The Time Machine - A Comedy London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (9)
See it if entertaining japes, silly but a lot of fun moments
Don't see it if you don't like audience participation
See it if you're a fan of Mischief Theatre.
Don't see it if you don't like audience participation.
See it if You want to laugh and enjoy creative storyline.
Don't see it if If you want a serious storyline
See it if You want an amusing, very energetic, slapstick style comedy with audience participation.
Don't see it if You want a sophisticated evening
See it if A great evening of ever-sidetracking entertainment. Farce borne from The Time Machine starting prompt. Expect audience engagement.
Don't see it if Second half lost a bit of focus as it embraced audience interaction more. Very occasionally low budget felt a limitation.
See it if You're a fan of Dave Hearn from 'The Goes Wrong Show' - I am! You like fast-faced, physical comedy and variety
Don't see it if You don't like audience participation or swearing
See it if You love anything Mischief Theatre! Incredible casting, definitely a laugh-a-minute sort of show!
Don't see it if You’re boring.
See it if you like to see something different that's funny, equally silly and touching and does not go where you expect it to. :D
Don't see it if if you are looking for serious drama.
Critic Reviews (5)
"A playful vibe exudes out of every pore of this side-splitting and unpredictable production in the form of innocuous fun. It’s a safe choice for the Christmas period and will appease all members of older families."
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“...it does feel hidebound by genre cliches of plays about people staging plays: not only do the actors bicker incessantly, but their characters in their production of ‘The Time Machine’ bicker incessantly. If bickering is your favourite form of comedy you’re golden, but otherwise it feels a bit one-note...If I had my own time machine I don’t think I’d be so churlish as to skip the first half. But I might treat myself to the second all over again.”
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“A singular achievement in tone and performance, 'The Time Machine' is a winning combination of outright stupidity and truly engaging storytelling...Still, this is a winning evening of theatre that demonstrates just how artful and well-constructed an absurd, purposefully silly work of comedy can be.”
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"It all blends together perfectly, with plenty of energy, some hilarious Goes Wrong-style problems, and a finale that is bizarre and wonderful, yet perfectly in keeping with everything that’s just gone before."
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“It’s wacky and more than a little preposterous but that all seems to add to its charm. But even in the more engaging second half, it still has lulls and the uneven pacing feels time is moving more slowly than it actually is...It just doesn’t manage to maintain it for the full show, and that’s a shame because this is a comedy with real potential.”
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