The Comedy About Spies

About The Comedy About Spies

The Comedy About Spies at the Adelphi Theatre is Mischief’s spy comedy set in London’s Piccadilly Hotel, where a rogue British agent steals plans for a top-secret weapon and CIA and KGB spies converge in pursuit of the missing file. The story follows a clueless young couple, a hapless actor hoping for a spy film role, and a web of double agents in a mission that quickly gets out of control.

This limited 8-week run returns to London’s West End after a sold-out 2025 summer season. It is from the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, and won Best New Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2026.

The comedy is set in the 1960s and has been described by press as fast-moving and very funny, with tangled identities, confused missions and miscommunication driving the action.

Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.

Before you book

Age guidance: recommended for ages 10+. Children under 4 will not be admitted into the theatre.

Tickets: no exchanges or refunds.

Venue

Adelphi Theatre
409-412 Strand, London, United Kingdom
Strand, London WC2R 0NS

Access enquiries: access@lwtheatres.co.uk
Phone: 020 3925 2998
Opening hours: 10am to 5:30pm, Monday to Saturday.