Jonathan Sayer 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 ''Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of the Mischief Theatre company, creators of '' The Play That Goes Wrong'' (2012). Premise The fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempts ...

'', '' The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'', '' Groan Ups'', ''

Magic Goes Wrong ''Magic Goes Wrong'' is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields (of Mischief Theatre Company) and Penn & Teller. It follows the series of Mischief's ''Goes Wrong'' series of plays following ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and '' ...

'' 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 ...

''.

Career

In 2008, Sayer, Henry Lewis, 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, Sayer co-wrote with Lewis 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 ...

. Sayer played Dennis Tyde in both the original London cast and the original Broadway cast. In 2013, another Lewis, Sayer and Shields production, ''

'', premiered at The Pleasance Theatre. with Sayer amongst its original cast, playing Dennis. 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 ...

; Sayer was amongst its original cast, and played Warren Slax. In August 2019, ''

'', a play written by Lewis, Sayer, Shields,

Penn and Teller Penn may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Penn'' (film), 1954 Tamil film starring Vyjayanthimala * ''Penn'' (TV series), a 1991 Tamil mini-series * ''Penn'' (TV series), a 2006 Tamil-language soap opera * '' The Penn'', or ''The Stylus'', ...

, premiered at the Quays Theatre; Sayer played Mikey, 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

COVID-19 restrictions During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of non-pharmaceutical interventions, particularly lockdowns (encompassing stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, and similar societal restrictions), were implemented in numero ...

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

'' between December 2019 and November 2021.

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayer, Jonathan English sketch comedians 21st-century English dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English screenwriters English male stage actors Living people 1988 births English male television actors English male comedians Male actors from Ashton-under-Lyne Comedians from Greater Manchester