Credit Robert Workman

Mischief Theatre’s West End show The Comedy About A Bank Robbery has revealed details of its first UK tour. 

The tour will open at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 23rd August this year, before visiting a further 35 venues around the UK, currently booking until June 2019.

The show will continue to run in the West End during the tour at the Criterion Theatre where it is booking into its third year.

What’s the show about?

The show is set in the summer of 1958; Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. An escaped convict is dead set on pocketing the gem with the help of his screwball sidekick, trickster girlfriend and the maintenance man. 

With mistaken identities, love triangles and hidden agendas, even the most reputable can’t be trusted. In a town where everyone’s a crook, who will end up bagging the jewel?

Selected tour dates:

Birmingham Repertory Theatre: 23rd August - 8th September

The Lowry, Salford Quays: 11th - 15th September

Theatre Royal, Nottingham: 25th-29th September

Theatre Royal Plymouth: 2nd - 6th October

New theatre, Cardiff: 9th - 13th October

Theatre Royal, Glasgow: 6th - 10th November

Milton Keynes Theatre: 20th - 24th November

Kings Theatre, Portsmouth: 27th November - 1st December

Oxford Playhouse: 15th - 19th January

York Grand Opera House: 5th - 9th February

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry: 5th - 9th March

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton: 2nd - 6th April

More dates and venues can be found online with additional dates expected to be added. 

GTOs looking to book should contact their chosen theatres for details on group bookings.

For more information, visit www.thecomedyaboutabankrobbery.com.

Lead image: Credit Robert Workman.