The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
Publishing Details
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
By (Author) Henry Lewis
By (author) Jonathan Sayer
By (author) Henry Shields
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
2nd October 2017
2nd edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Theatre direction and production
Plays, playscripts
Other performing arts
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
122g
Description
Im really looking forward to robbing this bank!
Mischief'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 cant be trusted. In a town where everyones 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 Londons 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
Reviews
This is the funniest show in town * The Telegraph *
Fast and fabulous comedy caper is a joyful night out * The Times *
The team behind The Play That Goes Wrong hit the funnybone again...The best new comedy to open straight into the West End in decades * Time Out *
Thrilling and daringly inventive...This lung-bustingly funny play is just what the therapist ordered * The Guardian *
Author Bio
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields are members of Mischief, a company dedicated to creating engaging and exciting short-form and long-form improvised theatre of an excellent standard through well-honed improvisational technique and strong theatrical ensemble work. Initially formed of students and graduates of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the company was founded in 2008 and has since performed around the UK and internationally to much acclaim. Their first hit The Play That Goes Wrong opened at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End in 2014 where it went on to win the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy before transferring to Broadway. Further West End success followed as Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery - both nominated for Olivier Awards.
