10 May 2025
THE TELEGRAPH
THE 10 GREATEST SPIES EVER SEEN ON SCREEN
by Henry Lewis
The name’s Lewis. Henry Lewis. As the artistic director of Mischief – the team behind The Comedy About Spies, which is about to open in the West End – I’ve got secret agents on the brain. If I compiled a list of the 10 greatest ever seen, who would be on it? (They are all fictional, since the top spies in the real world are so good at what they do that we have no clue who they are.)
What even makes a spy a spy? Jack Ryan certainly does some spying, but technically he’s a CIA analyst. Inspector Gadget may well look the part, but I’m told officially that he’s a “bionic detective”. So, I’ve had Q check my working and am confident that the 10 secret agents below all qualify as especially espionagious.
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9 May 2025
THE ONE SHOW
BBC ONE and iPlayer
Richie Anderson looks at over a decade of Mischief, and chats to original mischief members about THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES, Mischief’s new action packed spy escapade.
Royal Variety Performance
Watch the Royal Variety Performance on ITVX now to catch a sneak peek at Mischief’s riotous new action-packed adventure
Alan Carr and Amanda Holden join the Mischief gang on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, attended by His Majesty, The King.
‘The comic highlight’
The Sun, Royal Variety Performance 2024
‘Biggest laughs of the evening’
The Stage, Review of the Royal Variety Performance 2024
Watch the Royal Variety Performance on ITVX now to catch a sneak peek at Mischief’s riotous new action-packed adventure.
DEVELOPING A MISCHIEF COMEDY
In November 2024 Mischief held a 6 week workshop to develop THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES, follow their journey in this 3 part short documentary that takes you behind the scenes to discover how a Mischief show is created.