This is no April Fool joke, the fabulous Mischief Theatre are moving beyond streamed performances and heading out on the road this summer with three of their shows embarking on UK tours from July 2021. 

Fans of the critically acclaimed company’s productions Magic Goes Wrong, The Play That Goes Wrong and Groan Ups will be able to laugh out loud in a theatre close to them over the summer! 

Magic Goes Wrong will open at the Curve, Leicester on 16 July before visiting The Lowry in Salford, Eastbourne Congress Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Leeds Grand, Southampton Mayflower and Bath Theatre Royal. The production was created by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields with Las Vegas magicians Penn and Teller and directed by Adam Meggido. 

Their original award-winning hit The Play That Goes Wrong will return on the road for its fourth UK tour, opening at Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury on 13 July. It will then go on to visit Cheltenham Everyman, Bath Theatre Royal, The Lowry in Salford, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Eastbourne Congress Theatre and Edinburgh Kings. The touring production is directed by Sean Turner.

Completing the set is their West End comedy Groan Ups, which will open at Theatre Royal Bath on 12 August. Afterwards it will visit the Lowry in Salford, Chester Storyhouse, Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud, Edinburgh's King's, Cheltenham Everyman, Cardiff New Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Wolverhampton Grand, Norwich Theatre Royal, Southampton Mayflower and Aylesbury Waterside. Written by Lewis, Sayer and Shields, the show is directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward.

Casting, full creative teams and further dates into 2022 for all shows will be unveiled at a later date. What great news for this company who have been doing a superb job at engaging their audiences around the UK during the lockdown.

The Play That Goes Wrong will restart its West End season later this summer, while Magic Goes Wrong is set to return to the West End in October.

TIckets are on sale now via the Mischief Comedy website here.