The Play That Goes Wrong

A comedy in which the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society stages a 1920s murder mystery that goes wrong at every turn, presented at the Duchess Theatre in London.

The Play That Goes Wrong is a comedy about an amateur company, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, attempting a 1920s murder mystery. Almost everything that can go awry does, and the accident-prone performers struggle through each mishap in order to reach the final curtain call.

The production is staged at the Duchess Theatre on Catherine Street, in the WC2B postal district of London. The cast includes Jake Curran, Benjamin McMahon, Kazeem Tozin Amore, Steve Rostance, Elena Valentine, Bobby Hirston, Catherine Dryden, Gabriel Paul, Louisa Sexton, Laura White, David Kristopher Brown, Liam Horrigan and Matthew Howell.

The comedy has won several awards, among them the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and the 2014 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy. The Daily Mail gave it five stars, and the New York Times described it as a very funny production. Ant and Dec have also publicly praised it, calling it the funniest show they have seen.