MORD AUF SCHLOSS HAVERSHAM (The play that goes wrong)

In the organizer's words:

THEATER, THEATER - THE CURTAIN GOES UP! An ambitious amateur theater group is eagerly awaiting the premiere of their production of the murder mystery at Haversham Castle. Stage design, props, technical tricks: all home-made. Nerves are on edge. The curtain goes up. But instead of being able to concentrate on the murder of the lord of the castle and the subsequent investigation according to the textbook, the brave actors experience all the nightmares of any actor: doors won't open, props are out of place, dialog is in the wrong order and actors are knocked unconscious. What can go wrong, goes wrong. The actors struggle desperately against the ever-increasing chaos and the audience's laughter muscles are stretched to the limit.

A WINNING TEAM The three authors met as students at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While still students, they founded the Mischief Theatre troupe in 2008 and performed their unique blend of improv theater, magic and comedy wherever they were invited to play. During the day they worked in call centers, as waiters or bartenders and at night they wrote their plays. They hit the jackpot in 2012 with The Play That Goes Wrong. Since then, the play has been running continuously in London's West End and has also conquered the stages of the rest of the world. This was followed by further successes such as Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong and A Comedy About a Bank Robbery.

GREAT MODELS The three young authors were able to draw on great role models in the fields of humor and comedy when developing their play. On the one hand, there is the world-famous, very unique British humor. Other inspirations come from the legendary comedy troupe "Monty Python", the absurd, very physical humor of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, Michael Green's satirical study of a bad actor, The C Actor's 101 and from the Italian Commedia dell'arte.