Preview: Mixtape: Halloween at Newcastle Live Theatre

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Mixtape: Halloween

Newcastle Live Theatre

Friday 30^th November 2015

Having played to sell-out audiences at the Underbelly (as part of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Mixtape return to Live Theatre this October with a ‘graveyard smash’ Halloween edition of their bite-sized comedy show. Audiences are invited to grab their broomsticks, sharpen their fangs and polish their cauldrons ready for a night of remixed spooky tunes. Guess what songs inspire the ghoulish comedy sketches to be in with the chance of winning a special, limited edition, Halloween Mixtape.

On Friday 30^th October Mixtape perform their unique comedy quiz show inspired by music on Live Theatre’s main stage. The performers, called 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 Mixtape writers choose, but no additional words can be added to form the script (bar the occasional improvised ad-lib).

Mixtaper Amy Foley

Audiences can play along in teams, or individually, to be in with the chance of winning one of the highly coveted Golden Mixtape awards. To win players need to guess which song or band / solo artist inspired each short sketch. The team, or individual player, with the most correct answers will walk away with that night’s Golden Mixtape prize.

Mixtaper Steven Blackshaw

For this edition, audience members are encouraged to ‘dress to distress’ by wearing Halloween attire. The player or team with the best Halloween costume, as picked by the Mixtapers, will win some additional spooky prizes on the night.

Mixtaper Zoe Hakin

Conceived by theatre director and writer Melanie Rashbrooke, Mixtape is a fun night out which is written and performed by some of the most exciting writers and theatre makers around. In addition to the sketches written by Melanie each Mixtape also features a selection of sketches written by guest writers. For the Halloween edition these include Traverse 50 writer Alison Carr (Fat Alice, Traverse), Lee Mattinson (who won the Royal Exchange’s inaugural Hodgkiss Award in 2014), Nina Berry (Rendezvous, Live Theatre) and Live Theatre’s Creative Producer Graeme Thompson.

Mixtaper Chris Foley

Mixtape is the perfect night out for comedy, music, theatre and pub quiz fans. Don’t miss this night full of tricks, treats and things that go bump in the night!

The Mixtapers regularly upload comedy sound-bites, videos and images to their Twitter @ukmixtape and website www.mixtapetheatre.co.uk

Mixtape are a North East theatre company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Join the conversation on Twitter #MixtapeHalloween

Tickets:

Mixtape comes to Newcastle’s Live Theatre on Friday 30^th October 2015 at 19.30 Full price: £8 Conc: £6

Tickets and details: http://www.live.org.uk/whats-on-book/mixtape-halloween

Booking online:

It’s easy to book tickets online, via this secure website. An average booking will take 5 minutes, tickets can be booked 24 hours a day, seven days a week and there is no booking fee. Tickets can be mailed out, at an extra charge of £1, or can be collected from the box office. https://www.live.org.uk/pp/performance?id=11989&syos=1

By phone or in person

Call Live Theatre’s box office on (0191) 232 1232 or to book in person visit the theatre, situated on Broad Chare, just off Newcastle’s Quayside.

Box Office Opening Times:

Monday to Friday 10am to 5.30pm (10am to 8pmwhen there is an evening show)

Weekend evening show only 5 to 8pm

Weekend matinee days 12 to 8pm

Preview: Mixtape - Edinburgh Festival

Bite-sized comedy inspired by music

Mixtape - Edinburgh Festival Preview

Newcastle Live Theatre

Friday 24^th July 2015
 

Mixtape - Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh Belly Laughs, at Underbelly Cowgate (venue 61)

Thursday 6^thto Sunday 30^th August 2015 

Mixtape is altering the comedy circuit with their unusual bite-sized sketches inspired by music. Part theatre show and part music quiz Mixtape is the perfect night out for comedy, theatre, music and pub quiz fans.

After a succession of sell-out shows at Live Theatre in Newcastle, and a successful festival tour in 2014 (to the Secret Garden Party, Hijack and Larmer Tree Festival), Mixtape are proud to announce their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. They are bringing their unique brand of comedy to the Underbelly (venue 61) from the 6^th to 30^th August.

