Onstage Mishaps...!

[@anapetry8859]

"I haven't heard you breathing in a very long time, you need to calm down." Was my favorite part

[@meridaskywalker7816]

I can see JD saying this to Veronica, tbh

[@anapetry8859]

@@meridaskywalker7816 truee

[@justbianca08]

12:02

[@roxchillz8382]

@@meridaskywalker7816 I mean it was jd’s actor not actually jd, though I can see what you mean haha

[@oracle4587]

My theater teacher used to say, that in theater an actor can mess up and the audience wont notice, but if Tech messes up, EVERYONE will notice.

[@Rebeccaannjarvis]

Angela McGowan yep that’s so true but if your theatre and are in the audience you can notice even if everyone doesn’t

[@bekkyboyce1947]

Oh yeah!!! Im a tech and dred that !!!

[@blackbird95913]

im a tech and i will forever be grateful for the actor who covered up an audio fuck up we had in the booth

[@lucilaria]

Omg i will never forget being a wee sound assistant when my hand was so tense i accidentally hit the space bar and cued a super loud cymbal sound effect in the middle of the show 😳

[@booksthearteranddanceforev1228]

mine 2 🤣

[@gracedroddy9431]

There’s a show called The Play That Goes Wrong where everything literally goes wrong. My theatre group went and saw it and it was hilarious! The set fell apart, costumes broke, this one actor got knocked out twice, people forgot lines and tons of other things. It was great!

[@valentinagrillini7608]

Grace Droddy I saw it three weeks ago, it was brilliant!! We LOVED it!

[@Travelbyailsa]

Such a good show!

[@kaitlynalicegrace9412]

I love that show it's on bbc iPlayer at the moment! x

[@heyimmark9774]

Kaitlyn Alice Grace The show on BBC isn’t the same as The Play That Goes Wrong - it’s created by the same people and features the same characters and drama society, but is it’s own original show and came before the BBC show.

[@cijmo]

I love all the Goes Wrong ones.

[@meganlilyflower]

I was in a show where my line was “she’s my sister” and my parters line is “she’s my wife” during a heated argument. And one night I said “she’s my sister” and he said “she’s MY sister” and I was like WOAH that changes.......everything.

[@purpleartist195]

Did he correct himself? 😂

[@annonymousperson3905]

Oof

[@vickymitchell5707]

Omg I was in Hamilton (a slightly different version that had spoken dialogue) and the girl playing Eliza's line involved the word husband (talking about Alex) and she said father instead in loads of our rehearsals 🤣. In the performance she had to put emphasize on it so she wouldn't forget 🤣!!! I was Hercules and I was next to her at the time and I had to try so hard not to laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tarinblanding1584]

Did you do Rent?

[@touhize]

@@vickymitchell5707 Wait this sounds like a cool version of hamilton

[@katies7415]

Still feel so privileged to have been at the “the jell bar” performance of heathers 😂

[@juliane2595]

you mean "the gelbar" :D

[@gemmae323]

Oh Carrie, if you can get those people to come tell the stories with you, that would be so funny!

[@fennastippe3640]

I would love that!!

[@nickay1242]

This video just made me remember Jamie accidentally saying “The Jell Bar” instead of “The Bell Jar” 😂😂

[@elwaldock8892]

seeing that happen was the best moment of my life. no exaggeration

[@kieraespey1747]

Omggg brilliant

[@averagemusicalfan]

Oh look, she was reading.. the jell bar

[@yarraidalg]

and the fact that it happened on her birthday.

[@musicatheatrefan]

According to what Jodie told me in a Cameo she sent me a while ago, most of the onstage mishaps in the 2018 Heathers run always seemed to happen in Chandler's death scene, so that was quite an experience for her

[@tiabelle336]

When I was doing Heathers, when Veronica opened the show with “September 1st 1989, Dear Diary” instead of Beautiful playing... Chameleon from the local radio station started playing. And I was Heather M so I was backstage standing next to the other Heathers and the stage manager who was violently whispering to the sound guy to fix it asap😂😂 it was a scary moment

[@amelieg246]

The same thing, ish, happened to me! At college we were doing a production of Alice in Wonderland and we're all on stage in position for the sudden start we had planned. Lights come up with a flash and a piece of mellow music from the other group's show starts playing. Lights go down. Song is still playing for a good 30 seconds before cutting out and the song Welcome to Wonderland comes on, but the lights weren't ready and we weren't lit on the beat. It was my first show at college.

[@ShendoPeach]

i was reading through your comment and thinking it sounded like something my girlfriend had told me about the production of heathers she was in, and then i looked at your username and it made sense. yasha has told me this exact story.

