Set in the heart of 1960s London, this Cold War caper written by Mischief Theatre's Henry Lewis and Henry Shields and directed by Matt Di Carlo (The Play That Goes Wrong, Moulin Rouge!) dives headfirst into a whirlwind of espionage mayhem. When a British double agent steals blueprints for a top-secret weapon, the CIA, KGB, and an unwitting cast of civilians - including a clueless couple and a James Bond wannabe - converge on the glamorous Piccadilly Hotel. The result? A riot of mistaken identities, slapstick spy shenanigans, and non-stop laughs.

But what are the critics saying?

Critic Reviews Of The Comedy About Spies

"Mischief Theatre, the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong, did it again last night with yet another hit for theatreland. They strike comedy gold in their latest caper: a Sixties spy spoof that is like Johnny English meets Basil Fawlty in a Piccadilly hotel. It's bigger, better and more brilliantly bungling than ever." - Daily Mail

"A predisposition to the gag-rate of Airplane! will boost enjoyment, though The Comedy About Spies is fast-paced enough to make that film seem positively Beckettian. I was crying helpless tears of laughter within the first five minutes, and at several other moments throughout, not least during a line about a haunted leaflet that would take a paragraph to explain." - The Guardian

"It's worth observing that if you don't have a penchant for running gags flogged to death, rampant mugging, cheap sight gags and corny word-play then you may not be the ideal audience here. That said, even the most averse spectator will likely marvel at the gag-a-line detail, comic timing and sheer physical bravura of this company of fools, led by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields" - The Telegraph

"For years, I wondered why that whodunnit spoof The Play That Goes Wrong had managed to pull in audiences around the world. Had I suffered a sense of humour failure? What a pleasure, then, to discover that the Mischief team's latest masterclass in mayhem is funnier, faster and even more absurd." - The Times

"Chaos, of course, ensues. Sections of the humour tend to the broad and over-laboured, but this deceptively low-fi set-up requires high-tech levels of energy and skill, as well as precision-drilled choreography of the physical comedy and fight sequences." - The I Paper

"Mischief's artistic director, Lewis co-wrote the script with Wright, and there are many of their fellow founders who all studied together at LAMDA and trusted regulars from previous shows in the cast. Dave Hearn's elastic Lance, Chris Leask's strangulated Sergei and Greg Tannahill's fey hotel manager all delight Tannahill also choreographs the fights. Nancy Zamit and Charlie Russell bring coarser grain to the roles of Lance's mother Janet and Sergei's eye-rolling partner Elena. James, a newcomer to the Mischief fold, plays it admirably straight as Rosemary. Director Matt DiCarlo keeps the pace up and David Farley's simple set nicely recalls the backdrops of 1960s animations." - The Standard