The old theatre adage says, 'the show must go on'. In the case of the Cornley Polytechnic Society's production of "The Murder at Haversham Manor", it might be time to stop and ask 'should the show go on'? Join the ten cast and crew members as they desperately try to bring their murder mystery back from the brink of disaster for you, their beloved audience. Lines will be flubbed, actors will go missing and the set may just fall apart. Winner of the 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong delivers exactly what it promises to - complete and total comedic disaster. Some of the actors featured in this production are members of the Hillberry Graduate Program at Wayne State University.
January 11, 2022You've most likely heard the age old adage, 'the show must go on' whenever things are going horribly wrong. Widely used in everyday life to help us all look on the positive side of a situation and carry on, The Play That Goes Wrong grasps on to the phrase for dear life and refuses to release it from its death grip until the actors' final bow.