The Mixtape Team

The performers, called Mixtapers, take songs and using only the song’s lyrics create mini comedy sketches. At the Fringe, they’ll be presenting a selection of shows inspired by different music genres in the Underbelly’s Belly Laugh space at 10.20pm every night. The themes include The 80’s, Brit Pop, Girl Bands vs. Boy Bands and Rock ‘n’ Roll Jukebox. 

The rules? Only the lyrics from the song can be used to form the script and the running time of the sketch must not be longer than the track that inspired it. The lyrics can be reordered and repeated in any way that the Mixtape writers choose, but no additional words can be used to form the plays script (bar the occasional improvised ad-lib). 

Audiences can play along and every night they have the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape if they manage to correctly guess the songs and bands or solo artists that inspired each short sketch. The players with the most correct answers will walk away with that evening’s Golden Mixtapetrophy. Plus, for the Fringe, they will also be awarding a limited edition purple Mixtape (a colour inspired by the Underbelly) for the best musically inspired costume. The team or player with the best outfit will win the Mixtape costume contest and receive this limited edition cassette tape.

Conceived by theatre director and writer Melanie Rashbrooke, Mixtape is a fun night of theatrical madness written and performed by some of the most exciting writers and theatre makers around. In addition to the sketches written by Melanie each Mixtape also features a selection of sketches written by guest writers. For the Fringe these include Traverse 50 writer Alison Carr (Fat Alice, Traverse),Lee Mattinson (who won the Royal Exchange’s inaugural Hodgkiss Award in 2014) and Nina Berry(Rendezvous, Live Theatre).

On Friday 24 July Mixtape will preview a selection of their favourite Edinburgh Fringe sketches at Live Theatre in Newcastle. This is a chance to see some of their Edinburghsketches first, before they head to the Underbelly for the summer.

Cast & Creatives:

Artistic Director and writer: Melanie Rashbrooke
Performers: James Barton, Steven Blackshaw, Adam Donaldson, Amy Foley and Zoe Hakin
Writers: Lee Mattinson and Nina Berry 

On The Web:

Follow updates on Twitter @ukmixtape or on Facebook at /mixtapetheatre

Tickets:

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Date:                Friday 24 July 2015, 7.30pm
Venue:             Live Theatre, Newcastle 
Tickets:             £8 full price, £6 concession
Box office:        0191 232 1232 
Internet:           www.live.org.uk

SUITABILITY: 14+ contains some explicit content 

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE
Dates:              Thursday 6 to Sunday 30 August 2015, 10.20pm
Venue:             Belly Laughs, at Underbelly Cowgate (venue 61) 
Tickets:             £11 - £7 full price, £10 - £7 concession
Box office:        0844 545 8252 www.edfringe.com 
Internet:           www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk

SUITABILITY: 14+ contains some explicit content 

Preview: Mixtape at Newcastle Live Theatre

C’mon everybody!
Mixtape Rock n’ Roll at Live Theatre

Mixtape: Rock n’ Roll Jukebox

Newcastle Live Theatre

Friday 20 March, 7.30pm 

Mixtape: Solo Stars 

Newcastle Live Theatre

Friday 22 May, 7.30pm 

Mixtape is altering the theatre circuit with their bite-sized micro-plays inspired by music. Part theatre show and part pop quiz Mixtape is the perfect night out for theatre, music and pub quiz fans. Conceived by theatre director Melanie Rashbrooke, Mixtape is a night of theatrical madness written and performed by some of the most exciting writers and theatre makers in the north east.

After a succession of sell-out shows at Live Theatre and a successful festival tour in 2014 (to the Secret Garden Party, Hijack and Larmer Tree Festival) Mixtape are back presenting their sketches at Newcastle’s premiere new writing venue Live Theatre. Due to popular demand Mixtape has now moved from Live Theatre’s Studio Theatre into the Main Theatre.  

First up, on Friday 20 March, audiences will be invited to don their prom dresses and T-Bird style jackets for a special 1950s inspired edition of Mixtape called Mixtape Rock n’ Roll Jukebox. Join the Mixtapers for this high-octane trip down the Rock n’ Roll hall of fame. See Elvis battle it out against Buddy Holly and Connie Francis in this night of musically inspired mini-plays. 

