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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 19:22:08 GMT
I'm here! I'm the one outside smoking a cigarette, with a Hamilton bag.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 20, 2018 23:21:49 GMT
I'm here! I'm the one outside smoking a cigarette, with a Hamilton bag. Really sorry but I didn't manage to spot you. I arrived not long before it started, having been dashing round seeing Lumiere installations between shows, & afterwards I looked for Hamilton bags but didn't see any. Today's shows round-up: 4pm "Cake Fu" a kung fu movie set in the Great British Bake Off tent. Absolutely loved it! Definitely one of my favourites of the run. I now want Mischief Theatre to take over GBBO for real! Favourite character has to be Dave as cake fu baker Jin Jun Sun (sp?), combining Max-imum adorableness with great kung fu moves. (I may have even forgiven him for Thursday's rabbit!) Highlights included Jonathan confessing he'd never seen GBBO & getting roundly booed, Ellie as Mary Berry embracing cake fu, Henry L trying to do Bollywood dancing on a box & falling off, & Charlie having yet another famous aunt. 7.45pm "The Secret Life Of Brian" a spy movie set in Prague & Swindon. Whoever gave Mischief Theatre a portable smoke machine, I want a word: Henry S nearly asphyxiated most of the audience! Highlights included Dave as villain Captain Handshanks who had knives for fingers, the car chase, some great musical numbers, & the finale which ended up with up to a sextuple agent! 9.15pm "Can You Dig It?" (or possibly "Can They Dig It" or some other pronoun, my brain's going) a Western set in a coal mine. I think Dave may win favourite character again, as mine supervisor Jacobs who was desparate to keep his hi-vis jacket! Highlights included the breakdancing, especially Henry L & Henry S's attempts (the latter, as he staggered to his feet, groaned something to the effect of "Who knew breakdancing could hurt your balls so much"!), Harry as Jeanine, with her repeated insistances she was a beautiful woman (think Trevor as Florence!), & the "Bottom of a Mine" rock number.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 13:17:41 GMT
Awwww sorry, I had to run after the show as I had a train to catch.
The show was really funny yesterday, especially the musical numbers, but it was weaker than the one I saw earlier this month (Disney movie in a hospital). Glad I got to see Jonathan improvise as one of the actors.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 21, 2018 13:41:18 GMT
The show was really funny yesterday, especially the musical numbers, but it was weaker than the one I saw earlier this month (Disney movie in a hospital). Glad I got to see Jonathan improvise as one of the actors. I'd agree that it wasn't one of the best I've seen. My favourite of the 3 yesterday was the 4pm show. But then that's improv, they can't all be equally good. Yes, one of my favourite things of this whole run is having seen Jonathan as part of the main group several times. They swapped back again for the 9.15pm show so yesterday was the first time Oscar was Jonathan - Henry L - Jonathan as the previous Saturdays have all be either Jonathan - Jonathan - Henry L or Jonathan all 3. (Yes, almost certainly no-one other than me is interested in this minutiae!)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 13:47:26 GMT
I'm interested! Keep on posting all these details pls!
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 21, 2018 20:51:36 GMT
Loved this. Tonight we got a heist in a doughnut factory in a movie called Too Many Holes. Featuring zip-wiring, a turtle called Gerald, and an interlude of a silent movie set in a swimming pool. I can also confirm that Jonathan was Oscar tonight! As good as the rest of the cast were, it was his pauses, rewinds and commentary that really made it.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 25, 2018 22:00:27 GMT
MMN tonight a vampire romance set at the ballet "Neckcracker". The genre was my suggestion, after wanting to suggest it last week & not having the nerve. I didn't actually manage to shout out this time either: I put my hand up & fortunately Jonathan asked me. Best character Henry S as evil but sexy vampire Tina who turned into mist for sex. Most adorable character Dave (again) as a very unlucky stage door man. Highlights included the company's attempts at ballet, Charlie & Dave as a vampire couple (which I was hoping for when I suggested vampires), Henry S's trapdoor antics, & Harry giving us a happy ending when it looked like it might be bodies all round. I do prefer films with happy endings!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 27, 2018 11:50:12 GMT
So, who's going to be there for the last day? I probably don't need to bother saying that I'll be at all 3! londonmzfitz Are you just coming to the 9.15pm or will you be at the earlier ones?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 12:28:41 GMT
Enjoy Dawnstar and please do tell us about it!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 27, 2018 19:08:14 GMT
I'm afraid I can't tell you much about the 4pm show because it was basically indescribable. A documentary about dragons & the Loch Ness Monster called "Loch Ness Dragon". I think I can safely say it was the weirdest MMN I've seen, & it was my 25th so that's practically expert opinion!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 28, 2018 0:17:28 GMT
7.45pm "Hoof Killed The Unicorn" a unicorn horror movie set in a hotel. The animated Western porn scene was unique (mercifully!).Best ever last words before being killed from Dave "F*** you!" Other highlights included Jonathan's dancing, umbrella unicorn horns, & the film going audience interactive with the knock knock jokes. In case it's not apparent from the above highlights, Henry L was Oscar for this one.
