favorite cornley characters: max bennett, dennis tyde
favorite cast members: josh elliot, nancy zamit, jonathan sayer, henry shields, dave hearn, ellie morris, harry kershaw
mischief theatre is a british theatre troupe that does plays, improv, and tv. i got into them over the pandemic (i think 2020) when i was home all the time and my friend showed me mischief movie nights in, which is their improv show. mischief movie nights in were streamed over zoom so you could watch them (and participate!) from anywhere (as opposed to their original mischief movie nights which were only irl). from there i started watching their tv show the goes wrong show and their tv specials, peter pan goes wrong and christmas carol goes wrong. i've seen the play that goes wrong twice, once at a school and once on broadway, and i've seen peter pan goes wrong on broadway but with the original cast!
the shows in the goes wrong universe are all plays put on by the fictional cornley polytechnic drama society, who try their best to put on good plays but always have everything go wrong for them. my favorite character is max bennett (i've seen him played by 3 or 4 different people and all of them were perfect), but i also really love dennis, though to be honest i love all the characters!! i also listed cast members i like but again, i love them all!
also a while ago i made mischief movie night in / peter pan goes wrong merch and realized too late that i made too much for such a niche interest so if by any chance you are interested in mischief theatre button pins message me lol
(availability might change over time so let me know if the links here don't work / are no longer free! this is just what i'm seeing at the time of writing this!)
peter pan goes wrong is apparently free on youtube now!
you can watch the goes wrong show on tubi or on bbc iplayer depending on where you are!
the play that goes wrong doesn't exist in recorded format so if you want to see that you're going to have to go see it in person! it's on broadway and west end and also anywhere else that wants to do it!
(i wouldn't start with it though bc it's mostly them talking about their other projects!)
btw... if you want to watch other mischief things but don't know where to find them... message me i have connections wink wink