Charlie Russell
- Actor and comedian
Press clippings
Charlie Russell to star in comic play about composer Fanny Mendelssohn
The Play That Goes Wrong star Charlie Russell will take the lead in a comedy play based around the story of 19th century composer and pianist Fanny Mendelssohn.
British Comedy Guide, 17th April 2024BBC axes King Gary and Goes Wrong Show
BBC One sitcoms King Gary and The Goes Wrong Show have both been dropped by the broadcaster.
British Comedy Guide, 6th April 2024Edinburgh interview: Charlie Russell on Charlie Russell Aims To Please
"I'm not playing it safe, that's for sure! I'm going to try and please every single member of my audience, so every show will be different from the last. I'm using my improv skills as I genuinely won't know exactly what each show is going to be..."
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 27th July 2022Edinburgh preview: Charlie Russell Aims To Please
Charlie Russell tries to make everyone happy in her new heart-warming show.
Theatre Weekly, 29th June 2022Original The Play That Goes Wrong cast to return to show for two weeks
The original cast of The Play That Goes Wrong will return to the show for two weeks this summer.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 6th May 2022Review - Goes Wrong Show: The Nativity
Everything was exploding or bursting into flames in the deliriously funny Goes Wrong Show: The Nativity (BBC1). The piano burned, a stage hand was crushed by scenery, King Herod's clothes flew off and a fight broke out between two ends of a pantomime donkey.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 23rd December 2020The Goes Wrong Show: The Nativity, BBC1, review
Cornley Dramatic Society's second Christmas special proved Mischief Theatre's chaos still has legs.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 22nd December 2020The Goes Wrong Show gets second series
The Goes Wrong Show, from the writers of the hit Goes Wrong series of stage comedies, will return to BBC One for another series.
British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2020The Goes Wrong Show: The Spirit of Christmas, review
With a dreadful script and OTT performances, it really did go wrong.
Rupert Hawksley, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2019The Goes Wrong Show: When TV festive frolics go awry
The phenomenally successful franchise that began with The Play That Goes Wrong seven years ago in a small north London pub is coming to a living room near you.
Emma Saunders, BBC, 20th December 2019