For this edition the Mixtapers will take songs by Rock n’ Roll bands and solo artists and, using only the song’s lyrics, create short theatre sketches that can be no longer than the tracks that inspired them.  The Mixtapers can only use the lyrics from the songs to create the play’s scripts. The lyrics can be reordered in any way that the Mixtapers choose but no additional words can be used apart from the occasional ab-lib!

Mixtape is part theatre show and part music quiz. Audiences play along and have the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape if they manage to correctly guess the songs, and bands or artists, that inspired each short sketch.

The Rock n’ Roll Jukebox performers include Newcastle based actors James Barton, Steven Blackshaw, Amy Foley, Chris Foley, Lewis Jobson, Caroline Liversidge, Katie Powell and Zoe Hakin. The writers for this edition include Melanie Rashbrooke (the company’s founder), Lee Mattinson, Nina Berry and Stu Nimmo.

Get your Teddy boy swagger on and rock around the clock with the Mixtapers on Friday 20 March.

Plus, on Friday 22 May Mixtape return to Live Theatre to celebrate solo stars. Audiences will be tested to see if they know Sting from Madonna and Michael Jackson from Lady Gaga.

Reviews of past gigs

★★★★★

‘Innovative, imaginative, inventive, entertaining, that‘s an evening at a Mixtape event…The stage sparkled with creative talent and abounded with endless energy and dynamic delivery; most pieces were like a shot in the arm with an occasional calming, sedate one, so delivering a balanced evening’s entertainment. Laughter came thick and fast from the full, appreciative audience. The evening proved to me, yet again, the incredible amount of creative talent the area has.’
Remote Goat

‘The audience was caught up in an exhilarating whirlwind of quick-fire sets, which were beautifully paced throughout. Mixtape works really well.  I had a brilliantly entertaining night and my companion left with the coveted Golden Mixtape, so all in all, a huge thumbs-up’
Alliterati Magazine

‘Theatre director Melanie Rashbrooke is onto a winner with this concept and the inclusion of both young writers and performers is one which pleases me; giving young people a platform to show off their talents results in a funny, clever, well thought out evening of new theatre.’
Cuckoo Review

‘Love, love, love it! I’ve never been to anything quite like it. You’ve made a fan out of me!’
Audience member

Cast

Artistic Director and writer: Melanie Rashbrooke
Performers: James Barton, Amy Foleyand Steven Blackshaw

On The Web:

Website: www.mixtapetheatre.co.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ukmixtape

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mixtapetheatre  

Hashtag #MixtapeRocknRoll #NowThatsWhatICallMixtape

Tickets:

MIxtape takes place at Newcastle’s Live Theatre on Friday 20 March & Friday 22 May, 7.30pm
Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes including interval
Suitabilty: 14+
Tickets are £6 and can be booked online at www.live.org.uk  or www.mixtapetheatre.co.uk.

Preview: Mixtape at Newcastle Live Theatre

Mixtape move to Live Theatre

Friday 5 September, 7.30pm Mixtape: Boy Band Vs Girl Bands Newcastle Live Theatre’s Studio Theatre

Friday 7 November, 7.30pm Mixtape: North East Newcastle Live Theatre’s Studio Theatre

Fresh from their festival tour to the Secret Garden Party, Hijack and Larmer Tree Festival and after a succession of sell-out shows at Alphabetti Spaghetti Theatre, Mixtape are back presenting bite-sized theatre inspired by music at Newcastle’s premiere new writing venue Live Theatre.

On Friday 5 Septemberthe Mixtapers will take on Boy Bands Versus Girl Bands. Audiences will be invited to don their Union Jack dresses and 90s puffa jackets and get their pop star attitude on for a high-octane ride down Smash Hits memory lane. See the Spice Girls battle it out against All Saints and Take That challenge Five in this edition of Mixtape.

The Mixtapers will take songs by Boy Bands and Girl Bands and, using only the song’s lyrics, create short bite-sized comedy sketches that can be no longer than the tracks that inspired them.  The Mixtapers can only use the lyrics from the songs to create the play’s scripts. The lyrics can be reordered in any way that the Mixtapers choose but know additional words can be used. Part theatre show and part pop quiz, audiences have the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape if they manage to correctly guess the songs and bands that inspired each short sketch.

