Henry Lewis (playwright)

In 2008, Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields co-founded Mischief Theatre while they were studying a drama foundation course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[1]

In 2012, Lewis co-wrote with Sayer and Shields The Play That Goes Wrong,^[2] which premiered later that year at The Old Red Lion, Islington.^[3] Lewis played Robert Grove in both the original London cast^[4] and the original Broadway cast.^[5] In 2013, another Lewis, Sayer and Shields production, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, premiered at The Pleasance Theatre.^[6] with Lewis amongst its original cast, playing Robert.^[7]

In 2016, Lewis', Sayer's and Shields' play The Comedy About a Bank Robbery opened at the Criterion Theatre; Lewis was amongst its original cast, and played Robin Freeboys.^[8] In August 2019, Magic Goes Wrong, a play written by Lewis, Sayer, Shields, Penn and Teller, premiered at the Quays Theatre; Lewis played Mind Mangler,^[9] and subsequently took him on tour.^[10][11] In September 2019, the next Lewis, Sayer and Shields play, Groan Ups, premiered at Vaudeville Theatre, as part of a projected year-long residency at the theatre (later curtailed due to COVID-19 restrictions^[12]),^[13] with Lewis playing Spencer.^[14] In 2020, Lewis launched The Mystery Agency, an escape-room style puzzle game, on Kickstarter.^[15]

In 2016, a production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong was aired by BBC1, with Lewis playing Robert.^[16] The following year, they aired A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, with Lewis playing Robert.^[17] BBC1 aired twelve episodes of The Goes Wrong Show^[18] between December 2019^[19] and November 2021.^[20] In 2022, he started playing the Riddlemaster in Riddiculous, an ITV daytime game show hosted by Ranvir Singh.^[21]

In 2024, Henry Lewis gave his Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy to Max Fosh.^[45]