Week One Roundup

★★★★★

• exit strategy's How to Win a Gameshow – dystopian, interactive gameshow satire

• Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE – chaotic outdoor-adventure comedy

• I Made You A Mixtape – glowsticks, beer pong, and joyful girl-bonding

• Spraywatch: A Beautiful Rescue– sexy, silly, satirical musical

• Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It – Appalachian, absurdist unreliable narration

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• Dear Michelle Kwan – bedazzled, darkly comic figure-skating spectacle

• TWELVE: Going The Distance – brilliant boxing-gym dance-theatre

• Elba – smart, entertaining historical two-hander

RECOMMENDED

• Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs – non-stop improv silliness

• What Happens in the Dark – clever lights-on/lights-off comedy concept

• Detective Heartbreak – enjoyably daft noir parody about modern dating

• Film Noir Frog – short, silly, amphibious fun

• Macbeth: Blood and Bluegrass – bluegrass reworking of Shakespeare

• Sweaty Clowns – slapstick sad-clown farce

• Bliss – much hyped musical finds its own voice despite its promo