Henry William Lewis (born 21 November 1988) is a British actor and playwright. He co-founded

Mischief Theatre Mischief Theatre is a British theatre company that was founded in 2008 by a group of students from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in West London, and directed by Henry Lewis (playwright), Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shi ...

, responsible for ''

The Play That Goes Wrong ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company. The story follows a performance of a murder mystery, where the ill-fated theatre company encounters numerous mishaps. The ...

'', '' Peter Pan Goes Wrong'', '' The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'', ''The Comedy About Spies'' '' Groan Ups'', '' Magic Goes Wrong, Mind Mangler'' and ''

The Goes Wrong Show ''The Goes Wrong Show'' is a British Television comedy, comedy television series created by Henry Lewis (playwright), Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, and produced by Mischief Theatre, Mischief Screen and Big Talk Productions, in a ...

'', and co-hosts ''

Riddiculous ''Riddiculous'' (stylized as ''R¿DD?CULOUS'') is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 24 October 2022 and is hosted by Ranvir Singh with Henry Lewis starring as "The Riddlemaster". The show features contestants answering general k ...

'', an ITV daytime game show.

Career

In 2008, Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields co-founded

while they were studying a drama foundation course at the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

. In 2012, Lewis co-wrote with Sayer and Shields ''

'', which premiered later that year at

The Old Red Lion, Islington The Old Red Lion (ORL), also known as the Old Red Lion Theatre (ORLT) and The Old Red, is a pub and fringe theatre, at Angel, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre was founded in 1979 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club. The pub was Grad ...

. Lewis played Robert Grove in both the original London cast and the original Broadway cast. In 2013, another Lewis, Sayer and Shields production, '' Peter Pan Goes Wrong'', premiered at The Pleasance Theatre. with Lewis amongst its original cast, playing Robert. In 2016, Lewis', Sayer's and Shields' play '' The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'' opened at the

Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building. It has a seating capacity of 588. Building the theatre In 1870, the caterers Spiers and Pond began developmen ...

; Lewis was amongst its original cast, and played Robin Freeboys. In August 2019, '' Magic Goes Wrong'', a play written by Lewis, Sayer, Shields,

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, premiered at the Quays Theatre; Lewis played Mind Mangler, and subsequently took him on tour. In September 2019, the next Lewis, Sayer and Shields play, '' Groan Ups'', premiered at

Vaudeville Theatre The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. Opening in 1870, the theatre staged mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days. The theatre was rebuilt twice, although each new buildin ...

, as part of a projected year-long residency at the theatre (later curtailed due to

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), with Lewis playing Spencer. In 2020, Lewis launched The Mystery Agency, an escape-room style puzzle game, on

Kickstarter Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ...

. In 2016, a production of ''Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' was aired by BBC1, with Lewis playing Robert. The following year, they aired '' A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong'', with Lewis playing Robert. BBC1 aired twelve episodes of ''

'' between December 2019 and November 2021. In 2022, he started playing the Riddlemaster in ''

'', an ITV daytime game show hosted by

Ranvir Singh Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is a newsreader and presenter for '' Good Morning Britain'', presenter of '' Riddiculous'' and a relief presenter of ''Lorraine'' (alongside Christine Lamp ...

Television

Theatre

Books & Playtexts

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Henry 1988 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors English male dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English male writers 21st-century English dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Male actors from Berkshire Actors from Slough Writers from Berkshire