Mischief Movie Night - Arts / Tour / The Other Palace

[Dawnstar]

Sept 1, 2020 23:38:26 GMT digne said:

Thank you! The one thing I miss at Regent's Park is getting to buy programmes.

They might well not have had programmes even if it weren't for coronavirus. The 2018 MMN tour didn't have any, at least not for the 4 venues I saw it at, while the 2017-18 run at the Arts Theatre only had a single sheet rather than a proper programme.

[londonmzfitz]

Bought tickets for the 9pm a couple of hours after they went on sale (work, tsk), 6pm had sold out and I was way up in the Gods for the 9pm (me and my son/bubble). Yes I enjoyed it a lot. First time my son has been to the Open Air which he loved. The show was good fun, especially Henry Lewis mic fail and having to shout his lines .. with his back to the audience/other actors because of Covid.
Watching his shoulders drop as Jonathan Sayer told him that's what he'd have to do - was for me the biggest laugh of the evening.

Not thrilled with the guy just over from us on the aisle who was texting someone and continued to text as the lights dropped and the show started, who responded twice to the texts he received back - until my son (31, 6ft personal trainer) leaned over and asked him politely to stop. I was fit to be bloody tied!

[Dawnstar]

Sept 3, 2020 11:45:39 GMT londonmzfitz said:

The show was good fun, especially Henry Lewis mic fail and having to shout his lines .. with his back to the audience/other actors because of Covid.

At least if there's any actor who should be able to make himself heard without a mike then it's Henry Lewis! As we were at the front it didn't make too much difference to us being able to hear him, in fact my mother said afterwards that she didn't even notice his mike had failed until Jonathan pointed it out. Could you hear him alright at the back?

[londonmzfitz]

Sept 3, 2020 15:36:12 GMT Dawnstar said:

Sept 3, 2020 11:45:39 GMT londonmzfitz said:

The show was good fun, especially Henry Lewis mic fail and having to shout his lines .. with his back to the audience/other actors because of Covid.

At least if there's any actor who should be able to make himself heard without a mike then it's Henry Lewis! As we were at the front it didn't make too much difference to us being able to hear him, in fact my mother said afterwards that she didn't even notice his mike had failed until Jonathan pointed it out. Could you hear him alright at the back?

Oh, no, his mic fail wasn't too bad, but there were a couple of other cut out's that were more difficult.  I like being front stalls!  

[Dawnstar]

Sept 7, 2020 15:27:37 GMT londonmzfitz said:

Oh, no, his mic fail wasn't too bad, but there were a couple of other cut out's that were more difficult.  I like being front stalls!  

When it was still Lights! Camera! Improvise! & they were doing it on Mondays off from TPTGW I quickly found that sitting at the front was pretty much a necessity because of them not being miked, so sitting further back meant far too much dialogue was drowned out by audience laughter. At least now they do MMN miked less is missed sitting further back.

[fiyero]

Wow. I don’t have enough words to say how amazing tonight was.
I have seen and adored The Play that Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Comedy about a Bank Robbery and their TV projects. I have Groan Ups in the diary too (fingers tightly crossed that the new date happens).
I think part of it was the joy of just getting to a live performance (though this is my third after JCS and Sleepless) but this was on another level. The improvisation and teamwork were truly awesome.
Our story was Coffee in Cairo, a spy thriller with elements of slapstick, musicals and Costco.

I don’t envy the questions to parents from girls who looked about 6 and 7 about bad hand actions (I forget the exact line but self love or someone else performing that act was heavily hinted at many times!!!)

[Dawnstar]

Sept 10, 2020 20:34:23 GMT fiyero said:

I don’t envy the questions to parents from girls who looked about 6 and 7 about bad hand actions (I forget the exact line but self love or someone else performing that act was heavily hinted at many times!!!)

I am frequently baffled by parents' complete ignoring of age guidelines for various shows including the Mischief ones. MMN is advertised as 12+ & it gets somewhat rude/sexually suggestive on a not infrequent basis, as indeed quite a lot of improv is apt to do. If you want to take your 6 year old to see improv take them to the Showstoppers' kids show, not to improv shows aimed at adults.

[Dawnstar]

Furious that this is happening when I can't go to the theatre. www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/mischief-movie-night-run-magic-goes-wrong_52861.html

[NeilVHughes]

How much variation across a run is there?

As so little on at the moment if I went to see it a few times across the run would there be much changes or would it be the luck of the draw?

[fiyero]

Nov 23, 2020 13:51:29 GMT NeilVHughes said:

How much variation across a run is there?

As so little on at the moment if I went to see it a few times across the run would there be much changes or would it be the luck of the draw?

I was supposed to see magic goes wrong on 22/01. I see there is a 5pm and an 8pm mischief movie night, tempted to do both!

[Dawnstar]

Nov 23, 2020 13:51:29 GMT NeilVHughes said:

How much variation across a run is there?

As so little on at the moment if I went to see it a few times across the run would there be much changes or would it be the luck of the draw?

