Groan Ups

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|writer=Henry Lewis
Jonathan Sayer
Henry Shields

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|genre=Comedy

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2020 UK Tour}}

Groan Ups is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre.

Plot summary

The play revolves around the relationships between five school-friends are explored at three stages of their lives: in Year Two in 1994, Year Nine in 2001, and at a school reunion in the present day.

Productions

The play opened on 20 September 2019 and ran until 1 December 2019 at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End, making it the third Mischief Theatre production running simultaneously alongside The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/mischief-theatre-groan-ups-2019_48392.html|title=Mischief Theatre announces new show Groan Ups and West End residency {{!}} WhatsOnStage|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=25 January 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-26}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jan/25/company-behind-play-that-goes-wrong-scores-west-end-hat-trick|title=Company behind Play That Goes Wrong scores West End hat-trick|last=correspondent|first=Mark Brown Arts|date=2019-01-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-26|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} The cast performed a scene from the play on the 2019 Royal Variety Performance.

The play was to begin a UK tour in August 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed and opened at the Theatre Royal, Bath on 12 August 2021.

Cast and characters

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Chemise \| align="center" \|Bryony Corrigan \|Jamie Birkett
Paul \| align="center" \|Dave Hearn \|Killian Macardle
Spencer \| align="center" \|Henry Lewis \|Dharmesh Patel
Simon \| align="center" \|Jonathan Sayer \|Matt Cavendish
Archie \| align="center" \|Henry Shields \|Daniel Abbott
Katie \| align="center" \|Charlie Russell \|Lauren Samuels
Moon \| align="center" \|Nancy Zamit \|Yolanda Ovide
rowspan="4" \|Understudies \| colspan="2" align="center" \|Paul Brown
align="center" \|Krystal Dockery \|
align="center" \|George Haynes \|
colspan="2" align="center" \|Holly Sumpton

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!Characters

!London (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.groan-ups.com/cast-creatives|title=Groan Ups|website=www.groan-ups.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-01}}

!UK tour (2021){{Cite web|last=Wise|first=Rachel|date=2021-07-14|title=Cast confirmed for Mischief Theatre's Groan Ups tour|url=https://stagechat.co.uk/news/tour/24619-cast-confirmed-for-mischief-theatres-groan-ups-tour.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Stage Chat|language=en}}

Chemise

| align="center" |Bryony Corrigan

|Jamie Birkett

Paul

| align="center" |Dave Hearn

|Killian Macardle

Spencer

| align="center" |Henry Lewis

|Dharmesh Patel

Simon

| align="center" |Jonathan Sayer

|Matt Cavendish