Brand New Comedy from Mischief to Open in the West End in April 2025 – The Comedy about Spies

A NEW MISSION FROM MISCHIEF

A BRAND-NEW COMEDY FROM THE COMPANY

BEHIND

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG &

THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY

SPECIAL ‘SNEAK PEEK’ OF THE OPENING SCENE

TONIGHT, FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER, AT

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCES BEGIN IN THE WEST END

ON MONDAY 14 APRIL 2025

Sign-up today at www.spiescomedy.com

Mischief are excited to announce their brand new show, The Comedy About Spies –an action-packed thriller from the company behind the multi-award winning The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy about a Bank Robbery.Performances begin at the Noël Coward Theatre in London on Monday 14 April 2025, with an opening Gala on Tuesday 6 May 2025.

There will be a ‘sneak-peek’ of the opening scene from The Comedy About Spies this evening, Friday 22 November at The Royal Variety Performance in the presence of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen at The Royal Festival Hall.  The Royal Variety Performance will be broadcast on ITV1 on Sunday 15 December.

Spies cast with Amanda Holden and Alan Carr taken on 21th November 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall London

photograph of the Mischief company members who are performing at the Royal Albert Hall tonight alongside Royal Variety Performance hosts Amanda Holden and Alan Carr Photo by Ellie Kurttz).

5000 reduced priced tickets will be available to buy via Mischief Tickets at 10am on Wednesday 11 December for 48 hours only, to access sign up at www.MischiefComedy.com. Public on sale will take place at 10am on Friday 13 December. Over 150 tickets are available for £25 or less at every performance.

Set in 1960s London, The Comedy about Spies is a farcical, physical double-crossing 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 hilarious Cold War comedy. 

The Comedy about Spies is written by original Mischief company members Henry Lewis and Henry Shields and directed by Matt Di Carlo.  Cast and further creatives to follow.

The Comedy about Spies is presented by Kenny Wax and Stage Presence in association with Jo Danvers.