JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN transfers to London’s West End
April 20, 2026
Joining the mayhem from Tuesday 2 June are new cast members: Ruby Ablett as Annie, Matthew Spencer as Chris, Raphael Bushay as Robert, Luke Wilson as Jonathan, Lucinda Turner as Sandra, Alex Bird as Dennis, Joshua Lendon as Max and Kieron Michael as Trevor. Winston the dog returns to play Winston the dog. (If Winston is found).
The understudies are: Paige Round, Harry Al-Adwani, Tom Quinn, Will Bishop and Phoenix Edwards.
The current cast for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at the Duchess Theatre are Izzy Edmunds-Clarke as Annie, Jack Hardwick as Chris, Robert Jackson as Robert, Jonty Peach as Jonathan, Charlotte Scott as Sandra, Mitesh Soni as Dennis, Tom Wainwright as Max and Ronnie Yorke as Trevor. Winston the dog returns to play Winston the dog (If Winston is found).
The understudies are Alex Blackie, Jake Burgum, Kitty Devlin, Louise Hoare and Ed Shamwana.
Lucinda Turner (Sandra)
Lucinda’s theatre credits include: The Gods The Gods The Gods (Wright & Grainger), Ada Thorne in Peaky Blinders: The Rise (Hartshorn-Hook Productions), Daisy in The Great Gatsby (Hartshorn-Hook Productions), Mary/Lady Russell/Mrs Clay in Persuasion (Theatre6), Alice in Class Mates (Arcola Theatre).
Joshua Lendon (Max)
On Stage: Treasure Island (Orange Tree Theatre), Look Who’s All Grown Up (The Space Theatre), The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told (Hobgoblin Tour).
Matthew Spencer (Chris)
Theatre: Troilus and Cressida (The Globe), Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The White Factory (Marylebone Theatre), The Woman in Black (West End, Fortune Theatre), Amadeus (National Theatre), 1984 (Almeida/Playhouse Theatre, UK and International Tour), Animal Farm (Birmingham Rep), Haunting Julia and The Invisible Man (Queen’s Theatre), Macbeth (Orange Tree Theatre), Sleuth (Watermill Theatre), The Busy Body (Southwark Playhouse), Blast Off (Soho Theatre), War Horse (West End/National Theatre), This Happy Breed (Theatre Royal Bath), Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End and UK Tour), Bent (Trafalgar Studios), Tartuffe (Watermill Theatre and UK Tour).
Raphael Bushay (Robert)
Theatre includes: Twelfth Night, Peter Pan, and Henry V (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); The Crucible (National Theatre and West End); Oklahoma! (Young Vic and West End); Don Quixote (RSC); Red Riding Hood (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Tempest and Henry V (Shakespeare’s Rose); Queen of Chapeltown (West Yorkshire Playhouse); As You Like It (Lamb Players); Fantastic Mr Fox (UK and UAE tour); and Kampala (Arcola).
Kieron Michael (Trevor)
Kieron is an actor, singer and writer from Newcastle Upon Tyne and trained at Manchester School of Theatre.
His stage credits include: The Worst Princess (UK tour, Full House Theatre Co), Cirque Du Hilarious (UK Touring Circus), Cherryade Supernova, Where Did All The Magpies Go and Down The Lines (Customs House), Hamlet and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Theatre Space NE), Live Writes (Live Theatre Newcastle), Daisy Donald (UK Tour Blackbird Theatre Company) The Edge (UK Tour, Hooley Theatre Company) and The Monster (National Theatre Tokyo).
Ruby Ablett (Annie)
Theatre Includes: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre for the West End), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep), Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Aladdin, Rapunzel (both Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), The Great Murder Mystery: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Lost Estate), The Threepenny Opera & A Christmas Carol (Bolton Octagon), Wind in the Willows (Derby Theatre), Dick Whittington (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Alice in Wonderland (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), Why is the Sky Blue? (Southwark Playhouse), 8: A Steampunk Opera (The Other Palace), Double Act (Polka Theatre), The True History of Julia Pastrana (Hope Mill Theatre), Brass (Hackney Empire & Leeds City Varieties)
Alex Bird (Dennis)
Theatre credits include:
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (West End/UK Tour); The Play That Goes Wrong (West End); The Changeling (Southwark Playhouse); Ghostbusters (Secret Cinema); Romeo and Juliet (UK Tour/Edinburgh Fringe Assembly Rooms); Love’s Labour’s Lost (UK Tour); I’d Be Lost Without It (Salisbury Playhouse, UK Tour); Pride and Prejudice (China Tour); Great Expectations (UK Tour); Boys (Lost Theatre, London).
Luke Wilson (Jonathan)
His work in theatre includes: Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC; Rockets & Blue Lights for the RNT; Under the Sun for The Royal Court; The Mountain Top for Chipping Norton Theatre; Bootycandy at the Gate Theatre; Run it Back for Talawa; Fragments of a Complicated Mind at Theatre503; Romeo and Juliet for Red Rose and Chain; Twelfth Night at Southwark Playhouse; La Bayadere at the Royal Opera House; Twelfth Night for The Handle Bards; The Odyssey Festival (Promethius Unbound) with Dame Janet Suzman at Cadogan Hall; Shakespeare Birthday Luncheon (The Pragnell Shakespeare Birthday Award) with Dame Judi Dench; The Scottsboro Boys for Fiery Angel and The Lion King for Disney both in the West End.
Most recently Luke appeared in the Summer Rep. Season in Pitlochry and the UK Tour of Calamity Jane playing Lt. Danny Gilmartin.
Tom Quinn (U/S)
Theatre credits include: War Horse (International Tour, National Theatre & Anniversary Tour); Spitting Image the Musical (West End & Birmingham REP); The Leftbehinds (National Theatre R&D); Dinosaur World Live (London & US Tour); The Mousetrap (St Martins, West End); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Duke of Yorks, West End), Dragons & Mythical Beasts (UK Tour).
Will Bishop (U/S)
Theatre credits include Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (UK Tour and West End), Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (Park Theatre), This Be The Verse (Hen & Chickens Theatre) and I Have Heard You Calling in the Night (Union Theatre Southwark). Recent screen credits include Odd Squad (CBBC) and the Fairy Platinum Plus Advert.
Will has written the plays Anadiplosis (Hen & Chickens) and Goodbye Cow (The Glitch), and with his writing partner Colm Gleeson he has also written for screen and audio. In 2021, Will and Colm co-wrote and performed I Have Heard You Calling In The Night, which went on to become an award-winning short film, and most recently co-created ASBO BOZO (Riverside Studios) with writer Georgina Duncan. He is co-head of development at Calling Productions, which has just completed its second film.
Harry Al-Adwani (U/S)
Theatre Credits include: Waving (Etcetera Theatre), Pilgrimage (Old Red Lion Theatre), Taking Orders (Old Red Lion Theatre) and Prodigy (The Other Palace).
Paige Round (U/S)
Theatre Credits include – “Jack and The Beanstalk” at Park Theatre, “Hurling Rubble at the Moon” at Park Theatre, “A Midsummer Nights Dream” for Watch Your Head, “Faceless” at Park Theatre, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” UK Tour for Blackeyed Theatre, “Tartuffe” for The Birmingham Rep, “The Swearing Jar” for New Perspectives and “Christmas Carol Goes Wrong” for Mischief/Kenny Wax.
Phoenix Edwards (U/S)
Theatre includes: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Palace theatre), BIOGRAPHY OF A CONSTELLATION (Orange Tree Theatre), WINDRUSH GIRL (UK Tour), THE LITTLE PRINCE (UK Tour).
