Show reports 2023: accidental nudity, audience invasions, bats, bees and butterflies
![Edward Scissorhands, the Matthew Bourne ballet – in need of more dialogue; Monkey's Blood offends with fake Farage; Ghosthunter in Glasgow: may provoke tears of terror. Photos: Tristram Kenton (Edward Scissorhands) Edward Scissorhands, the Matthew Bourne ballet – in need of more dialogue; Monkey's Blood offends with fake Farage; Ghosthunter in Glasgow: may provoke tears of terror. Photos: Tristram Kenton (Edward Scissorhands)](/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/299/reports2-23_Standard.jpg)
Edward Scissorhands, the Matthew Bourne ballet – in need of more dialogue; Monkey's Blood offends with fake Farage; Ghosthunter in Glasgow: may provoke tears of terror. Photos: Tristram Kenton (Edward Scissorhands)
After every performance, a stage manager writes a show report noting any technical tweaks, actor mishaps or unusual audience behaviour. Fergus Morgan rounds up the funniest moments when shows across the UK didn’t quite go to plan
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