The Play That Goes Wrong

[@Lady_Ginnie]

This is way too funny! I love that you acknowledged the crew in the curtain call. A play like this needs for absolutely everything to be perfect (ironically, lol), so that crew works HARD. Very well done to all of you!

[@reallyjustben]

absolutly, the crew was critical and they were sooooo good in this production. Thats my favorite part of community theatre, the people.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

Saw this live with a friend of mine. Have never seen somebody laugh that much. These guys are awesome

[@reallyjustben]

It's such a blast of a show!

[@beexcellenttoeachother1763]

What an excellent cast! Everyone did such a great job and you were all hilarious. It takes an awful lot of hard work to make things go wrong on purpose. A huge well done to all of the cast and crew. Thank you for uploading.

[@reallyjustben]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@themoncolefish]

I never laughed so hard at a play! This was genius! We need more plays like this!!

[@reallyjustben]

Agreed! There are a few out there, but this one is really the cream of the crop.

[@themoncolefish]

@@reallyjustben There is another version of this that is also great. I am watching again!

[@pdrg]

Mischief Theatre Company had another West End hit "The Comedy about a Bank Robbery" - I've not seen a touring version, but it's in a very very similar vein. Look out for it

[@saturn2fire]

Love it!! So wish to see this live.... Thank you so much for the upload.

[@reallyjustben]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@frankkiv9214]

This was fantastic. The production is one of the best.

[@reallyjustben]

Hey, thank you very much! We had a blast doing it.

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you so much!

[@dahlyiadubonnet]

The original shows are British and they are so over the top. You can find them on KZbin and sometimes Amazon Prime, etc. They are simply brilliant and so inventive. I love them.This production is new to me but still just as hilarious. Thank you! 😂😂😂

[@kiradattei]

Both seasons also available a little more reliably as far as streaming on BroadwayHD 🙂

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you so much! The original ones are amazing! And they have so many different plays!

[@kathryngal3]

This was so well done - the Goes Wrong team would be proud 😍❣

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you! We had a great time putting it on.

[@thenewmodfather]

This is absolutely brilliant. I've seen it live a few times, and this is just as good as the professional show. Well done.

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you! That is high praise indeed. It was a blast to put on.

[@thenewmodfather]

@reallyjustben I belong to the local community theatre, and hopefully, we will attempt this at some point

[@9386AliG]

I saw this play in San Jose, I was laughing so hard. They did a great job.

[@etherkye2]

I'm not going to say this was as clean and polished as the London cast, but they've had hundreds of shows to practice and a much bigger stage & budget. However I though this rendition was amazingly well done. The set was wonderfully recreated, and broke perfectly. The actors done a fantastic job throughout, especially Matthew Desind who pulled off Max Bennett's well despite the park obviously not being made for him as an actor. If you where my local theatre trip I'd go to the theatre much more often! Thank you for uploading this

[@2ndcornets]

Glad that this has made it as a comedy in its own right. Audiences could have seen the real thing when I did a season of summer repertory in the 1960's: sets that fell apart, actors that didn't know their lines, doors that jammed, guns that didn't go off, ASMs reading from a book as they covered for an absent cast member. Occasionally we would get folks at the stage door asking who the murderer was, because the scripts were so awful.

[@allalaaap1370]

I´ve never heard of this play before but after watching it I would love to see it live or play in it myself. It seems so fun :)

[@reallyjustben]

It really is a super fun play. The audiences loved it.

[@kirbywithlegs98]

just auditioned for this for my schools fall play, hoping to get cesil... definently taking notes from your guys' performance if i do yall did great!

[@reallyjustben]

Break a leg! It is such fun play to be a part of.

[@harmonicajay91]

That was hilarious. You guys did great!

[@reallyjustben]

Hey, thank you! We had an awesome time!

[@Alex-nf1jy]

This had me laughing the entire show, thank you for a much needed laugh I didn't know I needed!!

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you!

[@tdowdy111]

I will admit my live theater experiences haven't been great, but I can't imagine it will be easy to beat this performance. I loved every minute, even the headaches I got from laughing so much.

[@reallyjustben]

Laughing headaches are worth it!!!

[@volpefox55]

Saw it at the Duchess and I was expecting it to be a bit naff but pleasantly surprised, it’s hilarious !

[@reallyjustben]

It really is a brilliant work.

[@LordGrokken]

I wish I could like this more than once. Love live local theatre.

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you so much. Community theatre is really an amazing thing!

[@thecameramantraveler4830]

i just went to this show recently and it was hysterically amazing.

[@Oolore]

I've done several shows on the stage. I have lived through many of the things went "wrong" in this show. Tho never all at the same time. Even the injury of a mean cast member who was switched out during a show. I had a lot of laughs and remembered a lot of awkward moments 😅

[@reallyjustben]

I think this show really entertains those of us who have spent some time on stage for that exact reason.

[@fedos]

Well done, you play a great Robert Grove.

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you, very much. It was a great cast and a ridiculous amount of fun!

