Groan Ups

Groan Ups
Written by	Henry Lewis Jonathan Sayer Henry Shields
Date premiered	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Place premiered	Vaudeville Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

Groan Ups is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre.

Plot summary

The play revolves around the relationships between five school-friends are explored at three stages of their lives: in Year Two in 1994, Year Nine in 2001, and at a school reunion in the present day.

Productions

The play opened on 20 September 2019 and ran until 1 December 2019 at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End, making it the third Mischief Theatre production running simultaneously alongside The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.[1][2] The cast performed a scene from the play on the 2019 Royal Variety Performance.

The play was to begin a UK tour in August 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed and opened at the Theatre Royal, Bath on 12 August 2021.

Cast and characters

Characters	London (2019)[3]	UK tour (2021)[4]
Chemise	Bryony Corrigan	Jamie Birkett
Paul	Dave Hearn	Killian Macardle
Spencer	Henry Lewis	Dharmesh Patel
Simon	Jonathan Sayer	Matt Cavendish
Archie	Henry Shields	Daniel Abbott
Katie	Charlie Russell	Lauren Samuels
Moon	Nancy Zamit	Yolanda Ovide
Understudies	Paul Brown
	Krystal Dockery
	George Haynes
	Holly Sumpton

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Mischief Theatre announces new show Groan Ups and West End residency | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. correspondent, Mark Brown Arts (25 January 2019). "Company behind Play That Goes Wrong scores West End hat-trick". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 January 2019. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. "Groan Ups". www.groan-ups.com. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
4. Wise, Rachel (14 July 2021). "Cast confirmed for Mischief Theatre's Groan Ups tour". Stage Chat. Retrieved 26 July 2021.