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Starts at 7:00pm

This event is FREE

No experience necessary

Fun and informal: You can sit and listen or participate as much as you want

We will read “The Play that Goes Wrong.” More information about the play and ACT play reads below.

About the Play

The Play That Goes Wrong begins before the curtain has even been raised, as the audience are present while the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society prepare to stage their new production – the 1920s murder mystery 'Murder at Haversham Manor'. However, the set is not yet complete and there is no time to finish it off…the show must go on!

With a murder (and a moving corpse) established from the beginning, the murder mystery gets into full flow. However, the props start to disappear, actors go missing and the set begins to collapse around, and often on, the cast. Mayhem ensues, the acting gets worse, and the set becomes increasingly dangerous, but the company struggle on regardless. The question is whether any of the cast and crew will remain standing, or conscious, by the final curtain?!

The Play That Goes Wrong was written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis, and Henry Shields. It premiered in London at the Mischief Theatre Company in 2012.

About Table Reads

The Play Selection Committee of Athens Community Theatre hosts several opportunities each season to read plays for fun. Participation in a table read is a great way to “dip a toe in” to see what it’s like to work with ACT. The play is read in a casual setting: you can let us know if you want to participate or you just want to listen in. And you can change your mind at any time.