9.15pm "Turn Around Bright Eyes" a superhero movie set in Chicago with a hero who could shoot fire from his eyes. Some very peculiar villains' sidekicks in this one: Madam Slime (Charlie), Obby (sp?) who only spoke coherently when not wearing goggles (Henry L) & Richard who spent most of the time frozen in a block of ice (Dave). The Spanish number, with an Obby-led chorus that was utter gobbledygook, was quite something.
Lovely to see @ldnmzfitz at the latter show.
I now want to go home, have a good cry & sleep for several weeks (which I can't because I have to be at work on Monday). I failed at stagedooring, missed my train & am only leaving Kings Cross now at quarter past midnight. Wondering why I put so much time, money & love into theatregoing only to end up feeling utterly drained & depressed. It's been a bitter irony to be repeatedly exhorted by Mischief to donate to the Samaritans' bucket collections they've been doing when I'm currently struggling with bad anxiety and, having had a panic attack on the train down to London just before Christmas, have had to force myself onto trains to London for the last 5 weeks to see them.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jan 28, 2018 17:04:02 GMT
Ouch! On missing trains xxx. And all the other "stuff".
I had fun last night, despite that pitiful attempt on the musical number, lol. I love watching Dave Hearne, he be rotten at poker. Lots of fun and am a bit sad I only got to see two.
Glad the annoying laugh person wasn't acknowledged.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 28, 2018 18:48:25 GMT
londonmzfitz Sorry for mis-tagging you last night. The music wasn't bad but the chorus did have what were probably the worst ever lyrics performed on a West End stage! I'm sad that I "only" got to see 27!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 28, 2018 18:52:55 GMT
Anyone interested in an overall summary of the run, I've been keeping a list of all the show titles. The ones marked with an asterisk are the ones I saw. The others were taken from Charlie's tweets & posts on here.
13th December Bend It Like Peckham* 14th December Face Off 15th December 7.45pm It Came From Stage Left 15th December 9.15pm Rainbows And Unicorns 16th December 7.45pm Jingle My Laser Beams* 16th December 9.15pm Barred II* 17th December Ride ‘Em Cowbob 19th December A Mancunian In Paris 20th December Tinderbells 21st December Gone With The Zoo 22nd December 7.45pm From Bussia With Love* 22nd December 9.15pm Santa And The Goat* 23rd December 4pm It Was Me* 23rd December 7.45pm Nuns On The Run* 23rd December 9.15pm Teenage Rampage* 27th December 7.45pm The Leisure Centre Chronicles 27th December 9.15pm A Lidl Bit of Love 28th December The Last Ship to Eeling Broadway 29th December 7.45pm Spaghetti Hoops* 29th December 9.15pm CPR Or Die* 30th December 4pm Seamus Can’t Swim* 30th December 7.45pm T-Vet* 31st December 4pm Slot Wars 31st December 7pm Cardiff Carnage 2nd January 7.45pm The Circle Line of Life 3rd January 7.45pm The Horror of Yeast 4th January 7.45pm Doyouthinkhesaurus?! 5th January 9.15pm Expelled With Blood 6th January 4pm Last Post* 6th January 7.45pm Jenny Goes Down* 6th January 9.15pm Goodnight Alex* 7th January 7pm Fifty Shelves Of Grey 9th January 7.45pm She Died With Her Boots On 10th January 7.45pm Will He Cotton On? 11th January 7.45pm Read My Mind* 12th January 9.15pm Gone Goat 13th January 4pm Gone With The Current* 13th January 7.45pm First Cut* 13th January 9.15pm Artichokes* 14th January 7pm Bambi Goes To Pluto 16th January 7.45pm Gorgon-Zola! 17th January 7.45pm Ship Happens 18th January 7.45pm The Bouncer* 19th January 9.15pm Suck It And Sing 20th January 4pm Cake Fu* 20th January 7.45pm The Secret Life Of Brian* 20th January 9.15pm Can You Dig It?* 21st January 7pm Too Many Holes 23rd January 7.45pm I’ve Got A Sinking Feeling 24th January 7.45pm Watch Out! 25th January 7.45pm The Neckcracker* 26th January 9.15pm 24 Carat Carrot 27th January 4pm Loch Ness Dragon* 27th January 7.45pm Hoof Killed The Unicorn* 27th January 9.15pm Turn Around Bright Eyes*
I've put the blank script that was sold to good use by writing up plot summaries of all the shows I've seen & pasting them in (though I found my gluing skills were worse than your average 5 year old!) so I've made myself a sort of scrapbook of the run. I'm hoping that'll help me to remember the shows in the future.
