Alongside their better-established theatrical endeavours, The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the ever-resourceful Mischief Theatre have enjoyed enormous success with a more-recent show called Magic Goes Wrong, from which this touring production is a spin-off.
The Mind Mangler of the title - played by Henry Lewis, here joined on stage by fellow Mischief maker Jonathan Sayer - is a staggeringly inept stage mentalist whose voice is deeper than his well of talent, and whose life collapses around him as he bumbles his way through far-from-successful attempts at mind-reading and hypnotism...
With a running time in excess of two hours, the show for the main part is a bit of a one-trick pony, but fans of Mischief will no doubt find plenty to keep them amused.
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Alongside their better-established theatrical endeavours, The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the ever-resourceful Mischief Theatre have enjoyed enormous success with a more-recent show called Magic Goes Wrong, from which this touring production is a spin-off.
The Mind Mangler of the title - played by Henry Lewis, here joined on stage by fellow Mischief maker Jonathan Sayer - is a staggeringly inept stage mentalist whose voice is deeper than his well of talent, and whose life collapses around him as he bumbles his way through far-from-successful attempts at mind-reading and hypnotism...
With a running time in excess of two hours, the show for the main part is a bit of a one-trick pony, but fans of Mischief will no doubt find plenty to keep them amused.
The Alexandra, Birmingham
7.30pm £15 Upwards