[@marismith1712]

Your “stage manager” voice is the funniest and most accurate thing I have ever heard HAHAHAHA

[@ElinorMahoney]

It’s so realistic too lol

[@RhiannonEve]

As you were telling the potato story, all I had going through my head was “oh god they’re everywhere” to the tune from little fall of rain 😂

[@3Sofaa]

😂😂😂

[@Elleenn_95]

😂👏🏼

[@imogenna_]

Marius opens Eponine's coat and out tumbles a bunch of potatoes

[@Frankenzebra]

That's all I need, potato And you will keep me mashed, and you will make me chips And rain will make potatoes grow

[@HUNTLOW_LUMITY4EVER]

@Rhiannon Lewis, Rhiannon is my name! Sorry I’m kind of excited because I don’t know that many people with the same name as mine!

[@paintandpinotinperth7868]

I used to work in Les Mis too (sadly before your time) and I too had a revolve incident. The revolve struggled to line up making getting those darned gates onto stage. That damn gate would not go into its hole and the last words from our SM was ‘do NOT leave that stage before both bolts are in’. Thankfully I did get it in but unaware that I’m now down centre stage in front of the audience. So as I run off in horror, of course the revolve has now turned 180 degrees, so where I think is running back into the wings, was actually me running straight into Cosette just as she starts singing “In my life”!!! Crash!!!! We both end up sprawling , whole audience bursts into laughter, I actually thought I was going to get sacked instantly. But no, everyone, cast and crew were crying with laughter in the wings. The fabulous Jamie Farr who was Cosette that night even come to see if I was ok? It was me who stuffed up. I bought her more than chocolates 🤣😍 but that’s the Les Mis family for you. Wonderful times. Miss those days 😢💗

[@letsgolesbians9617]

Haha what a brilliant story!! 😂

[@TheFullStar]

Loved that story where you wore the wrong bra in heathers

[@cottage-core_]

Ooh what video did she tell that one in?

[@b8429]

K A I believe she talks about it in her “Role Call” video

[@misssupercookie2011]

11:14 Is it wrong that all I can think of is that one scene in High School Musical 2 where Troy is like "a new song... I CAN'T LEARN A NEW SONG". That;s just how I imagine Carrie's internal monologue

[@kieraespey1747]

Lmaoooooo yes 😂😂

[@fraythefrey]

Every year, my grandparents take our entire family to our local pantomime. When you get to 21, the bits you live for are when 2 very northern men in drag have absolutely lost it, and cant get their lines out for laughing so hard

[@astardanced2260]

That is my favourite thing about panto! There is a pantomime in Liverpool that is specifically for over-18s and it is absolute genius!

[@22SeaJay]

Absolutely! I hadn't been to a panto since I was about 6, and I went to one this year (15 years later...) and it was awesome for exactly this reason 😂

[@penny530]

as someone who has been in the local panto, i can say that when one person looses it onstage, the entire cast is trying not to loose it.

[@lilybacondarwin1128]

As a Brit, who frequents christmas pantomines, I LIVE for this, the casual atmosphere, the DAMES oh my god the dames are so good

[@jakebowler9763]

@@penny530 stuff going wrong in panto makes the show. Our group has had dame wigs falling off in opening numbers, trousers falling down or splitting mid scene. Ive fallen on my backside more times than I care to remember on stage. It always gets a great deal more laughs than the usual barrage of puns the script provides. It's great.

[@caris4837]

Ooh I keep remembering the SiX stories from when the curtain has fallen down before the show starts and revealed all the queens just chilling before places😂

[@musicatheatrefan]

That was funny. Vicki was on for Boleyn that day, and she made a joke about the curtain falling down in the little section before DLUH, and you could see the rest of the queens trying very hard not to laugh.

[@CloudsOfBubbles]

I don’t think I’ll ever forget seeing your Heathers birthday performance where we all got blessed by Jamie with ‘the Jell Bar’ 😂😂 still makes me laugh to this day

[@cottage-core_]

I think about that one a lot! Love it

[@abbyjoy6521]

As an American, I have to tell you that the way you say “potatoes” is so delightful.

[@greensteve9307]

As an Aussie, it sounds completely normal to me.

[@thedarkalpha6688]

During my school's Addams Family, we had our Gomez cut his forhead n the glass cup during Full Disclosure - I was smack dab middle front row, and I saw it happen. I was running visual tech, and quickly turned to get my teacher. Our Gomez - amazing as he is - managed to hold together the full of the song and Waiting, then was rushed off stage to be treated. It's all the cast/crew/pit talks about for that entire show. It was terrifying but amazing

[@aimeescorner23]

I have to agree with you, when things go wrong it’s kinda fun. Provided it’s nothing harmful or dangerous. 😊

[@finn5082]

Aimee Budge I was just in Frozen Jr and In Love is an Open Door the Curtain FELL on me and another kid

[@jaimeesummer5334]

When I played Wednesday last year , my Lucas was upstairs in the dressing room just chilling and didn't hear the five minute call. As we were in different rooms I didn't know he didn't hear the call so I went on for the first scene in Act 2 , quickly realizing he wasn't going to run on after me , so I had to improvise with the suitcase for a good five minutes and pretend that I couldn't open it until my Lucas ran on and started the scene 😂

[@labellavita6631]

The fact that you're enjoying a glass of bubbly throughout this absolutely makes the video. 😂👌🥂

[@LauraAutumnJade]

As a stage manager, these stories make me both anxious and make me giggle. My best something has gone wrong story is actually from high school and not from my professional career. We were doing a musical that took place on a pirate ship and had a plank going out off the front of the stage. There is a character who walked out to the end of the plank but never actually jumped off. Except for the very last performance when the plank snapped cleanly in half and the actor fell about a metre. He wasn't hurt but other actors had to throw him a rope and "pull him back into the boat" in order for the scene to continue. It was hilarious!

