| Groan Ups | |
| Place: | Vaudeville Theatre |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Productions: | 2019 West End 2020 UK Tour |
Groan Ups is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre.
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.
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.
| 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 | ||