Groan Ups London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (9)
See it if You’ve enjoyed other mischief theatre shows. Less slapstick and more serious but still very funny.
Don't see it if No reason not to. It’s a great show for all to enjoy.
See it if you enjoy school dramas or shows from the Play that goes wrong stable
Don't see it if you do not want to relive your own school days
See it if You love Mischief and you want to see their comedic stylings outside of their "goes wrong" shows
Don't see it if You don't enjoy coming of age plays
See it if You want to relive excruciating school memories in the funniest way!
Don't see it if You don't like the rest of the Goes Wrong stable of shows!
See it if you enjoy mischief theatre and reminiscing over your school days.
Don't see it if you prefer plays with mature themes.
See it if You want a charming show that's easy to watch.
Don't see it if You want a super engaging and funny show that many expect from a Mischief Production Read more
See it if Amazingly clever writing, timing and acting, slapstick humour, jokes within jokes. Children who grow into adults but don't seem to "grow up"
Don't see it if You don't like slapstick humour this isn't for you.
See it if You want a charming show that's easy to watch
Don't see it if you want the normal goes wrong slapstick
Critic Reviews (9)
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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[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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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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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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I’d love to say that it’s another smash...Yet it’s a baggy old evening, not quite a full-on gagfest, but too broad to sustain its aspirations to be something more substantial.
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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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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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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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