Mischief Movie Night In

**Mischief Movie Night In** is the livestreamed alternative to 'Mischief Movie Night' which had its run at the Vaudeville theatre cut short in December 2020 due to COVID-19.

It had four consecutive online runs, referred to here as series which began with "Lasers and Quasars" on the 27th December 2020 and ended with "The Day Harry Got Cut in Half" on the 1st of August.

There are 51 'movies' in total, one of which had a planned sequel that was cancelled due to the cast being notified that someone on set the previous day tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the cast's revolving nature and the Mischief Theatre Company having a wide pool of associated actors, subsequent movies were put on with an alternate cast.

## Summary

Promotional Description- "Mischief Movie Night invites the audience to direct the action: you suggest a genre, location and title and a movie is brought to life on stage, complete with rewinds, fast forwards, directors cuts and a live score. Starring them, directed by you, Mischief Movie Night is a guaranteed comedy blockbuster!"

The format of Mischief Movie Night is that there is a director who has a DVD collection of every movie ever created which he shares with the viewers. Each movie begins with a small Zoom audience that suggest three genres which are voted on. Next the director hands over to cast members in 'Social Media Corner/Edge/Periphery' who scroll through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and pick suggestions for awards the movie has won or characters within it. The cast then act out the movie whilst the director and the viewers watch. The director has a DVD remote and can can affect the movie with it, such as pausing it at an awkward moment, rewinding, fast-forwarding or playing scenes in slow motion.

The director is normally played by Jonathan Sayer as 'Oscar' although Henry Lewis has played him as well and there is also 'Emmy' played by Bryony Corrigan, Charlie Russell and Nancy Zamit.

The music is also composed in real time by two of three talented musicians Ed Zanders, Richard Baker and Yshani Perinpanayagam.

## Cast

### Introduced in Series One

* Jonathan Sayer as Oscar
* Henry Lewis (also played Oscar)
* Henry Shields
* Dave Hearn
* Bryony Corrigan (also played Emmy)
* Ellie Morris
* Harry Kershaw
* Niall Ransome
* Lauren Shearing
* Mike Bodie
* Josh Elliott

### Introduced in Series Four

* Charlie Russell (also played Emmy)
* Rhyanna Alexander-Davis
* Susan Harrison
* Laura Kirman
* Matt Cavendish

## Episodes

* Series 1
* Series 2
* Series 3
* Series 4

Series 1 was live streamed daily from December 27th to December 31st of 2020 and had a total of 6 episodes, with Episode 3 and 4 presented on the same day on December 29th.

1. Lasers and Quasars
	* Genre: Jukebox musical
	* Setting: Space
	* Awards: Best Pair of glasses, Best use of cheese in a space setting, Best supporting act by a sloth
2. I Found It in the Bushes
	* Genre: Vampire story full of teenage angst and teenage romance
	* Setting: A palace
	* Awards: Most unexpected blizzard, Most dramatic opening of an umbrella, Best corpse by a corpse
3. Who Bun It?
	* Genre: Detective (with a cast of animals)
	* Setting: A village church
	* Awards: Consistently Too Early, Most Intimidating Stare Down the Camera
	* Featuring: A taxi driver who finds birds hilarious, A character who only speaks in three-word sentences
4. Flat Pack Attack
	* Genre: Horror, with some fantasy
	* Setting: IKEA
	* Awards: Most inappropriately timed Irish jig, Most dramatic eating of a banana, Best use of a lemon
	* Featuring: Delta von Tussel, who can only speak in rhyming couplets
5. From Russia with Gloves
	* Genre: Spy thriller (with koalas)
	* Setting: A rainforest
	* Awards: Loneliest conga line, Shortest song about mushrooms, Best use of a distant uncle in a plot twist
	* Featuring: Trev, Nev, and Bev — one who always tells the truth, one who always lies, and one who always breaks into song for no reason
6. Cat in the Habit
	* Genre: Period drama
	* Setting: Convent and cat house
	* Awards: Best product placement in a film, Best use of the phrase "Alakazam", Best use of a pinky promise for dramatic effect

In January 2021, the show came back for a second series, with the first episode live streamed on January 23 and the last episode on January 31st.

