Manila-based Filipino actor Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante will play Sandra, a leading member of the Cornley Drama Society who takes on the role of Florence Colleymoore in the company’s increasingly disastrous 1920s murder mystery. She joins principal cast members from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, bringing together a company of performers from five countries for the Manila season.
She will be joined by Tom Babbage (Chris), Owen Jenkins (Robert, West End), Sebastiano Pitruzzello (Max, 2025 Australia and New Zealand 10th Anniversary Tour), Liam Horrigan (Jonathan, West End and UK tour), Tom Hayward (Dennis), Olivia Charalambous (Annie, Australia and New Zealand), Jake Curran (Trevor, West End) and Stephanie Astrid (female understudy, Sandra at the Sydney Opera House). The production is directed by Hannah Sharkey.
Carlos Candal, CEO and Founder of GMG Productions, on assembling a global cast:
“For GMG Productions, this casting is deeply personal. Seeing Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante, a Filipino artist of extraordinary calibre, who was also a member of our Filipino-led production of Come From Away, and who brings such a hilarious, unhinged spirit to the stage, stepping into one of theatre’s most iconic roles fills us with pride. Bringing her together with world-class performers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States is exactly what we set out to do when we founded GMG: to give Filipino audiences the chance to experience theatre at the highest level, with one of our own shining at its heart.
If this company were any more international, we’d need subtitles; luckily, the chaos of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG needs no translation at all.”
Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante has spent over a decade onstage, making her professional debut in 2011 as Liesl in Resorts World Manila’s The Sound of Music. Since then, she has taken on a diverse range of roles, including Carrie in Carrie the Musical, Barbara Smith in Run for Your Wife, Annette in the Asian tour of Saturday Night Fever, Medium Alison in Fun Home, Lauren in Kinky Boots, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. Most recently, she portrayed Carrie Pipperidge in Repertory Philippines’ Carousel, earning her first Gawad Buhay Award for Female Featured Performance in a Musical.
Awarded the 2014 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy, the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a Tony AwardⓇ for its Broadway transfer, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG has grown from a first performance at The Old Red Lion 10 years ago—attended by just four paying customers—to a global phenomenon now playing in over 30 countries and seen by more than two million people. Created by Mischief’s Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the award-winning smash-hit comedy continues to delight audiences in the West End and around the world, arriving in Manila as part of its international journey following acclaimed runs in more than 50 countries over the past decade.
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG follows the Cornley Drama Society as it attempts to stage The Murder at Haversham Manor, a 1920s murder mystery. But as opening night unfolds, everything that can go wrong does: the set collapses, props disappear, cues are missed, lines are forgotten and the performers must battle on through escalating chaos.
Tickets for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, playing at The Theatre at Solaire from November 6 to 22, 2026, are available through ticketworld.com.ph. For updates and exclusive announcements, visit www.gmg-productions.com or follow @gmg.productions
ABOUT THE CAST
Tom Babbage as Chris
Originally from Somerset, Tom trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His theatre credits include Murder for Two (SJT and Bolton Octagon), The Little Mermaid (Watermill), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (RSC), Putting it Together (Playground Theatre/Salisbury Celebrate Voice), Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-A-Lomp!! (Southwark Playhouse), The Fair Maid of the West (RSC), The Motive and the Cue(National Theatre), Boundless as the Sea and Miss Littlewood (RSC/Cunard), Cluedo (UK premiere and tour), The Play That Goes Wrong (UK Tour and West End – Duchess Theatre), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (UK Tour), The Wizard of Oz (Brewhouse Theatre Taunton), Toys – The Musical(CityWalk Dubai), The Garden (Tristan Bates Theatre), Around the World in Eighty Days (Brewhouse Theatre Taunton), Arianna in Creta (Royal College of Music), and Widows and Children First! (Jermyn Street Theatre).
His film and television work includes Amandaland (BBC), The Candidate, Memories: Brothers – A Lasting Legacy, Beauty, Spaceboy, Brief Intermission, Easy Ride (music video), and Cracking Shakespeare (educational film).
Workshop credits include Cockfosters (Riverside Studios), Caroline: A New Musical (NT Studios), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (RSC), That Bastard, Puccini! (RJG Productions), Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badgers Drift (Nicholson Green Productions), a confidential RSC workshop, Iolanthe (JB Theatre Productions Ltd), Legends of Arahma (Central Studio, QMC), Bedbug and Featherboy (both National Theatre), and The Wall (Pink Floyd and Complicité, directed by Simon McBurney).
