Going Somewhere Billy Wheeler?

This plan is floorless

[gcballet]

Mischief Movie Night In 2020-21 as Textposts/Tweets

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Dedicated to @personinthepalace for arguably doing more to promote the fanbase of Mischief Movie Night In than anyone actually employed to do publicity by Mischief Theatre.

[mygoeswrongblog]

I wonder what goes through Trevor's mind when he has to deal with Dennis. There must be loads of moments where Dennis is waiting in the wings to go on and Trevor has a hundred things to do but he still goes over and gives Dennis a nudge when his cue happens.

YESSS 100%

This is such a lovely pairing to think about <3

I feel like Trevor at first genuinely thought Dennis was having him on. He would ask him the most out-there or basic question about his cue or which prob he should hold and at first Trevor would just look at him waiting for the punch line. After a while, this is probs during haversham btw, it pissed him off and he was convinced that Dennis was purposely being this incompetent. Then one day he finds Dennis backstage mid breakdown because he knows he just messed something up on stage but he doesn't understand what and Chris yelled at him and everything just felt really wrong and at that point Trevor is like 'oh wait no he's just like this' and he becomes a lot more sympathetic.

I feel like, unlike some of the others, Trevor is really practical when it comes to Dennis. Like he isn't fussed about getting him to talk through his feelings or anything, Trevor ain't the guy for those talks but he will ask him exactly what would help backstage. So yeah a bit more prompting on his cues, subtle earplugs to stop sound cues throwing him off, props arranged in a way that makes sense to him and so on. He takes steps to make Dennis' life a little easier and it's something the actor really appreciates but in a very Dennis way.

What i mean by that is that he will just become the Favour Guy for Trevor. If he needs help with something, if he's got an extra ticket to something etc he can rely on Dennis to at the very least volunteer. Is he the best guy for the job? Probably not. But he will always be there and the pair and fiercely loyal about each other as a result (which means that Dennis will be the first to say that Trevor is doing a good job - even when something is collapsing because of the stagemanager - and Trevor will fight anyone who insults Dennis, yes physically).

Also these two actually have so much in common when they get to know each other better! They both appreciate a good comfortable silence, they both like gaming (if quite different games) and if there's a chance to avoid the big crowd of strangers and instead get up to some radom shite on the sideline you best believe these two are the pair doing it. Like I feel like they both hate meeting new people, Dennis less so than Trevor, because he is okay introducing himself and everything but he's so used to people not getting a good impression of him sticking with what he knows is just better. Trevor on principle is not a fan of new people, so really Dennis will hang out with Trevor in those settings because he, being the emotionally intelligent boy I KNOW HIM TO BE, knows he isn't a fan.

Yeah I love these two <3 they are such a cute and unlikely friendship I genuinely believe exists. Thank you so much for the ask, sorry you sent it way back in April, life has been so hectic lately :((( BUT I'M HERE AND I REALLY HOPE THIS WAS WORTH THE WAIT ❤️ Thanks again :))))

[whoops-im-obsessed]

Ok so if Dave Hearn is a free-running acrobat and Greg Tannahill is highly skilled at stage combat, its only fair that we get an epic fight scene between Max and Jonathan, right? Possibly for Sandra's honour? I'm thinking either it goes brilliantly but the stage collapses from underneath them at the climax, or Sandra comes in and tells them off half way through because 'wtf your characters were not meant to do that this is not in the script'

[sweetpea67]

By CPDS standards the first scene of “Summer Once Again” wasn’t even that bad until they had to redo it. The actors (excluding Dennis) said their lines mostly right and there were only a couple prop malfunctions. It was only when they redid it over and over again that the opening scene slowly devolved into something untenable. I feel like this probably says something about Robert’s need to appear perfect screwing himself and the rest of the society over. Inferiority superiority complex and all that.

[valicelavidad]

me when i tell my friend the name of my favourite pizza

[greenbloods]

right before you have major life commitments is the perfect time to get into a new fandom

[enter-doctor-frog]

Random idea that came to me, because the movie was on the TV, but here's what I think it would be like if Cornley did Beauty and the Beast: Belle - Sandra (often plays the lead and kind of looks a bit like Belle imo).

