Noises Off

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Comedy Opened 13 August 2003, Closed 8 November 2003

Piccadilly Theatre Denman Street, London

Noises Off is a glorious comic romp, which offers two plays for the price of one.

Whilst the traditional British farce Nothing On is being performed, a real life farce unfolds backstage during the show’s final rehearsal and the ensuing disastrous tour. Nothing On and Noises Off interlock as the actors make their exits from one play only to find themselves making entrances into the other and back again.

All the classic comedy elements are here: mistaken identity, door slamming and effortless timing.

The National Theatre production is directed with utter finesse by Jeremy Sams. Couple this with Michael Frayn’s genius and superb, top-form wordplay and there really is no more hilarious evening at the theatre, about the theatre.

"Leaves you high with happiness and physically weak with laughter. Brilliantly written, beautifully acted, technically ingenious. A comic masterpiece" The Daily Telegraph

"The funniest comedy ever written" New York Time Out

"To write a farce about farce takes a smattering of genius" The Financial Times