Tom is also an established voiceover artist, working across video games, commercials, podcasts, and audiobooks for publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Bloomsbury; his 2025 recording of Tiny Hercules has been shortlisted for “Best Children’s Audiobook” at the British Audio Awards.
Owen Jenkins as Robert
Owen trained at The Oxford School of Drama. His theatre credits include The Play That Goes Wrong (West End), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Riverside Studios), Doctor Who: Time Fracture (Immersive Everywhere/BBC), David Walliams’ The First Hippo on the Moon(International Tour), An Enemy of the People, David Baddiel’s Animalcom, and One Duck Down (UK Tours), as well as Stranger Things and Wishmas (Secret Cinema), The Jolly Christmas Postman (Oxford Playhouse), Raymond Briggs’ The Bear (Birmingham MAC), The Game’s Afoot, and The Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie (Les Enfants Terribles). His screen credits include Milk (Blue Ethel) and Trickle (Ravanburn).
Owen is also a director, writer, and voice-over artist. He is an Artistic Director and writer for award-winning theatre company FacePlant Theatre and co-creator of critically acclaimed audio series At Your Peril.
Sebastiano Pitruzzello as Max
Following the 2025 Australia & New Zealand 10th Anniversary Tour of The Play That Goes Wrong, Sebastiano returns to his professional theatre debut role as Max. His previous credits include the Australian premieres of STOP/OVER (Three Fates Theatre) and BACON (Melbourne Fringe 2023). He graduated from Federation University Arts Academy in 2019.
Liam Horrigan as Jonathan
Liam is an actor and writer from Essex who trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His theatre credits include The Play That Goes Wrong (West End and UK Tour), Cluedo and Cluedo 2 (UK Tours), Haywire (The Barn Theatre), Cockfosters (Southwark Playhouse), Ben Hur (Barn Theatre), The Devils (Embassy Theatre), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Webber Douglas Studio). His audio credits include The Queen Philippa (2handers/BBC) and DMs Are Open (BBC Studios), and his film credit is Third Bench on the Left (CPO Productions).
Liam is also a co-host of the award-nominated podcast You’re On Tonight, which explores the experiences of actors, understudies, and swings stepping onstage at the last minute.
Tom Hayward as Dennis
Tom Hayward is an emerging performer from Wellington, New Zealand. In 2023, he completed his Bachelor of Creativity in acting for stage and screen at Te Auaha. That same year, he performed in the HATCH showcase for TAHI (New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance), where he demonstrated his skills as a comedic actor and playwright.
Last year, Tom made his professional theatrical debut, playing Dennis in the Australia and New Zealand tour of The Play That Goes Wrong. He is now excited to jump back into that same world to help bring the joy of Mischief Theatre to a brand-new audience.
Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante as Sandra
Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante is a Manila-based actor, singer, and host with over 15 years of experience on stage. Most recently, she played the Baker’s Wife in Theatre Group Asia’s sold-out and critically acclaimed production of Into the Woods. She also portrayed Antonia in Repertory Philippines’ Man of La Mancha and Raquel in Barefoot Theatre Collaborative’s Anthropology.
Her theatre credits include Carrie Pipperidge in Repertory Philippines’ Carousel, for which she received the Gawad Buhay Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, as well as Medium Alison in Fun Home, Carrie in Carrie the Musical, Barbara Smith in Run for Your Wife, Annette in Saturday Night Fever the Musical (Manila, Malaysia, and Singapore), Lauren in Kinky Boots, Una in Blackbird, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Manila and Singapore).
Olivia Charalambous as Annie
an Australian actor and director who graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) in 2013. Her selected performance credits include Les Misérables (10th Anniversary Production, Cameron Mackintosh), Spring Awakening (Original Australian Cast, Sydney Theatre Company), Puffs (Original Australian Cast, TEG/LifeLike Touring), Young Frankenstein (Hayes Theatre Co), and Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark (The Listies/Critical Stages/Sydney Theatre Company).
Her directing credits include Disney’s Camp Rock, Skank Sinatra, Between the Lines JR, Pursuing Pleasure, Spring Awakening, The Understudy, Carrie: The Musical, and Zoë’s Killer Instinct. She recently launched The OC Project, a Melbourne-based company delivering performance-based workshops for corporate and education settings, alongside directing and creative development for live performance.