I tried to work out a top 5 of all the shows I've seen but it ended up as a top 6 as I couldn't decide between two of them (in order of date rather than ranked):
Santa & The Goat 22nd Dec 9.15pm Nuns On The Run 23rd Dec 7.45pm T-Vet 30th Dec 7.45pm First Cut 13th Jan 7.45pm Cake Fu 20th Jan 4pm The Neckcracker 25th Jan
I couldn't pick a number 1 but T-Vet did have both my favourite perofrmance of the series, Charlie as Mitzi the cat, & my favourite song of the series, "Sexual Fondue", the chorus of which is still stuck in my head nearly a month later - which is better than a lot of scripted musicals!
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 29, 2018 8:42:07 GMT
I wonder if Mischief Movie Night could return later in the year? I'm sure it would do very well in one of the larger spaces, such as Pleasance Grand, at the Edinburgh Fringe, where the likes of Showstopper pull in the crowds every August.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 29, 2018 13:44:52 GMT
We'll have to wait & see. If they did then I'd probably bankrupt myself temporarily relocating to Edinburgh! What I'd really like is for them to do one evening a month, like they did in 2015 at the Duchess. That'd give them plenty of time to work on other projects while still giving us fans our Mischief fix!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 8, 2018 12:49:49 GMT
Mischief Theatre
@mischiefcomedy - Feb 7
*ANNOUNCEMENT* We are working with @unwomenuk for this year’s #ArtsWeekLDN 8th-15th March and #HeForShe
There will be a SPECIAL #MischiefMovieNight @critheatre on Monday 12th March to raise money and awareness! Tix available soon!
Ooo, lovely! Monday night sorted.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 8, 2018 19:20:56 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 8, 2018 23:06:29 GMT
Booked!
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Post by stuart on Feb 10, 2018 16:24:50 GMT
I see the running time is given as 1h20 so I hope that means more Mischief & not a really long charity speech! When I saw the show, they struggled to finish it off within the hour and the last 5mins were really rushed. I assume the extra time will give them a bit of breathing space.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 11, 2018 11:56:20 GMT
I see the running time is given as 1h20 so I hope that means more Mischief & not a really long charity speech! When I saw the show, they struggled to finish it off within the hour and the last 5mins were really rushed. I assume the extra time will give them a bit of breathing space. When they did the Monday nights at the Duchess in 2015 they mostly ran about 1h20 so I hope they're going back to that. I agree that some of the 1 hour MMNs felt a bit rushed at the end. If anyone is interested, the cast for the March MMN is currently planned to be everyone who did the Arts shows, including Bryony, apart from Harry (he's in the tour of This House that starts shortly). Source: interval chat with Charlie at the Improvathon yesterday.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 14, 2018 14:01:55 GMT
I find this depressing. Not just because I've already booked & I can't justify buying another ticket but it also feels as if all the hours I've spent standing outside stage doors over the last few years are no longer enough. Now you have to pay just to have a conversation.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 14:06:57 GMT
In fairness that is a charity event. I also loathe paid 'meet and greet' events as a rule (and for profit) but I think as a one-off (or occasional) charity fundraiser, much like selling autographs etc it's a nice way to raise a bit of money. It's not designed as a personal slight to dedicated fans like yourself, just a means to a charitable end.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 14, 2018 16:49:37 GMT
Hot Damn! Dave Hearn has tweeted he's on for Bank Robbery tonight ...
