Harry Kershaw rather stole the show tonight - another very good show, but the funniest bits were his name amnesia, and his brutal divorce of his wife as she died and went to Blackpool.
I thought tonight's was so much better. A genre ripe for parody and lots of wonderful moments, my personal highlight were the vicious breakfast vendors.
I thought tonight's was so much better. A genre ripe for parody and lots of wonderful moments, my personal highlight were the vicious breakfast vendors.
I agree that vampire romance works well as a genre. Though I have to say that I've seen so many MMNs that tonight's was only my second favourite vampire romance from them!
Compared to last night, I certainly enjoyed tonight's one more. I think it helped that I was able to get a good stream without any buffering like I did last night so I didn't miss out on any of the show. I thought the on-line audience participation bits were done better and more involved in proceedings. Looks like I'm going to watch all the evening performances. They are just so much fun to watch.
Thinking about it, I didn't have any techincal glitches tonight either so maybe they've done something to make the stream more stable. The volume level was better too, last night was rather quiet. I have to say I didn't like the increased audience participation.
Very funny ending to Who Bunnit this afternoon - couple of cast changes this afternoon with Josh Elliot and Ellie Morris in for Henry Shields and Lauren Spearing. Harry Kershaw not finding the right camera and Henry Lewis in general, especially his final line, were great. Dave Hearn was very commited to his role as a peacock which was highly amusing.
This evening was a fantasy horror - Flat pack Attack. This was definitely my favourite of the 4 live streamed shows so far - Henry Lewis as the mother of Helen, Joshua Elliot as HR - him trying to come up with 10 relatives names, Bryony Corrigan going off to prepare her finger, the Irish Jig to commemorate the dead, and Harry Kershaw as Delta von Tussle, who only spoke in rhyming couplets. The corpses corpsing as Delta rhymed amygdala with sphincter made it even better. I was literally crying with laughter for a large portion of that hour. Not much of a plot at times, but seriously entertaining.
Another fantastic movie night with the MT gang. I'm absolutely loving watching these this week and it is nice just to have something to look forward to in an evening. I do hope that they do more streamed performances in the new year if the theatres cannot reopen.
I guess it'll come down to finances and whether this is viable or not. Jonathan did say "thousands of people" watching earlier in the week.
I'd be hopeful that they do more - it's an interesting "event" to deliver online and does seem to land well. In a way it almost works better like this than it does in person.
What an utterly bonkers movie night tonight. I loved it! Jonathan Sayer's meltdown tonight was the highlight for me. He is such a great MC for this. These movie nights really are great. An absolutely fun filled 70 minutes each night. It's such a shame that it is the final one tomorrow night.
Harry Kershaw steals the show every night - Giles was hilarious, especially his one man conga - and him forgetting his name again, leading to Jonathan having his rant was hilarious.
I’ve ended up watching them all and From Russia With Gloves tonight was my favourite so far. Quite wonderfully mad and nonsensical, and slightly wrong. I just wish the more ‘adult’ bits weren’t curtailed quite so quickly.
I’ve ended up watching them all and From Russia With Gloves tonight was my favourite so far. Quite wonderfully mad and nonsensical, and slightly wrong. I just wish the more ‘adult’ bits weren’t curtailed quite so quickly.
Lol same. I wanted to see the koala at customs seen. It looked as if it would have been incredibly entertaining.
Harry Kershaw steals the show every night - Giles was hilarious, especially his one man conga - and him forgetting his name again, leading to Jonathan having his rant was hilarious.
It really cracked me up that Harry's first line tonight was getting his name wrong lmao. The first thing he said lol.
For me, the ginger guy cracks me up every night. I don't know his name (sorry!), but he's always delivering the bonkers and innuendo-like things. When he said "I'll get you your gun", he literally coughed it up and pulled it out of his throat. It wasn't acknowledged but I was literally like wtf and wetting myself. He's so funny! Carried the show last night too.
