Mischief Movie Night - Arts / Tour / The Other Palace

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

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.