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Groan Ups
''Groan Ups'' is a comedy Play (theatre), play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre. Plot summary The play revolves around the relationships between five school-friends are explored at three stages of their lives: in Year Two#England, Year Two in 1994, Year Nine#United Kingdom, Year Nine in 2001, and at a school reunion in the present day. Productions The play opened on 20 September 2019 and ran until 1 December 2019 at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End theatre, West End, making it the third Mischief Theatre production running simultaneously alongside ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and ''The Comedy About a Bank Robbery''. The cast performed a scene from the play on the 2019 Royal Variety Performance. The play was to begin a UK tour in August 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed and opened at the Theatre Royal, Bath on the 12th August 2021. Cast and characters External links Official website References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lewis (playwright)
Henry Lewis is a British actor and playwright. He co-founded Mischief Theatre, responsible for ''The Play That Goes Wrong'', ''Peter Pan Goes Wrong'', ''The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'', ''Groan Ups'', ''Magic Goes Wrong'' and ''The Goes Wrong Show'', and co-hosts ''Riddiculous'', an ITV daytime game show. Career In 2008, Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields co-founded Mischief Theatre while they were studying a drama foundation course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2012, Lewis co-wrote with Sayer and Shields ''The Play That Goes Wrong'', which premiered later that year at The Old Red Lion, Islington. Lewis played Robert Grove in both the original London cast and the original Broadway cast. In 2013, another Lewis, Sayer and Shields production, ''Peter Pan Goes Wrong'', premiered at The Pleasance Theatre. with Lewis amongst its original cast, playing Robert. In 2016, Lewis', Sayer's and Shields' play ''The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'' opened at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Play That Goes Wrong
''The Play That Goes Wrong'' is a 2012 play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company. It won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards. As of September 2021, the show has been running since 2012 in London; since 2014, the play has undertaken five tours of the UK. Plot Before the play starts the audience see the backstage staff doing last-minute adjustments to the set, including trying to mend a broken mantelpiece and find a dog that has run off. The fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society (Cornley University in the American version), fresh from such hits as '' Two Sisters'', '' The Lion and The Wardrobe'', ''Cat'', and '' James and the Peach'' (or ''James, Where's your Peach?''), has received a substantial bequest and is putting on a performance of ''The Murder at Haversham Manor'' – a 1920s murder mystery play, similar to ''The Mousetrap'', which has the right number of parts for the members. The script was written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plays
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West End Plays
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Comedy Plays
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Plays
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Lauren Samuels
Lauren Alvarado (born 26 March 1988) is an English singer/actress who performs under the stage name "Lauren Samuels". She became well known to the British public as a contestant on the 2010 BBC UK TV series '' Over the Rainbow''. Since appearing on the show, she has gone on to appear in West End theatre, including playing the lead role of Sandy in '' Grease''. Background Samuels was born Lauren Bonner but adopted the stage name Lauren Samuels for her elder brother, Samuel. She was born with a condition that seriously affected her hearing, causing her to wear two hearing aids. However, her hearing completely returned to normal at age 18. She started ballet lessons at age two, began private tutorials at thHinckley Speech and Drama Studioat seven and started singing lessons at thirteen. She studied BTEC National Diploma Performing Arts at Stratford-upon-Avon College, was a member of Youth Music Theatre UK in 2005 and also studied at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Bath
The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805. A Grade II* listed building, it has been described by the Theatres Trust as "One of the most important surviving examples of Georgian theatre architecture". It has a capacity for an audience of around 900. The Theatre Royal was built to replace the Old Orchard Street Theatre, funded by a Tontine and elaborately decorated. The architect was George Dance the Younger, with John Palmer carrying out much of the work. It opened with a performance of Shakespeare's Richard III and hosted performances by many leading actors of the time including Dorothea Jordan, William Macready and Edmund Kean. A major fire in 1862 destroyed the interior of the building and was quickly followed by a rebuilding programme by Charles J. Phipps, which included the construction of the current entrance. Further redecoration was undertaken in 1892; more extensive building work, including a new staircase and the installation of electric lighting, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Variety Performance
The ''Royal Variety Performance'' is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron). It is attended by senior members of the British royal family. The evening's performance is presented as a live variety show, usually from a theatre in London and consists of family entertainment that includes comedy, music, dance, magic and other speciality acts. The ''Royal Variety Performance'' traditionally begins with the entrance of the members of the royal family followed by singing of the national anthem, God Save the King, which was also performed by the participating acts as a traditional end to Royal Variety Performances; with the exception of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, as a result of which, As If We Never Said Goodbye opened that year's show instead, sung by that year's host, Jason Manford. Background and founding The first performance, on 1 July 1912, was called the Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
''The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'' is a comedy play written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre. The play premiered at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End on 31 March 2016, with an official opening night on 21 April 2016, marking the third production by Mischief Theatre to open in the West End following ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and '' Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' (with all three running simultaneously during the Christmas 2016 season). The Comedy about a Bank Robbery ended its West End run on 15 March 2020 at the Criterion Theatre, London. Production history London On 3 December 2015, it was announced the play would begin previews at the West End's Criterion Theatre on 31 March 2016, with its official opening night on 21 April 2016. The play is directed by Mark Bell, with design by David Farley and costume design by Roberto Surace. The play received nomination for Best New Comedy at the 2017 Olivier Awards. The production was scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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