Out of Order
A rip-roaring farce by Ray Cooney
Richard Willey, a Government Junior Minister is all set for a night of passion with one of the opposition’s secretaries, Jane Worthington at the Westminster Hotel. What he didn’t count on though was the body he discovers trapped in his hotel room’s sash window! Enter Richard’s hapless private secretary, George Pigden to assist with an increasingly elaborate series of invented stories and manic cover-ups in this riotous comedy where the truth must be avoided at all costs.
But things can only go from bad to worse for Richard with the arrival of his loving wife, plus Jane’s distraught husband Ronnie. And that’s not to mention the frustrated hotel manager, an unscrupulous waiter and the bossy Nurse Foster.
Out of Order won the the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Comedy and remains farce at its finest from the Master, Ray Cooney.
A rip-roaring farce by Ray Cooney
Richard Willey, a Government Junior Minister is all set for a night of passion with one of the opposition’s secretaries, Jane Worthington at the Westminster Hotel. What he didn’t count on though was the body he discovers trapped in his hotel room’s sash window! Enter Richard’s hapless private secretary, George Pigden to assist with an increasingly elaborate series of invented stories and manic cover-ups in this riotous comedy where the truth must be avoided at all costs.
But things can only go from bad to worse for Richard with the arrival of his loving wife, plus Jane’s distraught husband Ronnie. And that’s not to mention the frustrated hotel manager, an unscrupulous waiter and the bossy Nurse Foster.
Out of Order won the the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Comedy and remains farce at its finest from the Master, Ray Cooney.
Performance schedule and box office details
Performances: Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November 2026, 7.45pm at the Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, UB10 8PD.
Tickets £16 or £15 concessions (available on Wednesday and Thursday only). Book here online, but please note that online bookings will be subject to a £1.50 transaction fee.
To book by phone, call the Compass Theatre Box Office on 01895 250615 or the RDS Box Office on 01895 632300.
Performances: Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November 2026, 7.45pm at the Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, UB10 8PD.
Tickets £16 or £15 concessions (available on Wednesday and Thursday only). Book here online, but please note that online bookings will be subject to a £1.50 transaction fee.
To book by phone, call the Compass Theatre Box Office on 01895 250615 or the RDS Box Office on 01895 632300.
Reviews of the original West End production of Out of Order
"Gleefully funny" Guardian
"Made me laugh more than any play I have seen in the West End this year" Evening Standard
"Gleefully funny" Guardian
"Made me laugh more than any play I have seen in the West End this year" Evening Standard