The Beast - Robert (loud, dramatic and vain. He was ready to fight Chris for the lead role, but didn't take into account that Chris was planning on giving the role to Robert anyway. Suffice to say Chris would've been "completely incapacitated" had he not made the choice)

Lumiere - Johnathan (his "we are the ensemble" song kind of fits Be Our Guest's vibe)

Cogsworth - Max (was initially going to play Lumiere, but due to the casting changes he ended up with Cogsworth instead. Unlike the serious character, Max is anything but, and makes this clear throughout the show)

Mrs. Potts - Annie (two reasons: 1. she would be great singing Beauty and the Beast, and 2. Because of the Mrs. Potts parody Nancy played in MMNI ("I've only got TWO SPOUTS").

Chip - Lucy (often plays "the child character" in Cornley's plays, due to being the youngest)

Gaston - Chris (yes he's playing the bad guy again. But by choice. After Christmas Carol, he wanted to take a step back from playing the male lead (also he didn't want to cover himself in fake hair for over two hours)

The Enchantress, Fifi, Wardrobe, Ensemble - Vanessa (of the entire cast she is arguably the most stressed. Now imagine that stress doubling by having to play several characters)

Lefou - Dennis (his name literally means "the fool" and his dynamic with Chris is never not funny to me)

The Narrator, Maurice, Ensemble - Francis (bringing him back cause, why not?) Stage Manager, Ensemble - Trevor (who else?) Some of the things that go wrong:

- They lost the rose, aka the most important prop, before the show. Vanessa substitutes it with a bottle of rose wine she took from the canteen. Halfway through the show, after it's made abundantly clear that, so long as the rose is kept alive, the curse can still be broken, the wine bottle breaks. They soon manage to find the actual rose prop, but, in the finale, because of how long it hadn't been in the show, the flower still has all it's petals rather than none, so Trevor has to quickly run on stage, whilst crouching, and straight up beheads the rose with a pair of scissors, and runs off.

- Chris tries to act out Gaston's strength, often trying to lift heavy objects with much difficulty. He drops something on his foot at one point, and during a another his body gets pinned under the object he's supposed to be lifting.

- Robert cannot do a roaring noise. At all. At one point the noise he makes sounds so strained, the first aider (Annie) comes on with the first aid kit, thinking someone was choking.

- During the scene where the Beast locks Maurice up, Robert accidentally knocks out Francis. He and Sandra have to do the whole scene with a unconscious Francis before he is removed from his cell (Trevor comes in and drags him off stage). Robert knocking out important characters in a scene becomes a running gag in the show, due to his tendency of "accidentally" harming his cast mates.

- Johnathan's Lumiere costume catches fire several times. His candle hands also makes it difficult to hold anything. By the show's end his outfit is heavily scorched and burnt. He now fears doors, heights and fire.

- Annie's spout (her hand) hits several people in the face.

- Lucy's Chip costume requires her body to be hidden underneath a fake rolling table, while her head (wearing the cup) is on top of the "table", thus requiring someone else to push it. During many scene changes, the cast forget to roll Lucy off. At one point she gets out of the table herself and just leaves.

- Vanessa's anxiety during her quick changes often result in her coming out in the wrong costume. During "Gaston", she's in her Enchantress outfit, changing the context to be that there is now a magical fairy just chilling at the bar.

- The climax involves Chris fighting Robert (presumably causing some of the set to break in the process). At the part where Gaston is hanging off the ledge, Robert, is the one knocked out instead (I like to think it was somehow accidentally caused by Lucy. Delayed karma for what happened in Peter Pan and Christmas Carol). Chris kind of hangs there for a while, until Dennis, as Lefou, in a moment of panic, throws Chris off the set himself. Sandra, throwing Dennis a bone, improvises that "Lefou redeemed himself and saved the day." Dennis celebrates this victory and walks off stage (on the side where the cliff is meant to be).

- Throughout the show Sandra dreaded having to kiss Robert (not just cause she's dating Max, but because...well, it's Robert). When Robert is knocked out, and the Enchantress (Vanessa dressed up as the Wardrobe) reverses the curse (Trevor providing the magic with a smoke machine), Sandra brings Max on stage and has him play the part of the uncursed human prince, to his confusion. He however goes along with it when Sandra kisses him over Robert's body.

