The show is unashamedly silly but also affectionately celebratory of a kind of variety theatre that may have long vanished - but makes a welcome return here.
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Those who love the "Goes Wrong" brand will have a pleasant number of laughs to keep the mirth coming, but it's hard to shake the feeling that, for a large portion of the run-time, Mischief may have missed a trick.
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Stunts and tricks go awry in this slapstick romp, though the running gag makes it hard to conjure suspense.
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If you enjoy watching flustered English people get more flustered as stuff goes wrong – and let’s be clear, that is literally their entire shtick – then ‘Magic Goes Wrong’ sees them pulls the trick off once again.
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Everyone, on-stage and (manifestly off) works their socks off to keep things continually derailing on time (direction by Adam Meggido).
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Mischief is so adept at developing rapport with an audience, it works anyway. As Paul Daniels used to say: that’s magic.
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It’s executed with love, determination and skill. Tommy Cooper, you suspect, would have loved it. I know I did.
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But, though it doesn’t hit the highs of some previous Mischief outings, it remains a solidly entertaining show, from a company evidently keen to test itself, and, for once, there are a few sweet instances where everything goes right.
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