[@stellao.7365]

When I saw Hamilton a giant strobe light went on off stage in the left wing for ALL of Dear Theodosia! For genuinely the ENIRE song!

[@Grace-fr7hg]

I LOVE when things go wrong in theatre, I find it so humbling to remember that this piece of art is being created right there in front of your eyes by people every night! I also love the feeling that it’s special and your performance is completely different to any other performance there will ever be again- even so very slightly!💗

[@helRAEzzzer]

Waaaaay back when I was still in highschool (over a decade ago at this point), I was on the props crew for an Agatha Christy show my school did (I prefer performing but I wasn't cast in the show and stage crew was a way I could still participate - it was the most rewarding experience of my life and I highly recommend any young actors join crew at least once in their life). My highschool building was falling apart by this point (it was renovated a couple of years after I graduated). One night during the show there was a thunderstorm going outside - very apropos as the show took place during a thunderstorm. Unfortunately we learned on this night that the roof just over stage right leaks.... A massive puddle formed there during the show and no one noticed other than the crew members in the wings and the actors that had to cross over that spot on the stage. Luckily the actors were skilled enough to hide the MASSIVE strides they had to take to avoid slipping on the puddle from the audience (my friends and family who saw the show confirmed that) but the props crew and stage manager (myself and 3 other people offstage on stage right) were all but holding our breath watching and waiting for someone to go flying and laughing hysterically when we saw them take steps around it as if they were avoiding a sleeping dog that was on the floor. I'm glad no one ended up actually getting hurt, and I'm still shocked to this day - 15 years later - that no one on props crew ended up falling while switching props out in the pitch black between scenes. Another night in the same show I ended up shattering a trick whine glass and staining the stage deep red - I left my mark on the theatre that night(until they rebuilt it...)! Pro tip: trick whine glasses with the colored water in them are apparently made of glass and not plastic....

[@creativereindeer]

This has jollied up my afternoon NO END. I’m sooo tempted to do one for when things have gone wrong for me in radio, one day I lost nearly every screen that I use and had to remember the traffic and travel to give an update! The potatoes story cheered my right up, I lost it at the skirts bit. Fanx. We need a good laugh at the moment!

[@amurican-arteest6574]

"And I was like "Ah, this could be a problem." I love this woman 💕

[@emilyingham9636]

I went to see the UK Heather's tour yesterday and while nothing major went wrong, I saw during Our Love Is God that Veronica's phone cord came off the set and dangled down from the phone with nothing to attach to! Rebecca Wickes (who played Veronica in the tour) noticed quickly and gave the cutest smile ever as she held it back in place and, while it wasn't major, it made me smile so much to know I'd seen it :)

[@finnicfox]

I was in a performance of heathers playing JD and in the speaking part of Our Love is God when he’s describing the bullets, I accidentally said “the Russians used them to fake their own suicides when the Germans invaded Berlin” Which... makes no sense... 😂

[@antheiheiant]

My history student heart bleeds. 😂

[@finnicfox]

Antonia H. Hopefully there weren’t any other history buffs in the audience listening reaaaaally closely 😭

[@aliceswayer9979]

Oh no xD

[@Hellothere_453]

I mean jd was lying in that line anyway because those bullets don’t exist lmao so it still works

[@aliceswayer9979]

@@Hellothere_453 I mean yeah, but why would the Russians use bullets with a german name and more importantly: why would the germans invade Berlin? xD either way it's still one of my favourite on stage mishaps lol

[@meganchalkley7014]

Hi Carrie, I have heard you talk about the chotty chotty bang bang UK tour and I had actually seen one of the tour casts and so me being me it skipped my mind that my truly could of possibly been you, but in this video you mentioned Lee mead, this made me gety programme put and check because Lee mead was in the performance I saw at Milton Keynes. Low and behold you were my truly scrumptious!!! I hadn't even begun my love for you and this was years prior to Heather's, I thought Heather's was the first time I saw you perform, what's even crazier is I went to the stage door!!! Thank you for being amazing x

[@biologynerd3]

I recently saw a production of The Barber of Seville (the opera) and the set was really fantastic and intricate. They had three large live potted ferns on the stage. Over the course of the first act, they managed to accidentally knock over every single plant. I couldn't stop giggling - the show was hilarious anyway and the plants all falling over just made it even better. They were all neatly upright after intermission.