[@jimmynellis3356]

I so enjoyed this, brilliant fun.

[@dylanmoss7293]

This is wonderful! I've directed plays like this. Only some of them deliberately.

[@dldove22]

I laughed so hard my cat left the room.

[@Englishrose-r1e]

Went to see this in NewYork a few years ago it was brilliant, never laughed so much

[@pdrg]

Great play and a great fun rendition :)

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you!

[@noicon85]

Points for improvisation with the audience while looking for the ledger

[@reallyjustben]

Dustin really loved that part each perfromance and worked the audience so well!

[@zoldu]

That was really funny, thanks for the upload! 😄

[@reallyjustben]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thelazyfishkeeper2730]

well done. a true professional work f theater.

[@reallyjustben]

Wow, thank you! But really, just a community theatre production, we had a great time putting it on and the audiences really enjoyed it.

[@LincolnDavis-v7i]

my school is doing this play and this made me even more excited to do it!

[@reallyjustben]

It is a blast! Break a leg!

[@ALTnOtes]

Got to see this in the West End- so funny!

[@reallyjustben]

I would have loved to have seen it professionally there!

[@asichka2]

It was the funniest thing that i ever saw!!!!

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you!

[@J174T]

9:57 is when the show starts

[@reallyjustben]

Sometimes the opening bits are a little hard to catch on recording.

[@Whiskypapa]

Let's be honest, 0:00 is when the show starts. The pre-show stuff is very entertaining

[@bensheekey1399]

The title of this play is a paradox, its called 'the play that went wrong'. If it went wrong then surely it went right?

[@reallyjustben]

But only if it goes wrong in the right ways, rather than the wrong ways.

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

The British version was better but this is still good

[@Willow0.o]

Hilarious! quick question if you don't mind, how different is this to the professional show?

[@reallyjustben]

Script wise, it is pretty close to the same. There are some sections of improv. Budget wise, its a world of difference. This production was done by a community theatre group in southern idaho. We were very fortunate to have a great deal of support and donations (espcially the construction of the set and the dropping platform). I'm hesitant to say professional actors would be much different (execpt for that lump who plays Thomas Collimore, a grizzly in a tutu would have been better).

[@Willow0.o]

@@reallyjustben Thanks, that's rlly interesting! I loved this production, think you did amazing :D

[@rafid.prince]

Loved it❤

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you!

[@old-mad-madum]

this is amazing!!

[@reallyjustben]

Thank you!

[@old-mad-madum]

@@reallyjustben no thank you it was a pleasure to watch your performance. I have chronic pain and miss theatre dreadfully xx

[@Rhianalanthula]

Taylor Swift? It's DURAN DURAN!

[@reallyjustben]

hah! We wanted to go a direction a little more current :)

[@chrishorrocks4882]

Booklet see another production by the PTGW team in Manchester at Opera house. Found the BBC productions hilarious, proper slapstick.. brilliant I thought... very disappointed to see none of the original cast in the play. None of this was mentioned and a picture of the original cast was advertised on Bill boards and programmed. What we watched was very good and funny but it was a clear attempt of the cast to copy the originals

[@alexwallach7683]

I liked it. Could have used more CGI like Star Wars.

[@reallyjustben]

Our CGI budget was a little strained.

[@okmarshall]

How did you get the rights to put this show on? Is this not severe copyright infringement?

[@reallyjustben]

You can license the rights from the publishing company. Literaly hundreds of community theaters and other non professional groups do it every year.

[@okmarshall]

@@reallyjustben Wow, that is highly unusual for a show that is still being performed professionally around the world. Good to know!

[@reallyjustben]

@@okmarshall From what I have found, performance restrictions are generally only put in place if there are national touring companies doing the show. Right now there is a show on Broadway. Dramatists Play service handles the licensing: www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=5523 I'm sure it would be a different story if it were put on by a for-profit or regional professional group. But I know of 5 other community theatre groups that have put it on just in southern Idaho over the last 5-6 years.

[@pdrg]

@@okmarshall 10 years on the West End this year!

[@josephcollins6033]

Head mics? good grief.

[@reallyjustben]

Yes, the budget constraints of community theatre. Doing the best we can with what we've got.

[@HerbertTowers]

Yawn.

[@josephcollins6033]

My goodness, when actors try this kind of comedy they need to be at least skilled and experienced. Dreadful. Parents would like it, though.

[@reallyjustben]

Well, fortunatly plenty of parents and their kids did like it, had enough audience turn out to fund the community theatre for annother season, which is all we are going for. Best of luck to you in your professional critic career.

[@robertcook9356]

Do you do community theater? If so you would never have made this comment. It is hard volunteer work for the most part. Stick with busting kids ballon’s in the park, please.

[@WilbertMartinez-b6t]

you guys stoled this skit from the goes wrong show

[@nairocamilo]

. . .

[@reallyjustben]

No, we paid them royalties to do the production. No theft invovled. You might not be familure with how theater works.