1. Careless Whisper
	* Genre: 80's musical
	* Setting: Library
	* Awards: Shortest Training Montage, Most Disappointing Rap Battle of the Decade
	* Featuring: Someone who believes that they are a ghost and that no one can see them
2. The Primary Cape Crusader
	* Genre: Superhero origin story with time travel/jump
	* Setting: School
	* Awards: Best Spontaneous Can-Can, Best of use of bragging over something not worth bragging about
	* Featuring: Vivian the goblin who keeps getting their high-fives rejected
3. Dress For Danger
	* Genre: Murder Mystery
	* Setting: Dress rehearsal for a musical
	* Awards: Best Commercial Break at a Pivotal Moment, Best Game of Hide and Seek
	* Featuring: Quickfinger Jimmy who hit his head and is convinced he is a western gunslinger
4. A Cop In The Ocean
	* Genre: Buddy Cop Movie
	* Setting: Dockyard
	* Awards: Worst Matching Green Screen Scene, Best Spontaneous Limericks
	* Featuring: Clint who is always riding an invisible horse
5. High Tide School
	* Genre: A Flood Disaster Movie
	* Setting: American Highschool
	* Awards: Most Awkwardly Timed Sea-Shanty, Best Pratfall in a Dramatic Scene
	* Featuring: Greg who is definitely not hiding seven ducks in their trench coat
6. Suicide Squid
	* Genre: Superhero Movie
	* Setting: An aquarium
	* Awards: Most Poorly Themed Restaurant, Most Emotional Thumb War
	* Featuring: Wannabe Mind Reader who attempts to predict what people are about to say or do
7. Now Museum, Now You Don't
	* Genre: Musical Heist
	* Setting: Natural History Museum
	* Awards: Best hostage rescue, in a location containing no hostages. Most, unfortunately, timed phone call from a concerned parent
	* Featuring: Oscar in a short cameo role
8. The Wizard of Paddington Station
	* Genre: Disney Movie
	* Setting: Railway Station
	* Awards: Best Barbershop Quartet
	* Featuring: A character who is really bitter about getting a parking ticket 18months ago. Jasper Longlegs, who shows off his catwalk swagger
9. Light Over The Rocks
	* Story of a Rock Band Making It
	* Setting: Lighthouse
	* Awards: Best Choreographed Washing Up, Funniest Chesney Hawkes Pun

After a short break, the show came back once again on February 2020 for a third series. The series ran from February 5th to February 21st with a total of eleven episodes. This series also included a first time sequel in the history of Mischief Movie Night as well as a Valentine's Day special presented on the 14th of February.