[@jasmithwrites]

I remember seeing Addams Family in Nottingham and some thin NG went wrong with tech during Les Dennis's solo. He shrugged and made a joke of it and the show continued after a pause. Sometimes mishaps can enhance the experience.

[@ameliabond9433]

When I watched les Mis last year, Javert’s mic cut out just before his su*cide scene and had to run off the stage before that song. The shoe stopped for like 30 minutes but everyone seemed so calm about it! Honestly actors deserve so much respect it’s unreal... 💖

[@scara231]

My other half and I were in the audience for the premiere of 'I Say No' in Heathers, I knew the original score of Heathers but my other half didn't, my confusion of where this new song had come from turned into pure just "Yes go on Veronica!" and my other half was just all in on the show from the start. That song is so good and knowing that I was there for that first performance of it is pure magic and Carrie you may have been paddling like mad under the surface but on the surface it was confidence and pure strength of portraying Veronica taking control and saying no, you rocked that performance

[@emilysmale6971]

We're all grown up! When I first watched you, you'd be in your childhood bedroom. Now you're in your OWN kitchen with a glass of wine. I love it!! Xx

[@amyhill2322]

I was in the Brighton Fringe performing Macbeth with a very small cast. Two of the actors had to go off stage after the first scene and were too anxious to continue. So me, trying to be as subtle as possible, whispered to the other actors that I would cover their parts. That's how I ended up playing Banquo, a load of kinsmens, nearly all of the witch and apparition parts and just generally running around the stage making sure props and people where in the correct place for the show to run smoothly. Also, Carrie you are awesome. I can't wait for ALW's Cinderella. Xx

[@robynshort8190]

Your content completed recharges my heart and soul and I can only imagine that's not even half of your true aura, I think you are truly angelic xxx

[@moniquestinchcombe8484]

I recently played Wendla in a production of Spring Awakening and during the hayloft scene, as Melchior was laying me down, his suspenders came up and smacked me in the face. I really struggled hiding my smirk

[@rubybromley8882]

Absolutely one of the best things about live theatre is the mishaps 😂

[@daisyforster7046]

fire alarm going off just as bill sykes raised his arm to kill nancy. THREE TIMES.

[@emily-janeboustead6084]

My school performance of Oliver that unfortunately I wasn’t in but was lucky enough to watch three times, the smoke alarm went off four times randomly 😂😂😂

[@janicew9]

Laughed out loud at that motorbike story!!!! Loved this video, it was so fun and such a lovely break today!!

[@DebborahMay]

Oh my goodness, thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the mishaps and mayhem of live theatre. The potatoes is def. my fav. Thank you so much for sharing and for the smiles. Take care, Debs x

[@llm210]

I think I witnessed one of the best saves when I came to see Addams family. Someone in the ancestors had lost a hat or headpiece ( I won’t say who). The hat/ headpiece was then beautifully recovered by the ballerina going into a back bend to pick it up. This all happened in a matter of seconds , one of the most impressive ‘saves’ I’ve ever seen!

[@meganbrowne1727]

Once I was in a production of school of rock and we all completely forgot the lyrics to Stick it to the man (the main song!!) it was quite weird how all 30 of us forgot the exact same lyrics and the exact same time though 😂

[@Caroline-rv8wy]

I saw one of the first previews of Les Misérables in Toronto in 1989, and when they rolled out the barricade, they couldn't get the two sides to click together. They rolled it back, then together again - still no. Rolled it back, and back together. It took at least three tries and was super tense. But I fell in love with the show even at 10 years old and it started my lifelong love of musical theatre.

[@soap2229]

I was there for Beth's bloomers! Not gonna lie it was kinda of exciting but you handled it amazingly well. You are awesome :D

[@imogenna_]

Saw a few onstage mishaps last time I was in NYC and they are some of the funniest memories I have of that trip. Watching Tony Award winner Santino Fontana collapse into the giggles for a full minute during one scene of Tootsie (because it was his first night back in the show after a few weeks of paternity leave) and his scene partner standing there drawing out the moment to try to make Santino break more (because it was his next line that moved the scene along) was absolutely golden.

[@frostedjosieos]

I love onstage mishaps! It’s the thing actors are most terrified for, but ultimately love when they happen.

[@cassieosbourne7666]

Last year I played Lady Jane (originally Don John) in a production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' and the actor playing Claudio accidentally left his mask on stage at the end of the masked ball scene. Obviously, it couldn't stay there and I had the next scene so I picked it up. Luckily, my character HATES Claudio and so I was able to direct all of my anger at this mask...it worked so well that we ended up keeping it in for the rest of the run. A slightly less fun one - doing a production of '1984', my character gets basically beaten to death with a truncheon...we misjudged the distance (the actor with the truncheon was wearing a gas mask) and I got hit in the face quite hard which broke my nose. Luckily there was a doctor in the front row who thought that it was just a tad too realistic 😂😂😂

[@Helvetica09]

It was only a school play but we had written a musical that involved a bunch of fangirls getting interviewed by a reporter. So we had to fight for the microphone at one point and one of the girls let go of the microphone to early and smacked it right in to the other girls face. She had a bloody lip afterwards and she was feeling dizzy and we had to play on without her.

