The Play That Goes Wrong Review

GRACE VAN BORTEL

The Play That Goes Wrong cleverly began engaging the unknowing audience days before the opening night. Posters on campus, as well as social media posts, mentioned a search for a missing dog named Winston and a missing set of sentimental Taylor Swift CDs. Was it more than a coincidence that as the audience began to arrive, the actors called out for Winston and the stage director announced that the Taylor Swift CD collection was still missing? During the play, Taylor Swift’s songs played at the most random times. Since Winston was “missing” the actors worked with an invisible dog. At some point during the play, all the details come together. The play went wrong in more ways than you could count, from switching actors to falling sets. It was extremely clever with so many small details, for example when the spotlight was placed incorrectly to the wrong drink being pulled. Everyone in the audience was engaged and laughing. The play was exciting and different from most plays and musicals because the ideal of perfection shifted so that making mistakes was entertaining. The Play That Went Wrong was successful and enjoyable for everyone.