1. The Quest for Escape-A-Lot
	* Genre: Escape Movie with a Shakespearean Scene
	* Setting: Camelot Castle
	* Awards: Most Inappropriate Round of Applause, Most Inappropriate Product Placement for a Stair Lift
	* Featuring: An overconfident farmer who brags about his sheep.
2. Wild Feast
	* Genre: Western Zombie Movie
	* Setting: Edinburgh (at sea)
	* Awards: Most Difficult Stage Entrance, Film with the most dramatic close-ups
	* Featuring: Fergus Pickles solves all life's problems with tickles.
3. Look Out
	* Genre: Pirate Movie
	* Setting: Ship Penguin Double-decker
	* Awards: Best Impromptu Ballet Routine, Most Inappropriate Use of Happy Music
	* Featuring: Paul Nicks who likes to play pick up sticks, Mischief the Chicken
4. Look Out! II (They Sphinx It's All Over)
	* Genre: Pirate Movie
	* Setting: Egypt
5. What's The Pointe
	* Genre: Scooby-Doo Comedy Mystery
	* Setting: Ballet School
	* Awards: Most Unusual Way to Hail a Taxi, Most Underwhelming Reveal
	* Featuring: Lenny Clemons who only wishes for people to appreciate his flower arrangements
6. Enter the Elephant
	* Genre: Kung Fu Movie
	* Setting: Carnival
	* Awards: Most People Taking a Bath Together, Best Late Introduction of a Character
	* Featuring: Steve Peeps, a terrible trainee spy
7. Love Behind Bars
	* Genre: Romcom
	* Setting: Prison
	* Awards: Most Inappropriate Romance during a Funeral, Least Romantic Valentine's Gift
	* Featuring: Hope Less, who sees romance in everything
8. Temple of The Red Giraffe
	* Genre: Adventure Film
	* Setting: Temple
	* Awards: Most Abrupt Tea Party, Most Salacious Filing Cabinet
	* Featuring: Terry Marvellous, who believes that he is a really good magician
9. Nightmare on Bone Street
	* Genre: 80's Horror-Slasher Film
	* Setting: Dog Show
	* Awards: Most Actor's Used as Furniture, Most 'Creamy Centre'
	* Featuring: Freddie Fryer, the magically talking tumble dryer
10. Wishing for Wishy-Washy
	* Genre: Pantomime
	* Moral: Be careful what you wish for
	* Awards: Best Blue Peter Style demonstration of how to make or do something, Most Flirtatious Use of Maths
	* Featuring: Trevor Noun, the literary wizard
11. Fraud of the Blings
	* Genre: Fantasy
	* Setting: Tower in a Winter Wonderland
	* Awards: Most Character's Yodelling in a Scene, Most Confusing Catchphrase
	* Featuring: Jimbo Jumbo who's life's goal to be a rainbow

Months after Series 3 had ended, Mischief Theatre came back with a fourth series that ran from July 1st 2021 to August 1st 2021. The series had a total of 25 episodes and included a trilogy. This series also had an aforementioned sequel that was cancelled.

