Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Studio Tenn
The Play That Goes Wrong runs through March 23, 2025
By Carolan Trbovich
Mar. 17, 2025
Studio Tenn brings yet another delightful production to their stage in Mischief Theatre’s, The Play That Goes Wrong, a masterclass in comedic chaos, blending slapstick humor, impeccable timing, and rapid delivery of theatrical mayhem. Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, this play-within-a-play play takes audiences on a wildly entertaining ride as an amateur theatre troupe, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, attempts to stage a 1920s murder mystery called The Murder at Haversham Manor, However, as the title eludes, everything imaginable goes hilariously awry.
This production delights in orchestrating disaster from the moment the curtain rises (or rather, refuses to rise properly). Forgotten lines, misplaced props, collapsing scenery, and cast members being accidentally knocked unconscious are just a few of the many obstacles that turn what should be a serious whodunit into an unintentional comedy of errors. A key strength of The Play That Goes Wrong is its unwavering commitment to farce. Just when you think the show has reached its peak of disaster, it somehow escalates to another level of mishaps.
