In a provincial English town, a theatre troupe rehearses a touring production of a sex comedy, Nothing On. Unfortunately, almost nothing is going right – the cast can’t remember their lines, they mix up their blocking, misplace props, and they’ve lost sight of why they’re acting! Even the director is certain that the show will be a disaster. Somehow the cast pulls through, but by mid-tour, the drama has moved backstage, as the cast and crew’s personal lives start to mirror the insanity in the play, with sexual dalliances, jealousies, and chaos reigning overall. By closing night, the play is in complete shambles both onstage and off, with open “warfare” occurring among cast members and everyone simply trying to survive until the final curtain.
Noises Off is a 1982 play by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave.
Cast
- Lloyd Dallas: Brandon Weaver
- Tim Allgood: Zachary Centers
- Poppy Norton-Taylor: Jeananne Kelsey
- Dotty Otley: Patti Speight
- Garry Lejeune: Bryce Bristow
- Belinda Blair: Dorinda Toner
- Frederick Fellowes: Arun Kumar
- Brooke Ashton: Mary Reischmann
- Selsdon Mowbray: Stan Yeend