THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

Henrijs Luiss, Džonatans Seiers, Henrijs Šīlds

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

Comedy

Translated from English by Agnese Kasparova

Premiere -

• 26.01.22.

Performance in 2 acts

• 19.09.26. Performance with English surtitles. For a more comfortable reading of the surtitles, when buying tickets we recommend choosing seats starting from the 7th row to the back of the auditorium /
• 19.09.26.performance with English surtitles. For better visibility of the surtitles, we recommend choosing seats starting from the 7th row and back.

The original British theatre company Mischief Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wrong has been running in London’s West End for 19 years. Its success is no laughing matter, even though everything Mischief Theatre does is funny. They laugh at themselves, or more precisely, at the failures of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, at themselves as actors, directors, and all the essentials of making theatre. They have packed their production with everything good that can be said about British black humour.

At Dailes, The Play That Goes Wrong is one of 20 versions currently being performed in different languages. It is an exact Latvian adaptation of the original version, developed under the guidance of Mischief Theatre director Amy Marchant. This has made it possible to experience in Riga the production so well known in London.

The play tells the story of the aforementioned Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society and the premiere of their production The Murder at Haversham Manor, during which absolutely everything goes wrong - props will not stay on the wall, actors forget their lines, and the stage floor collapses. Despite the force majeure circumstances, the drama society’s enthusiasts are determined to play the show to the end, even if, in the name of their goal, they have to step over corpses.

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields’ play won the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy of the Year in 2015.

Cast: Lauris Subatnieks (Chris / Inspector Carter), Andris Bulis (Jonathan / Charles Haversham), Kristīne Nevarauska (Sandra / Florence Colleymoore), Artis Robežnieks (Robert / Thomas Colleymoore), Toms Veličko (Dennis / Perkins), Anete Kursīte or Milēna Miškēviča (Annie), Gints Andžāns (Max / Cecil Haversham / gardener), Gints Grāvelis (Trevor)

Director - Amy Merchant

Assistant director - Inga Krasovska

Lighting designer - Māra Vaļikova