Category: Theatre Reviews

Part 2 started with a brief catch up of the first films. The title Ashopolyse Next.

The Zoom audience was asked what they wanted more of & social media asked for lipstick to vocals of another actor, Amy Windmill, the local Mp, who keeps working despite everyone being dead and giving in all your weapons at the door trope.

We discovered one of the characters was transforming to a mutant, another had been bitten over a year ago but hadn’t transformed, others got transformed. The possibility of a cure was attempted by sacrificing an immune man by removing all his blood.

After he hid in a bookshop, characters from books Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Twist, the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Captain Nemo were now with Mutant X.

There was a lot of appearance of the umbrella peacock penis, Jonathan completely lost it as Oscar, and they gave up on family-friendly. It ended with the mutants being transformed back to humans when the vaccine was transferred to the air.

8/10

Part 1 of the trilogy was a post-apocalyptic movie set in a high street called Ashop-olypse Now.

Social media asked for a dangerous version of duck duck goose, an unexpected final cliffhanger, elaborate birthday song presented by servers in a restaurant.

It started with 2 people hiding in a Greggs, but quickly had a gender-changing person, prophecies, confusion about timelines involved, weird uncontrolled umbrella incidents and swaying mutants.

7/10

Tonight Henry Lewis was hosting as Oscar.

It was a body swap musical set in a bakery called Hot Swap Buns.

Social media asked for awkwardly timed cheer, group can-can at the pivotable moment, and Nick Powers, a vilan who goes around stealing the powers of others.

The bakery welcomes everyone – but don’t get busy with them! It had 2 baking families.

A mother and daughter and a father and son swapped bodies. As the performers looked the same, there was a lot of confusion in the cast trying to work out how they stalled bodies (did they look the same, change consciousness or something else?)

It included a song about puberty and periods, with so eager showing what they knew about the Magna Carta and Latin.

7/10

The main cast of this run was back from self-isolation. Today Charlie was hosting as Emmy.

Tonight was a sports gymnastics movie set in Aylesbury and Newark USA called It’s Up To You Newark, Newark.

Social media asked for character who thinks they are part of a TV dating show (they aren’t), best dressage, Whispering Wild Things a band who uses their voices as instruments.

It had some funny dressage, gymnastics, a lactose intolerant gymnast, a lot of poo and an eagle.

6/10

Tonight was the final show with the emergency cast. Nancy was the guest star joining from isolation.

The film was a 70s Disaster Movie set at an Australian Fire Station called Fire in The Hole.

Social media asked for a green screen hot air balloon ride, Marcus the loud mine and the worst metaphors in a scene.

There were some double entendre’s about hoses and poles, but the main story was about closing the final fire station in Australia as they had stopped all the fires.

7/10

Tonight was a fantasy film set in a field/farm called Fielding of Dreams

Social media asked for innovative use of an umbrella, most spontaneous musical numbers, Phil & Ann Thropic, who think any problem can be solved by throwing money at it.

The self-isolating Mischief guest on Zoom at this performance was Niall Ransome.

It had 2 children, taking sheep, a singing solstice, a pond with merpeople who want to be human by luring a child to live with them.

7/10

Tonight was a spy thriller movie set in a warehouse in East London called The Man Who Came In From The Cold Storage.

Due to the isolation problem Sue joined via Zoom rather than be in the studio.

Social media asked for longest greeting, High Q who has a haiku for every situation, silliest situation for a parade.

The Hero was Agent Macabre, who was in a relationship with her boss H, and the villain was Auntie Freeze

Jonathan Sayer as Oscar got very panicked about some of the shooting and kissing in the “family friendly” matinee.

7/10

Tonight was a funy heist set at Southend Pier called Pier Today, Gone Tomorrow.

Social media asked for a character who can summon a musical fanfare with a gesture, most disruptive haircut, and inappropriately timed pratfall.

A self-isolating Harry Kershaw also joined as part of the Zoom audience & played a guard with dodgy riddles.

It had 2 groups raccing to carry out a heist on a lighthouse to steel gold.

8/10

After the second show on Sequel Sunday has to be cancelled at incredibly shortt notice due to a positive covid test, Mischief miraculously managed to get an almost completely new cast together, of people who were not required to self isolate.

Tonight was a much less socially distanced audience due to the relaxation of other restrictions.

The movie was a school reunion set at Josephs School called Back To The Tutor.

Social media asked for brutal advice given by grandma, grandiose entrance of a background character, inappropriately timed game show.

Due to the social distancing problems Henry Lewis was on Zoom. He had a cameo as their head teacher who did quick game show & a ghost – when he wasn’t muted.

The main story was about finding love, being who you are and trying to defeat bullies.

8/10

This was the first part of a Sequel Sunday.

It was a monster epic set on the streets of Croydon called Croydonosaurus.

Social media asked for a 90s/00s boy band song, fictional product placement, and a romantic pottery scene.

Scientists who were developing was to make people live longer, but made them bigger (resulting a giant ladybird called Tarquin) investigated a secret island on the Thames where a monster with 2 heads (one dinosaur and one shark) was rumoured to live.

7/10