Groan Ups
Groan Ups
Closed 2h 20m London: West End
72% 9 reviews
72%
(9 Ratings)
Positive
67%
Mixed
22%
Negative
11%
Members say
Clever, Funny, Great acting, Entertaining, Quirky

About the Show

Classroom comedy about growing up from the creators of the hit show "The Play that Goes Wrong".

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Critic Reviews (9)

London Theatre
October 11th, 2019

Mischief may well be swerving into becoming natural successors to Alan Ayckbourn, at one time a stalwart brand of West End comedy, but structurally the tone isn't, as yet, as confident, deft or outright funny.
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The Guardian (UK)
October 10th, 2019

Penned by the regular actor-writer team of Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, it proves fitfully enjoyable but is overshadowed by works that have ploughed the same theatrical furrow.
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WhatsOnStage
October 11th, 2019

By challenging themselves, pulling back (slightly) on the gags and injecting a sense of genuine pathos into their work, the creative team have really proven themselves top of the class. Four gold stars.
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The Telegraph (UK)
October 11th, 2019

The script deftly unites moments broad and silly with elements wistful and serious within a simple structure.
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The Arts Desk
October 11th, 2019

As it is, I winced a fair amount to start with and, after the interval, smiled throughout while even feeling the odd lump in the throat – which is some way from the Mischief Theatre norm.
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Time Out London
October 11th, 2019

[Mischief Theatre are] genuinely heartening success story with an impressive work ethic and it’s a real shame that their new play ‘Groan Ups’ is fairly dreadful.
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The London Evening Standard
October 10th, 2019

What’s worse than a stage full of screaming children? A stage full of screaming adults pretending to be screaming children, that’s what.
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The Stage (UK)
October 11th, 2019

There are big laughs and plenty of them, but they sit uneasily with the straighter strain of the story. It’s not quite a case of Mischief Theatre Goes Wrong, but it’s not one of the company’s best either.
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