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Harry Judd drops the ball, then mimes his way through High School Musical

McFly's Harry Judd dropped a basketball mid-routine as Coach Bolton in High School Musical in London, then calmly mimed the rest of the number.

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A performer in a basketball-themed costume dances on a brightly lit theatre stage during a High School Musical production.
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McFly drummer Harry Judd has shown how to handle a live-theatre blunder: just keep going.

The 43-year-old is playing Coach Bolton in the stage version of High School Musical at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, taking over from Jason Donovan. He's there until January 3.

During a high-energy dance routine, Harry spun around with a basketball and tried to snake it between his legs. He fumbled it, and the ball rolled out of reach. After a short chase, he realised it was hopeless, hurried back to his mark and held up a finger to the audience, as if to say "give me one second". Then he carried on, miming an invisible ball.

Audience member Caitlin Bunce shared the moment on TikTok, joking that his head "clearly wasn't in the game". She said she loved that he "just went with it". One dancer behind him visibly dropped their jaw in laughter. A stagehand soon rolled the ball back so he could finish the number.

Fancy footwork isn't new to him: Harry won Strictly Come Dancing (the BBC's celebrity dance contest) in 2011.

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