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Following the phenomenal sell-out success of their multi-award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre return with their latest smash hit, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.
A priceless diamond has been entrusted to the city bank, an institution so corrupt that even the security guards are on the take. Can it be safely stored or will it all go horribly wrong? Don’t miss this smash-and-grab hit comedy, guaranteed to deliver swag loads of laughter.
Mischief Theatre still have the power to please an audience. It leaves you wanting more and wondering what’s next from this powerhouse production team.
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is wildly unpredictable and side-splitting in places although it did drag a little in other parts.
This production is like a good book that you just can’t put down because you need to know how it will end. This will be a hit wherever in the world it plays as the humour, both the visual gags and physical slapstick, are universal.
By the time the story reaches the scene set in a duct above a birds’ eye view of the bank office, the jaw fairly drops at the relentless skill and inventiveness of it all, for no purpose at all but pure fun, and a bit of harmless theatrical money-spinning.
The blistering second half more than makes up for the slightly slow start.
So, they’ve done it again, Mischief Theatre has torn apart murder mysteries, confuddled the pantos and are now robbing our hearts with a bank robbery. This is a comedy that delivers on its name. We can’t wait to see which genre Mischief take aim at next.
There are plenty of laughs to be had in the touring Comedy About A Bank Robbery at the King’s. There are also a couple of gasp-inducing coups de theatre, all of which goes to disguise the fact that at times this is surprisingly slow going.
Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Tuesday November 6, 2018, until Saturday November 10, 2018. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday May 14, 2019, until Saturday May 18, 2019. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
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