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 14, 2018 18:33:12 GMT
In fairness that is a charity event. I also loathe paid 'meet and greet' events as a rule (and for profit) but I think as a one-off (or occasional) charity fundraiser, much like selling autographs etc it's a nice way to raise a bit of money. It's not designed as a personal slight to dedicated fans like yourself, just a means to a charitable end. I wouldn't mind so much if it emphasised it was for charity but that's not how it reads to me. If it said "We are holding a special meet & greet to raise more money for the charity" then I don't think I'd feel so hacked off, but it doesn't. The emphasis comes over as it being to have the priviledge of meeting the cast, not giving to charity. There's also the issue that by only announcing it several days after the tickets went on sale most fans will have already booked. I may have considered paying £50 but I'm jolly well not paying £50 on top of the £20 I've already paid. Despite currently feeling rather hacked off with the above, I am now on a train to London praying I make it to the Criterion by 7.30 to see Dave in TCAABR, having seen on Twitter at 5.45 that he's going to be on tonight. I jumped off a bus home, on a bus to the train station & then onto a train. This is probably going to sound awfully up myself but I'd say that's being a fan at least as much as paying for a meet & greet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 18:54:01 GMT
In fairness that is a charity event. I also loathe paid 'meet and greet' events as a rule (and for profit) but I think as a one-off (or occasional) charity fundraiser, much like selling autographs etc it's a nice way to raise a bit of money. It's not designed as a personal slight to dedicated fans like yourself, just a means to a charitable end. I wouldn't mind so much if it emphasised it was for charity but that's not how it reads to me. If it said "We are holding a special meet & greet to raise more money for the charity" then I don't think I'd feel so hacked off, but it doesn't. The emphasis comes over as it being to have the priviledge of meeting the cast, not giving to charity. There's also the issue that by only announcing it several days after the tickets went on sale most fans will have already booked. I may have considered paying £50 but I'm jolly well not paying £50 on top of the £20 I've already paid. Despite currently feeling rather hacked off with the above, I am now on a train to London praying I make it to the Criterion by 7.30 to see Dave in TCAABR, having seen on Twitter at 5.45 that he's going to be on tonight. I jumped off a bus home, on a bus to the train station & then onto a train. This is probably going to sound awfully up myself but I'd say that's being a fan at least as much as paying for a meet & greet. It is pretty damn clear though? It says 'Gala night for....' etc. I can't comment on the ticket timing as I don't follow it as closely. But also if they've seen the opportunity to raise a bit of money, I support that- they aren't trying to screw over anyone simply do a little 'add on' to try and raise a bit of money. Much like the BCEFA 'auctions' and 'bucket collections' in NY which sell posters signed by the cast and all manner of meet and greet expereinces, they aren't designed as a slight to loyal fans like yourself, simply a way to raise money for worthy causes. I think you're letting your anger override a bit there- it couldn't be clearer it's a charity event. And ok so you missed out this time, or you feel a bit put out but it's really not meant as a personal slight to you or other fans.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2018 8:22:23 GMT
I guess it's all a matter of perception. Maybe because of my Asperger's I'm reading it differently to normal people.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 8:36:43 GMT
I guess it's all a matter of perception. Maybe because of my Asperger's I'm reading it differently to normal people. Perhaps but it's really not a personal slight to you (or any other fan) it's just a charity event. It's a bit sad that a nice thing by the company (raising money for charity, and current and worthy one right now, really relevant to the industry) is being viewed here as a 'bad thing' by someone just because it means you aren't getting something you want? Or to put it another way, you've had lots of time and attention from the cast- what's one night in the name of charity? Again, perspective take a step back and think about how that looks- you're complaining that the company are raising money to help people. Also (you'll probably take this the wrong way but it goes for all people who do similar things) just because you go to a show a lot, and hang around stage door often doesn't entitle you to anything more than any other fans/casual theatre goers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 8:52:56 GMT
@emicardiff has some very good points. No fan is more special or important than any other fan, and it really is kinda churlish to look at a beloved company doing a thing that will raise money for a good cause and decide the best response is to... well, whine about it.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2018 13:46:55 GMT
Thanks for the mental equivalent of a slap in the face. Usually this board is supportive when people vent frustrations but evidently not to me.
Oh and I didn't say anything against them raising money for charity. If you re-read my previous post I said that I didn't feel the charity aspect was emphasised enough in the tweet.
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