Cheers Mikey. I live too far to see the show but...... maybe one day.
NewsRevue again! Page 59
Back before I had to do a proper job and stuff I used to have quite a good score.
So my advice is.
1 Crude not clever, the audience is pissed and want a laugh.
2 Short 1=2 pages.
3 Songs are great fun but the competition is very tough.
4 Lots of gags, a bunch of good puns beat a clever concept.
5 Have fun.
6 No taste barrier Maddy, Diana, Fritzell even I've been blown away by their fearlesness.
7 Swear.
Yeah, back in the day, it was the SootyjRevue.
week 2...
NewsRevue Tonight1Cast
Real Life 3D2Mikey Jackson
G20 Police Brutality3Bella Westgarth
Boris Monologue4Nick Hallam
Work Til Ninety-Five5Malcolm Martin
Springwatch6Marc Jones
Page 3 Thoughts7Real Page 3 Thoughts
I Got You Dave8Andy Flood
Weathergirls9Carrie Marx / Rebecca Probyn
Raoul Maximus Moat10Harry Lobek
Sweet Sophie Dahl11Sarah Hutchings and Hils Cooke
Snooker V/O12Derek Thompson
Bellasconi13Robin Bailes
Diplomacy in Asia14Robin Bailes
At Home With The Camerons15Tom Johnstone
Shakespeare I Quill16Marc Jones
George Osborne's Budget Announcement17Adam Morley
Go Compare18Adam Morley
All I Want Is Fame19Jess Day & Bella Westgarth
Weather Report20Michael Monkhouse
Send In The Clones21Carrie Marx
BP Oil Slick V/O22Cast Run 80
A-Team23Mark Fairclough
Unexpurgated Mandy24Terry Newman
Fabio Pat25
Balls26Noel Christopher
The VAT Collector27Tom Johnstone
Page 3 Thoughts28The Sun Newspaper
She's A Crap Spy29Cast Run 80
Pamplona Bull Running V/O30Peter Styles
Gazza The Negotiator31James Harris
Chav Milliband32Gary Beard
Policies Keep Falling on My Head33Mark Fairclough
Gove Actually34Tom Johnstone
Helmand House35Annabel King
Matador36David Salisbury
Inside Milliband37Jack Wharrier
Gove The Man38Leigh Stevenson
Mismatch39Mark Leeson
Sex Education40Mikey Jackson
Barack and Dave41Robin Bailes
A Musical Nice-off42
Short Degrees43Terry Newman
Boris's Bicycle Song44Leigh Stevenson
Blinking flip I've got one in at last and didn't even notice first week. And it's a song. 
Well Done Michael & Badge
I can't actually remember your name, Badge, so I don't know which one is yours on the list, but well done none the less. You going to creep down there and watch it?
Cheers both. Ben, mine is "I Got You Dave". If I'm going to see it it'll have to be this weekend (hoping they won't have ditched it by then).
Quote: Badge @ August 5 2010, 8:00 PM BSTBlinking flip I've got one in at last and didn't even notice first week. And it's a song.
Well done. How did you submit it? Did you just say to the tune of 'such and such'? Or is it an original tune?
If I'm going to see it it'll have to be this weekend (hoping they won't have ditched it by then).
The latest run that I've posted here in THIS comng weekend's show.
So they won't ditch it. (at least, not this week)
Quote: Tim Azure @ August 5 2010, 11:23 PM BSTWell done. How did you submit it? Did you just say to the tune of 'such and such'? Or is it an original tune?
Yes it's a "to the tune of". Having sat in the audience before I think one of the things that makes the better songs go down well is the recognition factor. I might be wrong but I don't think they tend to use original tunes, partly because of recognition and partly I suspect because it's harder for the cast to learn new tunes rather than ones they already know.
They're always parodies of well known songs.
Examples include Our House It Won't Sell (I Know Him So Well) and Hopelessly I Voted For You. (Hopelessly Devoted To You)
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ July 31 2010, 2:34 PM BSTGot one in, hoorah!
I saw that. Well done.
I just sent them a quickie. I was going to post it here in "I read the news" but thought I'd send it to them first.
This might sound stupid but do they have two different shows going with different casts at the moment? One at Canal Theatre and one in Edinburgh?
Quote: Chappers @ August 6 2010, 1:44 AM BSTThis might sound stupid but do they have two different shows going with different casts at the moment? One at Canal Theatre and one in Edinburgh?
And one set of sketches? Is that how it works?
No 2 sets of sketches.