[@cassieosbourne7666]

Helvetica09 oof that must have really hurt

[@Helvetica09]

@@cassieosbourne7666 Her parents got really mad at the producer (He was a producer at the local theater who loved the idea of getting kids into acting) but everyone loved the show 😂😂

[@cassieosbourne7666]

Helvetica09 I mean, accidents happen

[@clemmiemayhew456]

the Much Ado one is hilarious! One time my shoe fell off and my castmate had to boot it off into the wings

[@BeckyMD26]

I know exactly how you feel! I worked as a scare actor at a popular theme park here in the UK and we have emergency stop buttons that get pressed when something goes wrong or when an actor gets punched by a guest entering the maze e.t.c. I used to love it when that button was pressed because all of sudden the lights come up and your ears prick up and you realise something drastic has changed but you have to stay in character and leave the building and you have to walk past the rest of the queue line of customers in character and it's a really cool moment because you have to do on the spot improvisation and I absolutely love it

[@llm210]

I remember coming to see Aadams family and Scott Paige lost his crown / headpiece thing and I watched the ballerina (I’m sorry I forgot your name ) swoop down as part of her dance , spin and pass it off stage. I live for stuff like that because it was a blink and you’ll miss it moment!

[@emilymatthews5058]

Les Mis doesn't still have a revolving stage?? That was one of my favourite bits!

[@daisykelly5166]

Emily Matthews It was my favourite too but honestly the new version is amazing. It’s incredible. I thought it wouldn’t be as good but honestly both versions are amazing

[@emilymatthews5058]

@@daisykelly5166 I guess I'll just *have* to go and see it again haha

[@rachellaw1727]

This was one of my favorite videos you've made in a while!! I was just Rizzo in a production of Grease and during the sleepover scene we are on a big elevated set piece that acted as the bedroom, and I was supposed to be painting Jan's nails. However, during one performance, I somehow accidentally straight up slapped the glass nail polish bottle out of my own hand and onto the stage below. It landed with a pretty good *dink* sound but thankfully didn't break. Me and the girl who was playing Jan just had to play it off as though nothing happened even though we were both in awe of my immaculate grace. (:

[@agarvin1687]

Haven't done theatre but I see tons of theatre and I remember one of the most prominent mishaps I've seen during one of my visits! This was back in '08 when Young Frankenstein was still playing on Broadway and I went to see it with my older sister (this was my 2nd time seeing it so I knew what would happen). There's a part in Act 2 where there's a scene transition to the blind hermit's hut which is supposed to roll out onto the stage to a musical cue - at the show, the cue played... nothing happens... the orchestra REPLAYS the cue... still nothing... eventually the house lights come up and a crew member comes out and informs us that the house was stuck on its tracks and it would be a few minutes. About 10-15 minutes of waiting, the theatre goes dark, the cue is played a third time and the house makes it out and the first thing the hermit (played by Fred Applegate) says: "Sorry I'm late. I missed the express house and had to take the local." Got a big laugh that day and so far it's the only time I've seen a show being stopped XD

[@curlyk8961]

The potato story made me laugh so much!! it also threw me when you said ' during little fall of rain', I was like your'e meant to be singing and dying during this song, then I remembered your'e not Eponine in this version but Fantine!!

[@abijackson9746]

I haven’t heard your breathe in a very long time. You need to calm down. I love Jamie

[@dottyxpeaches]

One of my favourite memories is going to see The Wizard of Oz in panto a few years ago. Halfway through, whilst skipping along the yellow brick road the cowardly lion tripped and his mane fell off. All of the kids were horrified and the actors were trying so hard to keep it together but it just devolved into hysterical laughter between the adults in the audience and the cast and it took a full 5 minutes to recover whilst the kids were completely traumatized. It was hilarious!

[@charlie8379]

I LOVE this and hope you will maybe make Things That Have Gone Wrong On Stage a recurring series? I saw a commenter suggest you could have guests on? That would be AMAZING

[@eleanorhicks05]

It’s sooo scary for me when thing go wrong on stage 😂 I was in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves pantomime, and the original Snow White has to leave about half an hour before a show. It was completely unexpected, and so the Lead ensemble/swing had to step up. I was playing a dwarf, so I had a LOT of scenes and lines with Snow White. We had never really practiced the entire panto with this new Snow White, and it was the second to last show, so we all wanted it to go right. It all went relatively smoothly, until it came to one of Snow and the Dwarves last scenes together. It was a fast scene, when all the lines need to be fast, together and snappy. Someone tripped up on their line, and everyone stopped. I can remember just freezing in the spotlight and not knowing not to do, because the scene was going of the script, and I was supposed to say a line next that would carry the script on, but wouldn’t fit into context anymore. Luckily, a fellow dwarf managed to steer us back in track, but I will never forget those few seconds that felt like hours, just standing on the stage frozen! Ps love you Carrie xxx