Audiences play along in teams for the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape. To win, teams must correctly guess the songs and bands that inspired each short micro-play. The team with the most correct answers will walk away with the highly coveted Golden Mixtape.

The Boy Band Versus Girl Bandperformers include Newcastle based actors James Barton, Samantha Bell, Steven Blackshaw, Amy Foley, Chris Foley and Zoe Hakin.

On Friday 7 November celebrate everything North East in this extra special edition of Mixtape: Now that’s what I call the North East! This November the Mixtapers will take songs by North East bands and artists. Audiences will be tested to see if they know their Stingfrom their Dire Straits and their Lake Poets for their Tea Pad Orchestras.

Mixtape is the perfect night out for theatre, music and pub quiz lovers. Conceived by theatre director Melanie Rashbrooke, Mixtape is a night of theatrical madness written by some of the most exciting writers in the region.

Reviews of past gigs

★★★★★
‘Innovative, imaginative, inventive, entertaining, that‘s an evening at a Mixtape event…The stage sparkled with creative talent and abounded with endless energy and dynamic delivery; most pieces were like a shot in the arm with an occasional calming, sedate one, so delivering a balanced evening’s entertainment. Laughter came thick and fast from the full, appreciative audience. The evening proved to me, yet again, the incredible amount of creative talent the area has.’
Remote Goat

‘The audience was caught up in an exhilarating whirlwind of quick-fire sets, which were beautifully paced throughout. Mixtape works really well.  I had a brilliantly entertaining night and my companion left with the coveted Golden Mixtape, so all in all, a huge thumbs-up’
Alliterati Magazine

‘Theatre director Melanie Rashbrooke is onto a winner with this concept and the inclusion of both young writers and performers is one which pleases me; giving young people a platform to show off their talents results in a funny, clever, well thought out evening of new theatre.’
Cuckoo Review

Tickets are £5 and can be booked online at www.live.org.uk  or www.mixtapetheatre.co.uk.

On The Web:

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ukmixtape  

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mixtapetheatre

Hashtag #nowthatswhaticallmixtape

 

Ticket Information

Friday 5 September, 7.30pm 
Mixtape: Boy Bands Versus Girl Bands 
Newcastle Live Theatre

This month the Mixtapers will take on songs by Boy and Girl Bands and, using only the song’s lyrics, create short bite-sized plays that can be no longer than the tracks that inspired them. 

Grab your Union Jack dress and don your 90s puffa jacket. Get your pop star attitude on and join Mixtape for a high-octane ride down Smash Hits memory lane. That’s right, Mixtape takes on Boy Bands Versus Girl Bands in this edition of Mixtape madness.

Fresh from their Festival tour, this month the Mixtapers will take songs by Boy Bands and Girl Bands and, using only the song’s lyrics, create short bite sized comedy sketches that can be no longer than the tracks that inspired them. Part theatre show and part pop quiz, audiences have the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape if they manage to correctly guess the songs and bands that inspired each short sketch.

So, get your Robbie Williams swagger on and join us for a night of all things pop!

DATES: Friday 5 September, 7.30pm
LOCATION: Live Theatre’s Studio Theatre 
DURATION: 1 hr 30 minutes including interval
SUITABILITY: 16+
TICKETS: £5

Friday 7 November, 7.30pm 
Mixtape: Now that’s what I call the North East!   
Newcastle Live Theatre

Fog on the Tyne!
Know your Sting from your Roxy Music?
Your Lake Poets from your Tea Pad Orchestras?

 Mixtape celebrates everything North East in this extra special edition of Mixtape.

This month the Mixtapers will take songs by North East bands and artists and, using only the song’s lyrics, create short bite-sized plays that can be no longer than the tracks that inspired them.

Part theatre show and part pop quiz, audiences had the chance of winning the highly coveted Golden Mixtape if they managed to correctly name the songs and bands that inspired each play.

DATES: Friday 7 November, 7.30pm
LOCATION: Studio Theatre at Live Theatre
DURATION: 1 hr 30 minutes including interval
SUITABILITY: 16+
TICKETS: £5