Groan Ups
4.5 (11) · Comedy, New Writing
From the parents of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG comes a brand-new comedy all about growing up.
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Overview
Are we the same people at 30 as we were at 13?
Does school life determine our future?
Do we ever grow out of our school crush?
Playing an unruly classroom of kids and anarchic high school teenagers, through to the aches and pains of adulthood, the original Mischief company are back in the West End with their first new play since 2016.
Term starts 20 September at the Vaudeville Theatre. This is a lesson not to be skipped!
Age Recommendation: 13+
Critic reviews
Overwhelmed by frantic histrionics and bawling, it felt like being in detention
The creative team have really proven themselves top of the class
From age six to 30, Mischief Theatre’s engaging band of classmates bicker and play but rarely test the assumption that character is formed in childhood
Though it doesn't fully land, it's a good statement of intent, if not fully matched yet by its content
It's clear that this company are experts at physical comedy. Everything seems timed to perfection and nobody appears to miss a beat
The ever-likable Mischief Theatre's latest stretches them in new if still-unfinished ways
Growing pains of the most painfully funny kind
The folks behind ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ fall flat on their faces with this oft-cringey school-set comedy
Mischief Theatre’s funny but messy new show
Mischief Theatre is a troupe that knows how to have fun and make people laugh, and there’s nothing wrong with that
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