It can exist in the creative exploration of everyday objects and set to familiar music that has been the soundtrack of our lives. Lovingly created by Sam Wills, a.k.a Tape Face, the show is a wacky and wonderful testament to the fact the best humor doesn't have to happen at the expense of others. It is a masterpiece of creativity, humor, and good will. Nobody in my group was interested in staying (14, 15, 9, 45, 47). The half an hour of show that we did stay for was mediocre at best, but the first 35 minutes of warm ups and talking with no substance already killed it for us. It’d be nice if he planted a crew member in the audience to bring the spontaneity into it. He also tells you that crew members will be used as “volunteers” since audience participation is not currently allowed (Covid). Also in the first 1/2 hour before the show, tape face talks about his history, his interactions with America’s got Talent judges, and he also tells you to let your mind escape into the silliness of his show (red flag). The first 1/2 an hour+ is watching an unfunny “warm-up” act that consisted of a ripped napkin trick (lame) and an overdone, old straight jacket escape (that I’ve already seen the same guy do as a warm up act for others). The show was supposed to start at 7:30, but it actually didn’t start until after 8. This show went below my low expectations. The Zak Bagen tour was really popular too, so popular, we couldn’t get tickets. I wouldn’t sit through that crap, again, for free. I laughed during the middle of the show really hard because I could not believe I paid so much for something so bad. Tape Face needs to keep his mouth taped and go solo with some funny material. Really, really stupid and a complete waste of money for terrible material and annoying stage crew. Another 1/2 hour of his dumb teams’ attempt to provide completely imbecile slap stick comedy to fill time. Most of his “act” was a replication of his “good stuff” from AGT which probably took up 1/2 hour. It’s like a cross between Blues Clues, the Chucky Cheese band, the old man from The Muppets balcony, and Hee-Haw. He has a really annoying, over the top, team of four additional and very unlikable characters who accompany him on stage. The show consisted of Tape Face who comes out not in character prior to getting into character (poor choice-he shouldn’t be out of character at his show) and talks for a while presumably to stall because he doesn’t have enough material to fulfill the hour/hour and a half show. Paid almost $400, for 3 of us, because the 3 seat packages were sold out, we had to buy a 4th seat for no one. He sets up the stunts, but it's we punters, dragooned on stage, who find ever weirder ways to screw those stunts up.We were a fan of Tape Face from AGT and were ending our week with his show. Wills is great at making us feel that we're the funniest people in the room. Much of the entertainment is supplied by Wills's communicative eyes: even if they're usually set to scowl, as another stooge from the audience misunderstands his mimed instructions to the next daft interactive trick. Wills's sophomore offering is irresistibly good fun, a happy amalgam of old-school mime routines, audience participation and the exasperated facial expressions of a speechless man whose mouth, yes, is gagged with sticky tape. Sam Wills's silent comedy show has evolved double-quick from Fringe novelty to mainstream smash, and deservedly so. The stages of Britain may be heaving this month with glitz, glitter and TV celebs, but you won't find a more reliably fun-for-all-the-family experience than the West End debut of The Boy With Tape on His Face – which features a man, a strip of duct tape and a bag of cheap props.
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