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“Every show is different with you suggesting a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously bring the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, Mischief Movie Night is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!”

Location: Riverside Studios, London (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: The Mischief team are the ones behind The Play That Goes Wrong etc, so we were excited to support their Covid-19 live stream venture – a fully interactive improvisation, with suggestions incorporated from social media. It was so much better than we even imagined, with full song and dance routines included, all made up on the spot. We bought tickets to as many of their shows throughout July as we could, and they were all hilarious.

3rd July 2021

Title: Rumpole of the Motte and Bailey
Genre: Legal drama
Setting: Medieval circus
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Niall Ransome, Charlie Russell, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Nancy Zamit, Mike Bodie
Featuring: • A hard-core metal number about trees • Best tech team cameo • Dapper Stan, a fashionable man

9th July 2021

Title: A Dice With Death
Genre: Murder Mystery
Setting: Las Vegas
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Harry Kershaw, Nancy Zamit, Rhyanna Alexander-Davis, Susan Harrison, Henry Shields, Mike Bodie, Charlie Russell
Featuring: • Musicians playing two completely contrasting pieces of music at the same time • Best opera number • Best ventriloquist performance

11th July 2021

Title: If It Wasn’t For Those Pesky Kids
Genre: Detective
Setting: Abandoned funfair
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie
Featuring: • Most complicated description of an object without naming it • Most aggressive rendition of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” • Most vivacious entrance

4th July 2021

Title: Zoo Mania
Genre: Alien Invasion
Setting: Zoo
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Shields, Mike Bodie, Nancy Zamit, Niall Ransome, Susan Harrison, Charlie Russell, Harry Kershaw
Featuring: • Most romantic “rock, paper, scissors” battle • Most spectacular fireworks display • Sexiest rendition of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

10th July 2021

Title: Star Paws
Genre: Sci-Fi
Setting: Earth
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Nancy Zamit, Susan Harrison, Mike Bodie, Niall Ransome
Featuring: • Best use of interpretive dance • Best lullaby about hats • Remedy Ron – always eager to offer weird and wonderful things on his person to solve problems or ailments

Title: Angstronauts
Genre: Musical
Setting: Space
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Henry Shields, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie, Charlie Russell, Nancy Zamit, Henry Lewis, Susan Harrison
Featuring: • Best mirror scene between two actors • Best cooking show scene in a movie • A character who’s more at home in the Bronte era • Wolliam Breakspeare, a failed actor who speaks in broken Shakespearean

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“Izzy Roland and her friends and family present a night joy and improv! Izzy’s just made a movie with her family and her “family”, including Claudia Lonow and Jonathan Schmock — and is ready to tell you all about it.  Have some fun with Izzy’s family along with improvisers Brennan Lee Mulligan, Vic Michaelis, Rekha Shankar, Katie Marovitch, Angela Giarratana, Paraloubis and other surprise special guests as they celebrate the announcement and launch of the new film, D(e)ad! You can expect games, long-form improv, and wild family reunion energy.“

Location: Dynasty Typewriter, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Cast: Izzy Roland, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Vic Michaelis, Rekha Shankar, Katie Marovitch, Angela Giarratana, Lou Wilson
Comment: We backed Izzy’s Kickstarter for her new film D(e)ad, mostly because it stars Vic Michaelis, but also because we know any project by Izzy and Brennan will be great. This improv show was originally planned to create awareness of the Kickstarter campaign, and to act as a fundraiser during the evening, however the Kickstarter smashed its goal within 4 hours of going live!

“Likeminds! is a trivia game show that takes the fact-filled fun of a pub quiz and combines it with the quick-witted comedy of an improv show. Host JOEY BLAND (Improvised Shakespeare, Jeopardy!) takes two hilarious comedian competitors and faces them off in a head-to-head battle of the wits along with lots of help from the audience! It’s like if Jeopardy & Taskmaster had a really smart baby!“

Location: Dynasty Typewriter, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Cast: Rob Corddry, Vic Michaelis, Bourke Floyd, Ashley Ward
Comment: We paid for this live stream mostly for Vic Michaelis content, but also because the description of “Taskmaster meets Jeopardy” sounded right up our street.

“Vic Michaelis brings a night of theatre to UCB Franklin culminating in the premier of their new musical, THE VOICEMAIL – pamphlet, music and lyrics by Alden Derck and Gabe Gibbs. Starring a VERY SPECIAL GUEST!!!!! There will be dance! There will be singing! There WILL be stand-up!!!!“

Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Cast: Vic Michaelis, Angela Giarratana, Rashawn Scott, Jiavani, Jacquis Neal, Siobhan Thompson, Emily Skeggs, Patrick MacDonald, Jon Matteson, Kimia Behpoornia, Alden Derck, Ruha Taslimi, Nina Concepción, Katie Marovitch, Lyndsey Frank, Shannon Sheridan, Mary Lou, Madison Lanesey
Special Guest: Vic’s sister Sarah
Comment: Once again Vic has been plotting to get their sister Sarah noticed, this time by writing another musical for her to star in (the first one was in Season 1 of Thousandaires on Dropout). That was the finale of the mixed bill show, and there was not enough Vic content as they were the host rather than a performer, but it was all fun anyway! UPDATE: Many months later we found out that this was secretly part of a Gamechanger episode!

