Mischief is so adept at developing rapport with an audience, it works anyway. In the next 'Goes Wrong' comedy to hit the West End, the original Mischief company play a hapless gang of magicians presenting a charity event. Magic Goes Wrong will run at the Vaudeville Theatre from 14 th December, with an official opening night on 8 th January. Magic Goes Wrong - Mischief Season Created with Magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief Theatre conjure up an evening of grand illusion. The Star Wars director is a self-confessed fan of Mischief, having produced the company’s Broadway … After misfiring plays, pantos and bank robberies, the magic world gets it in the neck in this rackety but cheerful evening. Magic Goes Wrong - Mischief Season. Vaudeville Theatre As the accidents spiral out of … The company is now so influential it has enlisted legendary US prestidigitators Penn and Teller to provide the tricks, from levitation to disappearance to female bisection. MAGIC GOES WRONG Created with Magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief Theatre conjure up an evening of grand illusion. There are some great lines and laugh-out-loud moments, but it would be easier to find an ace in a rigged deck than a trace of subtlety here. Our callow compere Sophisticato (a nicely sweaty turn by Henry Shields) is in his dad’s shadow and firmly in the cheesy, tailcoat-wearing school of magic. SIGN-UP FOR ALL THE LATEST FROM MISCHIEF THEATRE As the accidents spiral out of control, so does their fundraising target! Mischief Theatre – of The Play That Goes Wrong fame – minister to that desire in spades with their latest offering, co-created with Penn & Teller. Created with Magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief conjure up an evening of grand illusion. Henry Lewis and Dave Hearn brashly and mercilessly spoof modern mindbenders and “edgy”. Dynamo-style card-botherers. In the next ‘Goes Wrong’ comedy to hit the West End, the original Mischief company play a hapless gang of magicians presenting a charity event. As Paul Daniels used to say: that’s magic. The theatres are now closed until at least 28 June. We’re cast as onlookers at a charity spectacular for those injured during magic tricks, where the fundraising total keeps falling and the body count — of both humans and doves — keeps rising. Otherwise it’s the same Mischief mix of shouty comedy, slapstick and humiliation, for actors and audience. Many of the illusions remain deeply impressive even when exposed. WC2R 0NH, Magic Goes Wrong review: Forget subtlety — it’s all about the bants. Mischief Theatre returns to the trusted formula — an elaborately staged set of cock-ups — that turned it from a fringe act into an international phenomenon. MISCHIEF THEATRE® | Magic Goes Wrong - Mischief Season.