- As the show ends, Robert wakes up, sees Chris (now playing a villager), assumes they are still doing the fight scene, and straight up tackles him. Vanessa also steps in as Cogsworth, wearing the fake mustache Max initially had on.

ANNIE HAS TO PLAY THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE PLS I WOULD DIE LAUGHING I CAN JUST PICTURE HER TRYING TO PLAY THE TEACUP ABD THE CANDLESTICK AT THE SAME TIME (i think that's who the characters are guys im sorry i haven't watched it in YEARS)

[ob-nox-iouslywriting]

Just saw a list of prompts for handholding and. I'm making it about Them. Trevor grabbing Chris' hand to show him something in the workshop, running on three hours of sleep, a redbull and a dream, not thinking about what he's doing. They're standing in the workshop together, shoulders touching, fingers still intertwined, as Trevor explains what he's done. He doesn't realise until he needs his hand to point something out or explain something, but hes too tired to care. What he doesnt realise is that Chris is trying very hard to focus on what he's saying and not how Trevor's warm, calloused hand feels against his cold skin. Chris can't remember the last time he was held in any way, let alone gently, let alone this gently by a man he wasn't expecting said gentleness from. But then he thinks about it, the coffees Trevor buys him, the lifts Trevor gives him to and from his flat despite it being the complete opposite direction to his own flat, the care Trevor takes in making his set pieces exactly how he envisions them. The shelf Trevor fixed in Chris' flat after he'd complained about it one too many times, the meal deal combo Trevor remembers, the subtle reminder Trevor gives him when it's time to wrap up for the day. Chris looks at Trevor, hands still intertwined, and watches as this man, his stage manager, with bags under his eyes, explains how he built something from scratch, all because Chris had asked him to, and he can almost physically feel his heart melting.

"Chris?"

"Hm?"

"You didn't hear a word I said, did you."

"No, sorry."

"Right, time to go home then I think. I'll meet you out front in five minutes, give you a lift."

"Alright."

[mygoeswrongblog]

Shields why are you like this

(Taken from his instagram story)

[the-anime-idiot]

i was thinking about Chris and that eyeliner in PPGW and had to write something so

“Shit—fuck!” Trevor ran past the dressing rooms, shoving wires into a radio. “FIVE MINUTES!”

“Thank you, five!” A chorus of voices called back.

“Chris—Chris! Chris, shit!” Trevor jiggled the handle until it gave way. “Chris, we’re nearly—”

Trevor choked on his next words. Chris was buttoning up the vest for his George Darling costume, but it wasn’t quite that which stopped the stage manager.

To be ready for Hook later in the play, Chris insisted on wearing black eyeliner and mascara to give him a more “pirate-y” look. Trevor always thought it looked decent enough with the whole Hook outfit and wig on, but something about the half-dressed George Darling with eyeliner triggered a fascination the stage manager never knew he had.

“What? What is it?” Chris snapped, standing up to his full di-rect-or height.

“’S jus’ fi—five minutes.” Trevor stammered, bumping into the doorframe as he backed out of the room. “David Suchet’s introducin’ us.”

A flicker of general annoyance passed over the director’s face, as if the hours themselves had wronged him.

“Thank you, five.” Chris felt around for Mr. Darling’s coat. He glanced awkwardly between Trevor and the floor. Trevor darted out, a little quickly for his usual nonchalance.

[weaselknievel]

*introducing myself to the guards who caught me* seized to meet you

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

it's been a hot minute since i've made a cornley alignment chart, but i was feeling inspired.

[kestrel-wylde]

Christrev 📸 🖤

[yonderghostshistories]

Mischief Fans waiting for the release of the official full pro-shots/video recordings of TCaS (The Comedy about Spies) and CCGW (Christmas Carol Goes Wrong) be like :

[cakemadeofbacon]

I think the reason mischief movie night in works for me when other improv shows don’t is the fact that the comedy starts out coming from the events of the “movie” but then slowly turns into people absolutely destroying their coworkers for like no reason 😭

[spillsbury]

dave hearn is very proficient in short sword

[throwupgirl-deactivated20240906]

Life imitates art