Hi Clowns
There's already some great comments on this and hopefully here's a couple more:
=> Yes, ideally this shouldn't happen. So the key is preparation, preparation, preparation.
=> Yes you should both practice and rehearse over and over until you're done!
=> And then you should ask of every routine and every part of each routine and all the parts in between the routines ... "What if ....?" and see just what COULD go wrong.
=> Then decide what you'll do!
=> The worst thing is to hesitate. To be caught cold. It shows! Do NOT be phazed. Yes some useful 'lines' help. Great ones already, here's a few I use:
--> "Whoops ... first time that's happened again!"
--> "Oooooh ... sudden gust of gravity"
--> "Looked easier in the book"
--> "Great audience ... wish I had a better act"
--> "No, it WAS the right ending ... wrong trick!"
--> When kid gives 'wrong' answer: "So you're not Cindy then!"
=> Obviously what you do is hugely determined by what went wrong. Clumsy drops and similar can usually be passed over with a line. But when the trick cannot be recovered, that's a whole different matter. As above, avoidance is the best tactic but you can be prepared for certain things by having 'spares'. By this I mean another prop item, or second gizmo or gadget or simply
=> And be sure to learn from the experience so that it doesn't EVER happen again.
=> Unless you WANT it to!
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