consume most of the play's allotted time, causing Robert to drastically increase the speed of the remaining scenes.

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Gans, Andrew (18 September 2018). "National Tour of The Play That Goes Wrong Launches September 18". Playbill . Retrieved 29 January 2019. Nancy Zamit as Annie Twilloil - a member of the company roped in against her will to be an actress, often being assigned to supporting roles that may not work so well.

BBC - BBC Comedy announces six part series for BBC One - The Goes Wrong Show - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 13 February 2020. Two television specials, an adaptation of Peter Pan Goes Wrong and a sequel titled A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, aired on BBC One in December 2016 and 2017. [18] [19] The Goes Wrong Show – The Spirit of Christmas review: "A brilliantly funny festive treat" ". Radio Times . Retrieved 19 February 2020.Walker, Tim (18 September 2014). "The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre, review: 'delightful' ". Telegraph.co.uk. a b Saunders, Emma (20 December 2019). "The Goes Wrong Show: When TV festive frolics go awry". BBC News . Retrieved 12 January 2020.

a b c d e "The Goes Wrong Show cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 13 January 2020. The Play That Goes Wrong is a 2012 play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company. It won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards. [1] The show has been running since 2012 in London; since 2014, the play has undertaken five tours of the UK. BBC sitcom The Goes Wrong Show really did go wrong with OTT performances ★★". inews.co.uk. 23 December 2019 . Retrieved 19 February 2020.Dowling, Tim (23 December 2019). "The Goes Wrong Show review – a terribly brilliant festive farce". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com. Dennis, Martin (10 February 2020), The Goes Wrong Show, Lionsgate Home Entertainment , retrieved 13 February 2020

MISCHIEF - Mischief Theatre Ltd. was founded in 2008 by a group of acting graduates of LAMDA and began as an improvised comedy group. Mischief performs across the UK and internationally with original scripted and improvised work and also has a programme of workshops.a?? The company is owned and controlled by its original members and is led by a creative group and its directors Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer. Darvill, Josh (22 December 2020). "The Goes Wrong Show Christmas special cast and how to watch online". TellyMix . Retrieved 3 January 2021. Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society conduct a Nativity play for Christmas, as they recount the tale of the baby Jesus. They soon face problems as Robert tries to make himself noticed, Trevor struggles with setting up the play, and the group try their best to do the Nativity songs. News: The Goes Wrong Show To Go Rong Again". Beyond The Joke. 14 February 2020 . Retrieved 18 February 2020.Following the success of the first series, the BBC commissioned a second series which premiered its first episode on 27 September 2021. Gans, Andrew (22 February 2019). "BBC Will Air 6-Part Series The Goes Wrong Show, Based on The Play That Goes Wrong" . Retrieved 2 April 2019. The company conduct a drama set in the Deep South of America, as a plantation family come together in their father's final hours, unaware some are planning to swindle the others out of an inheritance. However, a mishap by the set designers, who misinterpreted the play's title, leaves the cast coping with one set made at a 90 degree angle on its side, and another made upside down. Darvill, Josh (15 September 2021). "The Goes Wrong Show series 2 start date confirmed!". TellyMix . Retrieved 16 September 2021.