Field Trips to the Theater!

Because I get along quite famously with most of my co-workers, I enjoy going out with them from time to time. you know, drinks, movies, mini-golf (not that we've ever played mini-golf together, but I'd like to). There's a swanky theater in town, part of the swanky university, and I saw a play there last night with around six cafe buddies.
We got free tickets thanks to my boss being acquainted with one of the play's head honchos. I had nothing to do that evening, and it sounded potentially interesting- some bizarre, acrobatics-filled interpretation of the Alice in Wonderland story. So we went.
Ten minutes into the production, the White Queen makes an appearance from up in the rafters, on one side of the stage. She's standing up there in her flowing white gown, fifteen feet off the stage, warbling away some or other monologue, when she spontaneously tips forward and falls flat on her face on the hard stage floor.
We in the audience thought it was all part of the show, so we gasped and giggled in delight. It was one of those shows where stage hands walk on and off the set during scenes, giving the overall show sort of an unrehearsed, raw and edgy type feel . So there was no reason to panic for the queen's well-being when multiple stage hands ran to her aid and peeled her withered frame off the floor. Surprisingly, she (or, he rather, as the part was played by a dude) stayed in character throughout the ordeal, maintaining the fake British accent as he bellowed "I'm quite alright, quite alright indeed!" to the confused audience.
We realized it wasn't an intentional stunt as the queen was escorted off the stage and a woman came on the loudspeaker to announce that they were going to check in with the actor, and then inform us whether the show would continue. Now that my friends and I knew the fall was real and accidental, we were freaked out. It was such a big friggin' fall. He landed so hard! My goodness, that made it the show far more entertaining than it would have otherwise been.
I can guiltlessly write these horrible comments now because, after a brief and disorienting pause from the show, the queen did in fact return to the stage to an uproarious round of applause. The actor was alright indeed, so I'm allowed to make fun of him, okay?
When the scene resumed, the queen back at her place in the rafters, she leaned precariously forward to deliver her lines. The audience gasped in horror, but we then noticed that his back was connected to a bungee cord so he could lean far out and look like he was floating.
So the whole incident came together in my mind, and then it was really funny. The crew had forgotten to attach the cord the first time around, so when the queen leaned forward, there was nothing to keep him from falling. So he just plummeted!
That was a classic blooper, and I'm so grateful I had my beloved co-workers there to enjoy it beside me.