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The Play That Goes Wrong
An amateur murder mystery collapses faster than its scenery.
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The story
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempts to stage a traditional country-house murder mystery, but almost every theatrical element fails. Lines are forgotten, props misbehave, scenery breaks and performers keep going through mounting injuries and disasters, determined to reach the final curtain no matter how visibly the production has unravelled.
In the room
This is precision farce disguised as incompetence, built from escalating physical comedy, repeated mistakes, collapsing stage mechanics and actors desperately trying to preserve the fiction.
Good fit if you like
physical farce, backstage disasters, running jokes and escalating comic chaos.
Details
- From 5 Sept 2014
- Booking until 31 Aug 2027
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