La Función Que Sale Mal

Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, this show presents an amateur theatre company on the opening night of its mystery play, in which, as the title itself hints, everything…

La Función Que Sale Mal is a comedy that follows an amateur theatre company during the premiere of its mystery play. As the title itself suggests, whatever can go wrong does go wrong, and often in a worse way than expected.

The performers, who have a surprising tendency to suffer accidents, face unexpected problems without respite throughout the performance. The humour arises from the consequences of each stumble, which are comic and hard to put right, and which chain together until the denouement.

The production was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and premiered in London's West End, from where it has travelled to numerous countries. It is a show of physical comedy designed for those who enjoy comic theatre, and it is staged at the Teatro Amaya in Madrid.