It's improv so every show is different. I've seen 56 performances since 2014 & they've all been different. Whether or not the cast will rotate is not yet clear, as they only seem to have announced about half the cast, but they have during previous runs.

[NeilVHughes]

Thanks Dawnstar , have booked one of cheap first week performances so far to get a feel of what to expect and considering the double header on New Years Eve.

From only having seen Groan Ups will now see two Mischief shows on the weekend of the 11th Dec as will be seeing The Play That Goes Wrong for the first time the same weekend.

Here’s to hoping London remains Tier 2 and hope it is not too long into the New Year before you feel comfortable making the trip into London again.

[talkingheads]

I'd love to see this, but am waiting until the tiers get announced.

[Dawnstar]

Nov 23, 2020 19:03:22 GMT NeilVHughes said:

Thanks Dawnstar , have booked one of cheap first week performances so far to get a feel of what to expect and considering the double header on New Years Eve.

From only having seen Groan Ups will now see two Mischief shows on the weekend of the 11th Dec as will be seeing The Play That Goes Wrong for the first time the same weekend.

Here’s to hoping London remains Tier 2 and hope it is not too long into the New Year before you feel comfortable making the trip into London again.

Thanks but unless the rates fall massively very soon, which doesn't look likely with the Christmas household mixing just announced, I think it's highly unlikely I'll feel it's safe to visit London until the vaccine roll-out has happened & that will be far too late for this MMN run.

[TallPaul]

With apologies to Dawnstar, all tickets, in all areas, are just £20 for the opening week. Quite a saving from upto £33.

[Dawnstar]

Dec 3, 2020 15:54:22 GMT TallPaul said:

With apologies to Dawnstar , all tickets, in all areas, are just £20 for the opening week. Quite a saving from upto £33.

The 2017/18 Christmas run was £25 as standard so inflation over the last 3 years to £33!

[TallPaul]

Interesting. By my maths, that's 32% over three years, Dawnstar. Very different landscape now, of course, so completely understandable.

[Dawnstar]

TallPaul Actually thinking about it the Regent's Park performances at the end of August were £25 - not sure about the rest of that tour - so that's pretty rapid inflation!

[Dr Tom]

A very funny performace of I Left My Heart On Mars tonight, with strong thighed Dr Uranus stuck on Earth with half of his wife's heart, while his wife, who had left Earth with his one-year old children 30 years ago (children now both 15) was stuck on Mars with an evil Mahjong loving boyfriend and only half a heart. Mahjong in this universe is not the Chinese tile matching game, but something more like Mornington Crescent where players get rubbed down with butter. Plus, Henry Lewis as a martian who couldn't speak English and could only communicate through squeals.

All very silly, all ended happily at the end and all with a full (but socially distanced) audience who loved it.

I thought I'd booked front row, but I was in the second row. Never mind, the view was excellent. The theatre has a nice low stage.

70 minutes of welcome entertainment, two musicians, Oscar and a cast of seven (including some members I didn't recognise). If London doesn't move into Tier 3 shortly, I'll be back for more.

[NeilVHughes]

Seeing it tonight and if able (Tier permitting) considering a double bill on New Year’s Eve.

[NeilVHughes]

Most Excellent.

A festive treat, Deck the Halls with Parts of Molly. The less said about erotic John the elf the better.

Will definitely look to catch a few more over the next few weeks,

[fiyero]

That was awesome!!!
Amish-geddon - a Wild West Murder mystery set on an Amish commune.

It was a riot. I have no idea how they do it. I hope to get at least another date of the run in (replacing magic goes wrong in January is the most likely).
I wish they had a deal for the 5pm and 8pm on the Friday as it will add up buying 2 tickets!

[Dr Tom]

Nipped to see closing night thanks to a ticket deal I got earlier in the week. A Christmas themed film that made no sense at all, but was incredibly funny and overran.

We saw a A Sticky Situation, sat in the magical store of Candyland, which has stood in Croydon for 300 years run by the imposing My Gumdrop, who hates to charge customers, could magically disappear and would fall into the song anytime (making sure to observe the daily minute spent squatting and the other daily minute spent Bollywood dancing). But with Christmas Eve approaching, one of the workers had a problem with thrush, lived in a candy house with her extra slow moving friend and needed love. Could the lover possibly be the man who two Wild West sounding Financial Board members, prone to shooting a few staff to reduce costs, have sent to save the company? And would Mr Gumdrop end up naked on the mean streets of Croydon stripped of his marzipan underwear, or would a new candy treat powered by orgasms save Christmas?

A full standing ovation at the end and a heartfelt speech. Such a good way to end the year.

[NeilVHughes]

Great fun.

Sticky Situations, a Christmas love story set in Candyland sweet shop Croydon, the secret ingredient of the the confectionery that saves them all will remain a well kept secret.

Will definitely be seeing many more whenever the opportunity arises again.

[daber]

Apologies if this has already been covered.

I have signed up to view this show on New Year's Eve.

Can anyone tell me how I can view it on my TV rather than a laptop