“Have you ever wondered what an ABBA jukebox musical would look like if it wasn’t set in Greece during a wedding? Come see an entirely re-imagined production, with completely different characters, and wildly different plots.”

“A casting office in Burbank in spring 2007. 6 women in overalls and blonde wigs competing for one role: a mother at her daughter’s wedding in Greece, surprised by the arrival of three people who could be her child’s father. A young, upcoming, multi-Oscar winning hopeful named Meryl Streep, who struggled to even get in the door. You might know the story of Mamma Mia!, but there’s no way you know the intricate inner struggles of the actresses who dreamed of being Donna.”

Location: Dynasty Typewriter, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Title: A Donna Line
Cast: Vic Michaelis, Kimia Behpoornia, Angela Giarratana, Gabe Gibbs, Mary Lou Kolbenschlag, Madison Lanesey, Jon Matteson, Emily Skeggs
Comment: We loved this. It was absolute chaos in a good way. Highlight was Vic literally climbing through the audience during their rendition of “Take a Chance on Me”.

“Have you ever wondered what an ABBA jukebox musical would look like if it wasn’t set in Greece during a wedding? Come see an entirely re-imagined production, with completely different characters, and wildly different plots.”

“The only show dedicated to creating new versions of the hit ABBA jukebox musical, is back for a very special, very shoddy, nativity story as told through the soundtrack of the greatest pop band of all time. We present to you one of the greatest stories of all: the birth of Jesus Christ.”

Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Title: A Donna Line
Cast: Vic Michaelis, Aiden Derek, Mariah Rose Faith, Angela Giarratana, Gabe Gibbs, Jon Matteson, Madison Lanesey, Patrick McDonald, Emily Skeggs
Comment: This was very different to the previous show. It was a deliberately amateur nativity, with the cast playing characters who don’t know their lines etc. Vic sang the same song for their solo, which made us question whether this was a coincidence or a repeated joke which we’re too new to have picked up on. I guess we’ll find out at the next show…

“No two shows are the same, as you suggest a genre, location and title, and Mischief hilariously bring the show to life, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a thrilling live score to laugh along to. Starring them, directed by you, Mischief Movie Night In is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster, and the perfect family treat this Christmas.”

Location: Lilian Baylis Studio, London (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead (Kelvin & Vickie Burpitt for one show)
Comment: Following a busy summer travelling to London and back multiple times to watch Mischief Movie Night shows, we were excited to see the team back again as soon as Christmas! We bought tickets to go to the live shows in January, and the December shows were being streamed, so we could save on train tickets! We paid for the three shows below (but did watch all eight through other means…)

Title: Hull School Musical
Genre: Musical
Setting: A school in Hull
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Bryony Corrigan, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell
Highlights: Charlie genuinely and confidently announcing that 4×4=12 and then falling apart. Henry’s character getting further and further away from that of a teenage boy, until by the end of the play he’s a 45 year old murderer with a crush on the dinner lady.

Title: All I Want for Christmas is Zoo
Genre: Christmas
Setting: A zoo
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Bryony Corrigan, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Harry Kershaw, Charlie Russell
Highlights: Harry being unfamiliar with the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, thus inventing the character of a new ghost – Christmas Bonanza Boy!

Title: The Codfather
Genre: 50s Gangster movie
Setting: A cruise ship
Cast: Jonathan Sayer as Oscar, Ellie Morris, Dave Hearn, Henry Shields, Henry Lewis, Susan Harrison
Highlights: Henry’s character of the detective asking Ellie’s character what her criminal son does for a living. Her answer – “Criiiii…ime”. Jonathan was furious – “you had all that time to think of a different ending to that word!”

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“People of Earth: Do you see this *incredible* cast?! Please join us (either in-person or via livestream) at our fundraising show for Mrs. Stanley—a very personal comedy-horror film we are making about grief. Everything we make from the ticket sales goes straight to the movie!”

Location: Dynasty Typewriter, LA (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Title: A Fundraiser Variety Show for Mrs Stanley
Cast: Kimia Behpoornia, Lily Du, Dan Gregor, Tamar Levine, Katie Marovitch, Vic Michaelis, Oscar Montoya, Bobby Moynihan, Jacquis Neal, Izzy Roland, Caitlin Reilly
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Location: Secret Location, Glasgow (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: As attending live shows became illegal due to Covid-19, The Fratellis streamed their performance for all fans who had purchased tickets for their cancelled 2020 tour.

“Indie folk and rich, inventive storytelling from the stunning-voiced songwriter, Emmy the Great. Inspired by explorations of her British Hong Kong-Chinese identity, London-based musician, composer, journalist and radio documentary maker, Emmy the Great presents Jukebox, a one-off ‘all-requests’ show.”

Location: Grand Junction, London (Streamed)
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: Another gig which needed to be live streamed due to Covid-19. This was an interactive requests show, and Emmy was reading and responding to tweets throughout.

“Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing and tells Margo and her friends a melancholy life story. Margo takes Eve under her wing, only to have Eve use her and connive against her.”

Location: Noel Coward Theatre, London (Live Streamed at Cineworld Yeovil)
With: Wesley Mead
Comment: We had been desperate to see Gillian Anderson perform in person, but weren’t able to get tickets. This live stream on a cinema screen was the next best thing.