Mischief Theatre's festive comedy about the amateur Cornley Drama Society staging a disastrous version of A Christmas Carol, touring from the West End.
Mischief Theatre bring Christmas Carol Goes Wrong to Kings Theatre from Tuesday 24 November to Saturday 28 November, with matinees at 2:30pm and evening shows at 7:30pm. It's a brand-new festive comedy from the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.
The show follows the hapless amateur Cornley Drama Society as they stage their own version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and it's exactly what you'd expect from them: miscommunication, set delays, actors missing in action and a growing feud over who gets to play the lead. There's a first for the writers here, too – the audience is taken into the rehearsals and sees the Cornley players interacting before the show itself, with new jokes that rely on that detailed set-up. The production comes to Portsmouth direct from a strictly limited West End run at the Apollo Theatre and is touring the UK. The Guardian called it 'a Dickensian disaster to savour' and WhatsOnStage an 'irresistible Christmas treat'.
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It's written by original Mischief members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, and directed by Matt DiCarlo. The run-time is 2 hours 20 minutes including the interval, and it's for ages 8 and up. Tickets start from £25, and there's a BSL performance on 25 November at 2:30pm. The venue is Kings Theatre, Southsea, 20-24 Albert Road, PO5 2QJ.