[@Deancolby]

Loved the stories-mine was quite mortifying-was sitting on a bench and supposed to do a small monologue in "dancing at Lughnasa"- but I blanked- there was nothing my fellow actor could do-and what seemed an eternity (crickets I swear) - I finally recovered. Whew! Though the sound of the director in the wings-gasping was indeed frightful-Live theatre- love it-thanks Carrie! xo

[@llama_lady2451]

oh my goodness! I just played truly scrumptious for a smaller theatre organisation! except I had to ride a bicycle around the stage, and on opening night I fell off and got a huge bruise down the side of my leg. Its so cool that you played that role too, you are my theatre idol!!!

[@casualcascade]

I love things going wrong too. Broken props, forgotten lines, missed cues etc and improvising to cover it up. I think one of my faves was once during a quiet emotional song I bonked heads super hard with another performer and the next day the director, having noticed went "lol well done you two carrying on singing without missing a beat" and she went "what" because she'd apparently been so in the moment she didn't feel it despite being clear to people watching.

[@juliewiebe6686]

love this. I work backstage and I don't always get to see the stage so if something goes wrong I pick up bits from the actors chittering after coming off. Always raises the energy when something happens.

[@OrangeYetti]

I cried laughing at the switch between begging for someone to get your backpack and the switch to straight stiff Wednesday who's totally not panicking at all

[@simonew1906]

Love to hear these stories! I work in a theatre as well, as a dresser, and we've had several mishaps as well. Good thing is that we can all laugh about it afterwards.

[@agaw7965]

I absolutely LOVED this! Please please, give us some more! And love just how you tell the story, I'd gladly watch you tell about your day just for the comfort of this voice and mimics

[@aleishalyon3520]

My favourite part “I haven’t heard you breathe in a really long time, you need to calm down” 😂 that is so me

[@julesmcnally7249]

I just need to say, I love your kitchen! It looks so great! I know you're not planning to do a house tour but from the bits you've shown on youtube and Instagram, the place looks so nice! I'm so happy that you've got such a beautiful home.

[@eowynbarnes-short9227]

The first production I did where I got a role was my school's version of We Will Rock You, where I played Oz/ Meat. There was a scene where we had spoken lines, Oz's big solo, more spoken lines and then another group song, and then the interval. It was our second show to an audience and our first show as a cast (it was double cast), so luckily it was only for some of the younger years of our school. But some of the people got lost in the scene (it was fairly similar either side of the song) and my entire solo was skipped. We skipped Freddie and went straight to talking about Elvis, and then suddenly Crazy Little Thing Called Love started playing. All I can remember is looking through the wings over to wear the band was and watching the conductor angrily flip through pages of music when she realised that they had skipped my song. It was quite stressful then, but looking back on it, it was absolutely hilarious ! Mishaps happen but it's all part of the fun.

[@kristenrock1733]

As you were telling your experiences on stage some of my favorite mishaps that has happend to me when i was doing a show was going throw my head . my faves are . number one . When i was in a kids theater production of The wizard of OZ. I was in the Ensemble and I was many parts . one such part was i was the main guard for the Wicked witch of the west and after she melts i go over to her and say " she's dead ,you've killed her , and after i am like take the broom to Dorothy , i go to get it and i trip over one of the kids who was in a bowing position down center stage , flat on my face . You heard the people in the house go ooooooooooo that was so embarrassing . My second was i was in the poor man's phantom of the opera , again in the ensemble ,and one song was saying how the phantom is a real ghost and blah blah, and i had these awesome old fashioned boots on they were mine from home , and thank you god i was huddled in a big group or i would have been on my face yet again lol . my boot heel broke and i grabbed my two buddies arms who were next to me and i acted like i was scared of the phantom and they helped me off stage during the black out . number 3 was les miz Jr . I was in the main stage production too , that had a mishap that i remember but not to me , anyway it wasn't a mishap but it could have been big time .I was on top of the barricade for the Jr. production , and it was after bring him home had ended and we all wake up and the girls say goodbye to their sweethearts and what not and we had a lot of props on top of the barricade like mugs and plates and and pitchers ,and baskets . so everyone on the barricade with me thinks it's the best idea to save time is to hand all of the props to me , i had to go down a ladder ,and me being me and trying to help everyone was like yea i 'm super girl i got this . lol i didn't fall but omg i had so much junk in my arms that my friend who was playing one of the students had to hold my arm as i went down the ladder , even my mom was like i was praying that you didn't fall . lol those are my stories .

[@maddyhatter2454]

I once saw Legally Blonde and one of the set pieces from Take it Like a Man in the shopping mall just fell over entirely and they had to pause the show to put it back up. I'm just glad it didn't fall on someone! As a regular theatre goer, I also LOVE when things go wrong. That is the excitement of live theatre.

