Since Christmas I’ve very much enjoyed Mischief Movie Night In, a series of 26 online improvised comedy plays by Mischief Theatre. The group are well known for The Goes Wrong Show and other specials on TV, and several successful theatre productions, of which I’ve seen Magic Goes Wrong and Comedy About A Bank Robbery so far.
Indeed, their Movie Nights have also been hit theatre shows, which I haven’t yet seen in person). But as they couldn’t do them in the normal way during the pandemic, they decided to try broadcasting them online instead, from a special studio in a bunker in London, following all the necessary Covid guidelines. They did a few shows from the 27th to 31st of December, completely unsure if it was worth the effort, but they proved to be incredibly popular, leading to further dates in January and February.
By the time it came to an end last night, they had performed to over 250,000 people in over 60 countries, providing much needed light relief while we’ve been stuck at home. And I’m happy to say I attended every single one, they were hilarious!
I mentioned the Christmas and January shows in my previous Favourites posts, but I thought I’d move the details here, adding in the February shows as well, to give a general overview of how it worked, and the full variety of weird and wonderful movies we got to see!