1. Over the Henge
	* Genre: Historical
	* Setting: Stonehenge
	* Awards: The best use of Kachow!, The least necessary murder
	* Featuring: Tommy Bahama and his llama
2. The Hounds of the Wensleydales
	* Genre: Murder Mystery
	* Setting: Cheeseland
	* Awards: The best alternative to a kiss, The most alliteration in a sentence
	* Featuring: Tallulah Ballulah, she loves to rhyme
3. Popes on the Ropes
	* Genre: Wrestling
	* Setting: Texas
	* Awards: The most winks in a scene, The best shoes, The best use of mime in a pivotal scene
4. Rumpole of the Motte and Bailey
	* Genre: Legal Drama
	* Setting: Medieval Circus
	* Awards: The best heavy metal song about trees
	* Featuring: Dapper Stan the fashionable man and a cameo from the tech team
5. Zoomania
	* Genre: Alien Invasion
	* Setting: A Zoo
	* Awards: The most romantic game of "rock, paper, scissors. The best fireworks display. The sexiest rendition of "Mary had a little lamb"
6. Singing in the Aisles
	* Genre: Musical
	* Setting: ASDA
	* Awards: The best use of invisible stairs. The most dramatic camera angles in a non-dramatic scene. The best synchronised jazz routine
7. A Dice with Death
	* Genre: Murder Mystery
	* Setting: Las Vegas
	* Awards: Best opera number, Best ventriloquist performance
	* Featuring: Musicians playing two completely contrasting pieces of music at the same time
8. Star Paws
	* Genre: Sci-Fi
	* Setting: Space Observatory
	* Awards: Best use of interpretive dance, Best lullaby about hats
	* Featuring: Remedy Ron, always eager to offer weird and wonderful things on his person to solve problems or ailments
9. Angstronauts
	* Genre: Wild Teen Musical
	* Setting: Space School
	* Awards: Best cooking show scene, Best use of reflection
	* Featuring: Wolliam Breakspeare, a failed actor who can only speak in broken Shakespearian English
10. If It Wasn't For Those Pesky Kids
	* Genre: Detective
	* Setting: Abandoned Funfair
	* Awards: Most complicated description of an object without naming it. Most aggressive rendition of head, shoulders, knees and toes. Most vivacious entrance
11. Abandoned Love
	* Genre: Rom-com
	* Setting: Abandoned School
	* Awards: Most chaotic Zumba session, Most complicated handshake, Most dramatic music used in the least dramatic situation
12. Good Guys Finish Last
	* Genre: Superhero Horror
	* Setting: Cruise Ship
	* Awards: Bad Idea Pandas, Most Intense Key Change
	* Featuring: A character who's inner monologue is narrated by someone else
13. Ipswitch It Up
	* Genre: Timetravel Musical
	* Setting: Ipswich
	* Awards: Best Cheerleading squad interruption.
	* Featuring: Sidekick Sid- always trying to get in on the action. Samantha Sunshine-the cheeriest character with the darkest suggestions
14. Croydonosaurus
	* Genre: Monster Epic
	* Setting: Croydon
	* Awards: Best fictional product placement, Best 90s/00s boy band song, Most romantic pottery session
15. Back to the Tutor
	* Genre: School Reunion
	* Setting: St Joseph's School
	* Awards: Most brutal advice given by grandma, Most grandiose entrance of a background character, The most inappropriately timed gameshow
16. Pier Today, Gone Tomorrow
	* Genre: Heist
	* Setting: Southend Pier
	* Awards: Disruptive haircut, Inappropriate pratfall
	* Featuring: A character who can summon musical fanfare
17. The Man Who Came in From Cold Storage
	1. Genre: Spy Thriller
	2. Setting: East London Warehouse
	3. Awards: Longest greeting, Silliest excuse for a parade
	4. Featuring: High Q who speaks in haikus
18. Field of Dreams
	* Genre: Fantasy
	* Setting: A Somerset Farm
	* Awards: Innovative use of an umbrella, Most spontaneous musical numbers
	* Featuring: Phil and Ann Thropic
19. Fire in the Hole
	* Genre: Disaster
	* Setting: An Australian Fire
	* Awards: Best green screen hot air balloon ride, Most metaphors in a scene
	* Featuring: Marcus the Loud Mime
20. It's Up to You, Newark, Newark
	* Genre: Olympic
	* Setting: Newark
	* Award: Best horse ballet routine
	* Featuring: The Whispering Willows who use their voices as instruments. A character who thinks they're on Love Island
21. Hot Swap Buns
	* Genre: Body Swap Musical
	* Setting: New York Bakery
	* Awards: Cheer at an unexpected time, Best impromptu Can-Can dance
	* Featuring: Nick Powers: a villain who steals super powers
22. Ashopocalypse Now
	* Genre: Post-Apocalyptic
	* Setting: High Street
	* Awards: Most dangerous version of duck, duck, goose. Most unexpected final cliff-hanger. Most elaborate birthday song by restaurant servers
23. Ashopocalypse Next
	* Genre: Post-Apocalyptic
	* Setting: High Street
	* Awards: Best lip sync to vocals from another actor.
	* Trope: Longest "give in all your weapons at the door" scene
	* Featuring: Amy Windmill, local MP who keeps working while everyone else is dead
24. Ashopocalypse Then
	* Genre: Post-Apocalyptic
	* Setting: High Street
	* Trope: Prequel
25. The Day Harry Got Cut in Half
	* Genre: Preschool Magic Show
	* Setting: Scottish Highlands
	* Awards: Best rap battle about apples, Worst/best moonwalk, Best Oscar cameo

## Trivia

* Throughout the four series, there was a rivalry between Jonathan Sayer and Harry Kershaw as Jonathan (as Oscar) often pauses the movie to make comments on Harry's performance.
* Henry Lewis often plays sentient or supposedly inanimate objects in shows.
* Nancy Zamit has played a chicken thrice.