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Mixtape: Alternative
Newcastle Live Theatre
Friday 4th
March 2016
Having
played to sell out audiences at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mixtape
are back on Live Theatre's main stage with their Mixtape: Alternative show. The
show, on Friday 4th March, features comedy sketches inspired by
indie tunes, rock tracks and classic Britpop anthems. It’s a raucous night out
for music and pop quiz fans.
Audiences
are invited to don their parka coats and terylene shirts for a night of NME
attitude and Oasis swagger. Guess the songs that inspire the sketches to be in
with a chance of winning a Golden Mixtape and a limited edition Brat Award.
As
Mixtape’s director, Melanie Rashbrooke explains: “We're really
excited to be back at Live Theatre after a year of sell-out shows in 2015. We
had a great run at the Underbelly last year and we’ve got some exciting new
tricks up our sleeve for the concept this year. We can't wait to see what
audiences make of it”
Mixtape
is performed and written by some of the most exciting theatre makers in the
North East. The Mixtapers for this show are Newcastle based performers Steven
Blackshaw, Amy Foley, Chris Foley, Lewis Jobson and Hannah Walker. The writers
include Melanie
Rashbrooke, Lee Mattinson (Choir, Northern Stage)
and Nina Berry (Rendezvous, Live Theatre).
How
it works. The Mixtapers take songs and using only the song’s lyrics create mini
comedy sketches. The running time of the sketches must not be longer than the
tracks that inspired them. The words from the songs can be reordered and
repeated in any way that the Mixtapers choose, but no additional words can be
added (bar the occasional improvised ad-lib).
The
audience is encouraged to play along in teams to guess which songs and bands
inspire the sketches. The team, or individual player, with the most correct
answers will walk away with one of Mixtape’s highly coveted Golden Mixtape
trophies.
For
this edition, audience members are encouraged to dress in Britpop attire and
get their Jarvis Cocker swagger on.
The
Mixtapers regularly upload comedy sound-bites, videos and images to their
Twitter @ukmixtape and website www.mixtapetheatre.co.uk
Join
the conversation on Twitter #MixtapeAlt.
Tickets:
Venue:
Live Theatre, Newcastle
Dates
& Times: Friday 4 March, 8pm
Tickets:
Full price: £8 Conc: £6
Book
online: http://www.live.org.uk/whats-on-book/mixtape-alternative
or call the box office on (0191) 232 1232
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