|
by Michael Frayn
"That's
what it's all about. Doors and Sardines..." (Lloyd Dallas -
Director 'Nothing On')
Noises Off is not one play but two -
simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage farce that
develops during Nothing On's final rehearsal and tour. The two farces begin to
interlock, as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find
themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare going on backstage,
and exit from that only to make their entrances back into Nothing On. In the
end, at the disastrous final performance in Stockton-on-Tees, the two farces can
be kept separate no longer, and blend into one single collective nervous
breakdown.
Noises Off won both the Evening
Standard and the Olivier Awards for Best Comedy when it was first produced, and
ran in the West End for nearly five years.
Extracts
from the programme for 'Nothing On!'
Click
here
for directions to the venue
Click
here to
view the poster
Click
here
for reviews
Click
here
for photos
|
