I'm really looking forward to robbing this bank!
Mischief Theatre's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the West End!
Summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. An escaped convict is dead set on pocketing the gem with the help of his screwball sidekick, trickster girlfriend... and the maintenance man. With mistaken identities, love triangles and hidden agendas, even the most reputable can't be trusted. In a town where everyone's a crook, who will end up bagging the jewel?
Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the creators of the Olivier Award-winning Best New Comedy
The Play That Goes Wrong and
Peter Pan Goes Wrong,
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opened at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End in April 2016.
'The best new comedy to open straight into the West End in decades'Time Out 'Thrilling and daringly inventive'The Guardian
Lewis, Henry: - "Henry Lewis is an award-winning writer and actor. He trained at LAMDA and has been a member of Mischief Theatre since 2009. Theatre includes: The Play That Goes Wrong (writer/actor, winner 2015 Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (writer/actor, 2016 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy); The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor, 2017 Olivier Award nominee Best New Comedy); Mischief Movie Night (actor, 2018 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy)l The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor) and The Busy Body (actor, Southwark Playhouse). Television includes: The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Holby City (BBC), Keep It In The Family (ITV) Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC) We Are Most Amused & Amazed - Prince Charles 70th Birthday Celebration (ITV) and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC)."
Sayer, Jonathan: - "Jonathan Sayer is an Olivier award-winning writer, actor and is the Company Director of Mischief Theatre. His work for Mischief has been performed internationally in over forty countries. Training: LAMDA. Theatre credits: The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, West End & UK/International Tour - winner of Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2015 and What's On Stage Awards 2014), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1, West End/UK Tour/Pleasance London - nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2016), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (West End - nominated Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2017) Mischief Movie Night/Lights! Camera! Improvise! (The Arts Theatre ann UK Tour- nominated for Best New Comedy at The Olivier Awards 2018 and winner of Spirit of the Fringe Award 2013)). Television Credits: The Goes Wrong Show (BBC1), Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC1), Peter Pan Goes Wrong- TV adaptation (BBC1) We Are Most Amused & Amazed - Prince Charles 70th Birthday Celebration (ITV), Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Keep It in the Family (ITV- writer only), Radio Credits: The Christmas Show That Goes Wrong (BBC R2)."
Shields, Henry: - "Henry Shields is an award-winning writer and actor. He trained at LAMDA and has been a member of Mischief Theatre since 2009. Theatre includes: The Play That Goes Wrong (writer/actor, winner 2015 Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (writer/actor, 2016 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy); The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor, 2017 Olivier Award nominee Best New Comedy); Mischief Movie Night (actor, 2018 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy)l The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor) and The Busy Body (actor, Southwark Playhouse). Television includes: The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Holby City (BBC), Keep It In The Family (ITV) Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC) We Are Most Amused & Amazed - Prince Charles 70th Birthday Celebration (ITV) and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC)."