For me, the ginger guy cracks me up every night. I don't know his name (sorry!), but he's always delivering the bonkers and innuendo-like things. When he said "I'll get you your gun", he literally coughed it up and pulled it out of his throat. It wasn't acknowledged but I was literally like wtf and wetting myself. He's so funny! Carried the show last night too.
Do you mean Josh Elliott? I wouldn't say he's ginger but he's probably the one people are least likely to know the name of, as he only does the improv shows with Mischief.
For me, the ginger guy cracks me up every night. I don't know his name (sorry!), but he's always delivering the bonkers and innuendo-like things. When he said "I'll get you your gun", he literally coughed it up and pulled it out of his throat. It wasn't acknowledged but I was literally like wtf and wetting myself. He's so funny! Carried the show last night too.
Do you mean Josh Elliott? I wouldn't say he's ginger but he's probably the one people are least likely to know the name of, as he only does the improv shows with Mischief.
That's him, yeah. Hmm. He looked ginger to me in the performances, but can't find a good picture of him. I know a lad that is the image of him, who is also ginger, which probably doesn't help either lol.
Saw them live twice earlier in the month and enjoyed the Movie Nights more than the plays, have taken a punt on tonight’s live stream to finish the year with a laugh.
Saw them live twice earlier in the month and enjoyed the Movie Nights more than the plays, have taken a punt on tonight’s live stream to finish the year with a laugh.
I wouldn't say I necessarily enjoy MMNs more than the stage plays but I do enjoy them more than the TV shows. I'd be very happy if Mischief kept on streaming MMNs rather than doing a second series of The Goes Wrong Show. Not that that's going to happen.
Saw them live twice earlier in the month and enjoyed the Movie Nights more than the plays, have taken a punt on tonight’s live stream to finish the year with a laugh.
I wouldn't say I necessarily enjoy MMNs more than the stage plays but I do enjoy them more than the TV shows. I'd be very happy if Mischief kept on streaming MMNs rather than doing a second series of The Goes Wrong Show. Not that that's going to happen.
Perhaps counterintuitively, there's definitely the element of improvisation that is funnier on MMNs than the predictability of The Goes Wrong Show, especially amongst people that know the jokes rather well. It's funny people doing funny and unpredicatble bizarre things. 'Tis great.
Do you happen to know the origins of MMNs in contrast to Showstopper? I'm curious which came first as they appear to be very similar.
Perhaps counterintuitively, there's definitely the element of improvisation that is funnier on MMNs than the predictability of The Goes Wrong Show, especially amongst people that know the jokes rather well. It's funny people doing funny and unpredicatble bizarre things. 'Tis great.
Do you happen to know the origins of MMNs in contrast to Showstopper? I'm curious which came first as they appear to be very similar.
Both at around the same time, 2008, actually! Unfortunately when Mischief re-vamped their website a couple of years ago a whole lot of info about their early origins vanished but if you have any Mischief programmes from the last few years then somewhere near the back there'll be a short history of the company in cartoon form. Mischief Movie Night was re-named that for the run they did at the Arts Theatre Dec 2017-Jan 2018. Prior to that it was called Lights! Camera! Improvise! and I believe at the very start it had yet another name. However apart from a change of name & colour scheme (the colours for costumes & props used to be yellow & black) the show has stayed pretty similar - at least since I first saw in it December 2014, I can't speak for before then. As for the somewhat similar style between MMN & Showstopper, I would ascribe that to Adam Meggido, who was one of the founders of Showstopper & still appears in it and who taught most if not all of the Mischief group improv at LAMDA plus directing PPGW & MGW for them. There's also been a bit of actor crossover between the 2 shows with Matt Cavendish having appeared in L!C!I! plus the first 3 Mischief scripted shows then joining Showstopper while Showstopper regulars Ruth Bratt & now Lauren Shearing have been drafted in for MMN when they've evidently been a bit short of women.