[@shannonbaines4609]

Thank you Carrie for making this video. I study musical theatre and dream of being an actress on stage. In December, I had my first solo in my first Musical theatre exam and it went wrong. I chose "When he sees me" from waitress and i was so nervous that i missed an entire verse. I waited until i knew the next words and was calm enough to sing them. I got through it then sobbed backstage. I felt like it was the end of the world, i felt i had made a fool of myself, but mum said you couldn't tell as an audience member. Watching this video is such a reassurance to me. This happens all the time, things go wrong and that's OK. In fact it can be funny.

[@nicolecampbell6227]

I was in my high school’s production of Les Mis and during one of the shows the guy playing Marius hit his head off the barricade. He had to finish the show and then immediately go to the doctors to get his head checked - pretty sure he got a concussion...

[@Caroline-rv8wy]

I think that happened on Broadway before, and the show had to be stopped and the actor's standby put into the show. Ouch.

[@annabelcranston3618]

Thats such a marius thing to do tho 😂 (hope he was ok)

[@hannahfinch6692]

I saw the second preview of Heathers where you sang Fight for Me with half a lighting rig, me and my dad are techies and we just looked at each other like ‘is this supposed to be lit so weirdly?’ At the end of the song all the cast just wondered off and the show stopped. Best thing ever as it shows the magic of love theatre, am dram has so many show stops 😂. I was doing sound for a children’s Les mis once and valjeans mic died during the sewer scene and he stayed onstage right up until bring him home so he had to sing the whole song with no mic, my dad was mixing and he just pulled the orchestra completely out so it was just the sound from the pit and him singing and it actually sounded amazing. Batteries were changed straight after and since then more batteries were bought so we can run two shows instead of having to charge them between shows 😂🎭

[@SamarkandChan]

Wow that revolve sounds hard to operate. At our theatre we have a revolve stage with three separate "circles" that can move together or clockwise and counterclockwise. They're programmed to the millimeter, but can always be overwritten with manual controls in case something happens. And the operator has an infrared camera to be able to see how it lines up. I've had a few scary moments with that one though where set pieces move in different directions creating potential "crush" situations... Had to redo blocking so there wasn't any risk anymore. 😅

[@hpthgfashionchick]

i LOVE stories like this!! i was cracking up envisioning these happening on stage lmao when my brothers's gilrfriend was in mary poppins in high school, the kids said something went wrong at every performance, but it was a different thing every night. the show i went to see i tried to notice someting that went wrong, and it seemed to have slipped my notice. until the very end, where mary poppins leaves, jane and michael pushed out the windows of their room to wave goodbye to her, and as they go to close the windows again, one of the windows falls off its hinges as the curtains close, and the kid who played michael's face just dropped in horror

[@Louisenightingale]

Love this🤣 I was fortunate enough to witness a mishap on wicked! Water was leaking from above the stage, it was the part where fiyero was with elpheba releasing the baby lion, he ran across the stage and slipped (luckily didn’t fall) and the curtain immediately came down and I witnessed a show stop. They came and cleaned it and had someone abseil from above the stage to fix the problem. Was all sorted in about 10 minutes. Was pretty cool to witness.

[@daveosaur5015]

Thanks for sharing your experiences Carrie! This is one of the things that makes theatre so special!❤️

[@pip1278]

When something goes wrong in a show, this performance instantly becomes one of my favourite performance ! I love when there is a little mistake, it makes the show even more unique

[@BAZINGA001]

This might be my favourite video you’ve ever made. Just like having a casual chat on a good night! Great bants

[@georgiamollie746]

I love these stories! I’m pretty sure the night I saw chitty in Wimbledon the car stopped working it would come down and they had to pause the show for a while before getting the car working. I’m sure I remember that happening. I have seen you in most of your shows and just love watching you perform x

[@sophielouise7961]

I love these stories 😂 I’ve actually seen a lot of things go wrong it shows myself. One of my favourites was when I was watching Blood Brothers. During the second act, when Mickey is a teenager and does the splits - Sean Jones ripped his trousers clean in half and then as he got up, caught the buttons on his shirt and ripped it slightly open too. Linda Nolan could hardly contain her laughter, as could the other ensemble members on the stage. He was great though, just stepped out of the two halves of his trousers, swung them round his head and walked off with them confidentially 😂 The most awkward I’ve seen was during Dreamboats and Petticoats when suddenly some of the theme park rides stopped working on the stage, and the cast members had to get out of the dodgem and waltzer carts and push them off. I think these moments are brilliant as not only can they make for unique experiences for the audience, but you can see on the cast members faces that it’s a show they won’t forget.

[@megsy.moo_]

OMG IF THAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN I SAW BLOOD BROTHERS I WOULD'VE DIED 😂😂 AMAZING STORY!