Olivia returns to the Mischief family as Annie in The Play That Goes Wrong, having previously performed the role throughout Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Jake Curran as Trevor
Trained at Drama Centre London, Jake Curran’s credits include: film roles in Clayface (2026), Over Your Dead Body (2026), The Owners (2020), Maze Runner: Death Cure (2018), Journey’s End (2018), Fury (2014), Robin Hood (2010), Wrong Turn 3 (2009), Stardust (2007), The New World(2005), and Oliver Twist (2005).
Television appearances in Harry Potter (2026), Robin Hood (2025), EastEnders (2022), The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2021), Gangs of London (2021), Spotless (2015), Whitechapel (2013), Murder on the Homefront (2013), Mayday (2013), Inspector Lewis (2012), Doctors (2011), Summer in Transylvania (2011), Waking the Dead (2011), Criminal Justice (2008), Primeval (2007), Casualty (2003, 2013), The Bill (1998, 2004), The Demon Headmaster (1996), and Grange Hill (1995).
Theatre work in The Play That Goes Wrong (2018, 2019), Christie in Love (2016), A Haunting (World Premiere, 2016), The Young Visitors(2016), Noonday Demons (2015), Fred and Madge (World Premiere, 2014), The Boy Who Cried (2014), and Diary of a Nobody (2014, 2015, 2017); and short films including Boom Chicks (2026), Lily’s House (2026), Lazar (2025), Egg (2025), Full Tank (2025), The Regent (2025), Thou Shalt Not See (2024), Undercurrents (2023), The Ceiling (2022) (Winner of Best Ensemble Award at The World Indie Film Awards), The Moth(2021), The Anchor (2011), Dirt (2011), and Ribbon (2010). Jake is also the writer/director of the films The Psychedelic Biker Killings and Twindrome.
Stuart Vincent, Understudy
Stuart Vincent is a British mixed-heritage actor and professional hip-hop dancer. His theatre credits include the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong and the lead role of Amir in the UK and Ireland tour of The Kite Runner. On screen, he has appeared as Ross in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Terry in the feature film When the Screaming Starts, and Cem in Good Luck, an award-winning short film written and directed by BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Franz Böhm. Alongside his acting career, Stuart brings over 16 years of professional hip-hop dance experience, contributing to his dynamic physicality and commanding stage presence.
Tom Bulpett, Male Understudy
Tom trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His theatre credits include The Grapes of Wrath (National Theatre), The Play That Goes Wrong (West End), Macbeth (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Importance of Being…Earnest? (UK Tour), The Burial at Thebes (RCSSD), Seahorse (Theatre 503), and Road (Warwick Arts Centre). His screen credits include Dept. Q (Netflix), Casualty (BBC), The Mummy (Universal Pictures), Quiz (ITV), and Father Brown (BBC).
Stephanie Astrid, Female Understudy
A Green Room Award-winning performer, most recently known for playing Sandra in The Play That Goes Wrong. Her theatre credits include Viola in Twelfth Night (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), Queen Angelica in The Grinning Man, Miss Thorn in Ruthless!, Pam in 50 Shades!, Joyce Byers in Stranger Sings, Genevieve Gryffindor in Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts, and Stephanie Necrophorous in NINE. She has also performed in the Australian premiere of Midnight: The Cinderella Musical and Disney’s My Son Pinocchio.
Her voiceover credits include Trudie Poodle in The Underdogs podcast and S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A in Busy Bodies with Mr Snotbottom, winner of Best Kid’s Podcast at the 2023 Australian Podcast Awards. She is represented by Ian White Management.
Hannah Sharkey, Director
Hannah trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and was one of twelve directors selected for Stonecrabs’ Emerging Directors Programme in 2014, where she was marked “One to Watch.” She is currently Director of Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle for Virgin Voyages, having previously directed the West End, Off-Broadway, UK tour, and Edinburgh productions.
Hannah was previously Associate Director on Magic Goes Wrong in the West End and Resident Director on the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong, as well as Director of the Portuguese and Mexican replica productions.
Other directing credits include Cinderella (Theatre Royal Bath/UK Productions), Nomad (The Soho Theatre Young Company at Edinburgh Fringe), Storms (The Vaults), and Low Level Panic (The Albany Theatre).