Perhaps counterintuitively, there's definitely the element of improvisation that is funnier on MMNs than the predictability of The Goes Wrong Show, especially amongst people that know the jokes rather well. It's funny people doing funny and unpredicatble bizarre things. 'Tis great.
Do you happen to know the origins of MMNs in contrast to Showstopper? I'm curious which came first as they appear to be very similar.
Both at around the same time, 2008, actually! Unfortunately when Mischief re-vamped their website a couple of years ago a whole lot of info about their early origins vanished but if you have any Mischief programmes from the last few years then somewhere near the back there'll be a short history of the company in cartoon form. Mischief Movie Night was re-named that for the run they did at the Arts Theatre Dec 2017-Jan 2018. Prior to that it was called Lights! Camera! Improvise! and I believe at the very start it had yet another name. However apart from a change of name & colour scheme (the colours for costumes & props used to be yellow & black) the show has stayed pretty similar - at least since I first saw in it December 2014, I can't speak for before then. As for the somewhat similar style between MMN & Showstopper, I would ascribe that to Adam Meggido, who was one of the founders of Showstopper & still appears in it and who taught most if not all of the Mischief group improv at LAMDA plus directing PPGW & MGW for them. There's also been a bit of actor crossover between the 2 shows with Matt Cavendish having appeared in L!C!I! plus the first 3 Mischief scripted shows then joining Showstopper while Showstopper regulars Ruth Bratt & now Lauren Shearing have been drafted in for MMN when they've evidently been a bit short of women.
Very interesting! Thanks! I'll read the back of the programme about that.
Edit: Just looked up Lauren Shearing. Yes, really didn't recognise her on MMN last night.
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Both at around the same time, 2008, actually! Unfortunately when Mischief re-vamped their website a couple of years ago a whole lot of info about their early origins vanished but if you have any Mischief programmes from the last few years then somewhere near the back there'll be a short history of the company in cartoon form. Mischief Movie Night was re-named that for the run they did at the Arts Theatre Dec 2017-Jan 2018. Prior to that it was called Lights! Camera! Improvise! and I believe at the very start it had yet another name. However apart from a change of name & colour scheme (the colours for costumes & props used to be yellow & black) the show has stayed pretty similar - at least since I first saw in it December 2014, I can't speak for before then. As for the somewhat similar style between MMN & Showstopper, I would ascribe that to Adam Meggido, who was one of the founders of Showstopper & still appears in it and who taught most if not all of the Mischief group improv at LAMDA plus directing PPGW & MGW for them. There's also been a bit of actor crossover between the 2 shows with Matt Cavendish having appeared in L!C!I! plus the first 3 Mischief scripted shows then joining Showstopper while Showstopper regulars Ruth Bratt & now Lauren Shearing have been drafted in for MMN when they've evidently been a bit short of women.
Very interesting! Thanks! I'll read the back of the programme about that.
Edit: Just looked up Lauren Shearing. Yes, really didn't recognise her on MMN last night.
Lauren Shearing is a brilliant improviser. I caught her impro show The Playground in London Bridge a few times, she and her improv partner Maria Peters are astonishingly good together.
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Very interesting! Thanks! I'll read the back of the programme about that.
Edit: Just looked up Lauren Shearing. Yes, really didn't recognise her on MMN last night.
It is rather disconcerting when someone you're used to seeing with one company suddenly appears with the other one! I think one of the biggest surprises I've ever had in a theatre was when I went to Milton Keynes to see Showstoppers in October 2017. For those who haven't seen Showstopper, there's no announcement of the cast beforehand. So first scene, some of the usual suspects enter then one man who I didn't immediately recognise. Suddenly I realised it was Matt Cavendish, last heard of in New York with the original cast of TPTGW. I certainly did not expect to see him in Milton Keynes with a different improv group!
I don't know if he was exaggerating but Jonathan Sayer said there were 8,000 people watching tonight, from a purely financial perspective these must be so lucrative I would be surprised if they didn't announce a new season soon!