[@xxxxxxXLolaXxxxxxx]

"and as i stood up, my skirt did not.." that's my favourite quote now xD i almost peed myself

[@kesramothersole2134]

I've seen Les Mis twice, and both times there have been line slip ups. The first Marius sung "A heart full of song" *realised he got it wrong* "A heart full of love...." "I'm *literally* doing everything all wrong" And the second time, rather than singing "Food beyond compare, food beyond belief" Thenardier sang "Food beyond belief... Food beyond BELIEF!"

[@Airefana]

Absolutely loved this video! I have one story that is so absurd I will never stop laughing at it. I was in a short musical comedy show where the whole play leads up to this point where the door of the outhouse falls down at a for the main character rather inopportune time. This joke has been planted thoroughly throughout the play and is an integral part of the end, and that door has fallen twice a day for three seasons without much issue. The only problem is this show is running inside an amusement park and the parks carpenters aren't really familiar with the concept of theatre props (and have obviously never seen the show). So, in an attempt to be helpful whilst attaching a new door handle mid season they have (very firmly) screwed the entire doorframe on to the rest of the outhouse, thinking it looked a little unstable. Need I say we didn't notice until the end of the next show when no amount of force could make that door fall? I laughed so hard I acctually scared a nearby child when we realised why 😂🤦‍♀️🙈 WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?!

[@JamesWilliams-rp4ll]

I've had a few mishaps in my time: during 'The 39 Steps,' when I was playing Hannay, I'm handcuffed to Pamela, my future romantic interest, and we would be chained together for the first half of Act 2, with her obtaining the key to them and freeing herself act the end of a scene while I had to be sleeping. I forgot where the key was, and I had LEFT IT IN MY POCKET, which I had only realised was there WHEN I 'FELL ASLEEP.' So I had to 'wake up,' sleepily, and pass the key to her, yawning. In the same show, I knocked over a glass of milk, which promptly shattered, milk spilling everywhere, which the brilliant set team cleared up before the next scene. Suffice to say, we DID cry over spilt milk. That was a hell of a show. HELL. But either way, we laugh it off, although these memories flit across my mind and still gives me shivers. Every time when I see an arrest, I look at the handcuffs and shiver...

[@RayOfSunShine5678]

Loved this! Chatty, casual, felt like we were having a normal conversation. Pleaseee tell more😂

[@coffee1426]

I have to say I love love love your stories Carrie. There is just something about your voice that soothes me to my very core, and I feel so relaxed everytime I watch one of your videos. Thank you for that. 💙

[@paulamusik2509]

"But when something goes wrong... I love it! It's my favorite!" HIGHLY RELATABLE!!!

[@KyraJadeXoX]

This was a really funny video, I'd love to hear the other stories, maybe you could ask each person to film themselves telling their stories and compile it into a video?

[@mennamaethomas1340]

I absolutely loved this video. So chatty and funny. Also you are glowing ✨ stay safe in this scary world and I hope your shows don’t get cancelled but also you could always do with having a small break for selfcare ❤️

[@laurenabrahams3265]

I once co-wrote and co-starred in a show with my friend, and there's a part where I come on stage and she starts singing 'You're dead' and I sing 'I'm clearly not' but one night she forgot to sing her line, so then I didn't sing my line because I knew it wouldn't make sense, so as the music was playing, we just walked around each other in silence, with me singing the lyrics in my head till the music got to a point that it would make sense for the song to start. What a whirlwind.

[@susanbrown9869]

Happy birthday hopefuls! Thank you for 9 years of feel good content ❤️ here’s to many more! xxx

[@dreamtheday]

Honestly this is one of my fave videos of yours! Absolutely loved hearing about your stage mishaps. I've been in amateur theatre groups for years and it's such an intense moment when things go wrong because everyone becomes an even more tight knit unit working together to help solve it and thinking on their feet. Loved this!

[@chewbekah]

Oh, I love hearing these stories! I really enjoy being at shows when you can notice that something's gone a little wrong, but then the actors always deal with it really well! I would totally panic!

[@angelicat8540]

I love how you told these stories Carrie :) You were so animated in your enjoyment while remembering the mishaps.

[@annieoakley4714]

Actor have the amazing ability to pretend like everything is ok, when in reality it's all gone to sh*t!!! ❤️What you do is amazing!! 💕😘

[@katrin1984]

I can not stop laughing at the thought of Eponine racing with Vampire speed around the stage.

[@rachel_c_frey]

I have a similar story about forgetting a prop. I was one of the stepsisters in into the woods during my senior year of high school. We are backstage, seconds away from curtains up for the second act. And then I realize. I don't have my gloves. Now, I was lucky enough to have a designated costume person because I had 3 quick changes in the show. So I just turn to her and say "I FORGOT MY GLOVES THEY'RE IN THE LOCKER ROOM" and, without a word, she sprints away and is back in seconds with my gloves as the curtains rise. She was my hero at that moment

[@alienanon7252]

The motorbike story absolutely killed me! Thankyou for sharing your stories Carrie!