Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Henry Shields, Bryony Corrigan, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Nancy Zamit, Dave Hearn, Greg Tannahill, Henry Lewis, Chris Leask, Ellie Morris.
British television comedy is in the middle of much need, and timely, renaissance, one that isn’t afraid of entertaining the populace, of holding true to value, and is fully versed in being witnessed as unique, adaptable, and fierce in its motives.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill, Dave Hearn. Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Bryony Corrigan, Henry Lewis, Nancy Zamit.
If necessity is the mother of invention, then the company behind the uplifting farce that is provided in the comedy gold of The Goes Wrong Show are an inevitability of circumstance, time, and creation, an innovation that has no boundaries when it comes to placing trust in the conception of a well-timed slapstick moment and the televised charade of mock indignity. If necessity truly is the mother of invention, then the team are the 21st Century equivalent of every true original that ever-brought laughter to the audiences.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Charlie Russell, Dave Hearn, Bryony Corrigan, Nancy Zamit, Greg Tannahill, Chris Leask.
In extraordinary times we are shown the way forward, or at least the way to continue what we do best with alterations to the way we produce it.
One of the television comedy hits of 2020 has surely to be the team behind The Goes Wrong Show, a team honed by theatre, and offered to a larger audience in the same time-led fashion that saw some of the greatest stars of vaudeville become legends of early cinema, and to whom the slapstick mayhem is as every bit as demanding and superbly presented as anything you would want to watch today.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit.
A premise that not only captivates, which not only makes you laugh but makes you sweat with enthusiasm for the stunts performed, that is the point of physical theatre and comedy taken to its most natural and exhilarating high.
The team behind The Goes Wrong Show have taken their hugely successful stage performances and turned them into a television series which has surely garnered admiration and quite possibly the green eyed monster of jealousy, and to whom the best of the anarchic productions, 90 Degrees, was left till last.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit.
The art of farce and slapstick is form that only comes alive when the whole production is behind it, it cannot be achieved in half measures, it requires all the cast to be on their absolute game; a situation where the magic of the farce is brutally exploited to make the belief of ineptness become just as much as part of the act as the mockery and cynicism to which the situation calls for.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Nancy Zamit, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields.
Audiences have become too used to the idea of historical inaccuracies being part of a plot line, so much so that we no longer question them with the same level of interrogation as we used to. They are presented as adding texture to the story, vital to portray the themes in a certain light and to perhaps highlight a certain character’s involvement in the tale to a greater effect that was played out in real life.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields.
The Spirit of Christmas is such a dichotomy of appreciation, a split personality of complete embrace or the careful shun avoiding infection, that in the modern age it can leave you cold and wanting to leave the conceit of life behind, it is in this that the feelings of emotions can become overwhelming, that they can uplift to the point of ecstasy or plunge the soul into turmoil; the only reasonable course of action to take is to find something to laugh with and see the whole period for what it often is, a cosmic farce given the chance to smile.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: David Suchet, Dave Heam, Chris Leask, Ellie Morris, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit, Michael Bodie, Bryony Corrigan, Niall Ransome, Harry Kershaw, Adam Meggido, Rachelle Beinart, Rebecca Hyland.
Many times you may have found yourself wondering what it would be like to see your favourite play acted out on television, not in a sense that television sanitises it, completely takes over and muddles up the magic on stage but to catch it raw, completely as it is with all its minor fluffs and possible dropped lines; would it give it a different perspective, would it generate more income for the theatre world which is stretched by budget constraints and a typical government that doesn’t care about the arts, just the bottom line.