Mischief’s THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES to open in West End in April 2025

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Mischief have announced that 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, will begin performances at London’s Noël Coward Theatre on 14 April 2025.

There will be a ‘sneak-peek’ of the opening scene from The Comedy About Spies this evening (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 15 December.

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. Casting and further creatives to follow.

Public booking for The Comedy About Spies opens on 13 December at 10am here.