The Play That Goes Wrong: Behind the Scenes of the Upper School Fall Play
'The Play That Goes Wrong'
Behind the Scenes of the Upper School Fall Play
In this year’s Upper School fall play, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, to the delight of audience members doubled over with laughter. The Play That Goes Wrong is a play-within-a-play in which a community theatre troupe struggles through a mishap-laden performance of The Murder at Haversham Manor.
Durham Academy videographer Jesse Paddock went behind the scenes of the production — featuring the work of 40-plus student cast and technical crew members — to highlight the training, preparation and teamwork required to help the show go off without a hitch (which in this case, meant multiple, precisely timed hitches!).