Good Luck, Studio (Mischief Theatre) - Mercury Playhouse

Anyone seen/ seeing this soon? Going in a couple of weeks and would be interested to hear reports.

Reviews haven't been that good so far: a couple of 2 stars and a couple of 3s, but early days yet. Critics have cited the uneven or dark tone and fewer laughs than usual. I don't mind the latter as I'm not a particular Mischief Theatre fan but hope this play has, or finds its own identity rather than failing to be their usual fare whilst being unsure what is instead.

I haven't quite made my mind up yet. I think I'd need another viewing or two to decide how I'd rank it among Mischief's shows. The best word I could think of to describe it is schizophrenic. Some of it is cartoon-like & some of it's quite dark - and at times it's both at the same time. I suspect most people would be more sympathetic with the motivation of one of the characters that was the trigger for the main plot than I was, which might help with appreciating some of the more emotional moments. I definitely laughed more in Act II than in Act I & Act II has more of Mischief's typical physical comedy.

I thought the cast were all very good & it was nice to see so many familiar faces, as 7 out of 10 of them have been in one or more other Mischief shows. They're certainly gluttons for punishment! I was particularly impressed with Adam Byron, who I thought was very good playing a character who's much older than he is, and Greg Tannahill, who in the interval I was thinking had been rather underused thus far, had a tour de force near-solo scene in Act II. Of those cast members new to me, I particularly enjoyed Tom Walker as director Andy, though I suspect I'm not actually supposed to agree with as many of the character's comments as I did.

Does anyone know the running time of this? I am seeing it soon and the travel is getting more convoluted than normal and I am trying to make plans A and B
Very excited!

No reports on here for almost a month so don't know where it has been in that time and whether no-one here has seen it, but I really enjoyed the matinee in Guildford yesterday, as apparently did the rest of the decent, if nowhere near full audience. Not being a particular fan of Mischief (saw the original play years ago at the Old Red Lion in Angel and they lost me after one follow-up visit to a West End production) may have stood in my favour as I wasn't going to be disappointed if this was the departure from their normal fare which other have said; I was hoping simply to have a good time, which I definitely did. Actually I laughed out loud a lot, which I rarely do, though the material may not have been to everyon'e taste as a couple sitting next to me didn't return after the interval; they however were in a small minority and there was a partial standing ovation at the end.

Having booked months earlier I hadn't realised how poorly this production - or weekday matinee performances at least - were selling at the Yvonne Arnaud - until earlier this week when I received a very discounted ticket offer by email. So I then checked the bookings and was alarmed to see how sparse they were, but whether due to offers and/or word of mouth, a lot more tickets had clearly been sold in the last few days, which helped to create the sort of atmosphere this show needs. I'd certainly recommend this to anyone who might like it but how to tell who that might be?

I'm so sorry I missed this. I'd love it to have some sort of further life in London, anywhere, even if it's at the Pleasance, where they first staged "Peter Pan Goes Wrong." Fingers crossed.

Would've very much loved to have seen this. What a shame it didn't go further north.