16 – 20 June

Mischief, the team behind the multi award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, present brand-new musical comedy Thespians. If you thought something funny happened on the way to the forum, wait until you hear what happened en route to the amphitheatre! 

Packed with comedy, chaos and choreography that will have audiences aching with laughter, this is the first musical created by ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ (The Telegraph). Written by Jonathan Sayer (co-writer of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery) and Ed Zanders (musical director Mischief Movie Night). Limited availability remaining – best availability Tuesday – Thursday.

534 BC. Greece’s smallest island is battling to avoid defeat in a nationwide prayer competition set up by a thin-skinned tyrant – where the loser is put to death. All is going dreadfully until Thespis accidentally invents acting, leading to the world’s first play and the origins of theatre as we know it! 

Audiences will escape into Ancient Greece as it bursts into song, with a thrilling plot, a love story worthy of Aphrodite, and enough laughter to fill the Acropolis. Thespians is an uplifting, hilarious, and timely reminder of the power of empathy and stepping into someone else’s sandals.

The cast includes Allie Dart (Unfortunate; The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, The Comedy About Spies) as Rhapsodes; Claire-Marie Hall (original Broadway & West End cast Operation Mincemeat) as Poly; James Spence (Unfortunate; The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch) as Thespis; Luke Latchman (Now That’s What I Call A Musical, Sunset Boulevard) as Atlas; Marc Pickering (The Play What I Wrote, Bleak Expectations) as Adonis; Matt Cavendish (The Comedy About Spies, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong) as Bard; Mia Jerome (The Manningtree Witches, Romeo & Juliet) as Melampus and Rhys Taylor (Millennials; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as The Tyrant with Ashley Tucker (Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Pride & Prejudice* (Sort Of ), Baskerville);  Curtis Patrick (Young Frankenstein, A Streetcar Named Desire); and Josh Patel-Foster (Oliver!, Roman Holiday) as Ensemble.

This listing appears on our front page until 11:55pm on Saturday June 20th, 2026