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Noises Off
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Theatre Details
Novello Theatre
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5 Aldwych,
London,
WC2B 4LD
Novello Theatre
5 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LD
Travel
Tube
Nearest Tube
Covent Garden
Tube Lines
Piccadilly
Directions to theatre
(5mins) Go right on Long Acre; turn right into Bow Street and after 100 metres turn left (Russell Street) then immediately right onto Catherine Street, where the theatre is located 100 metres down on the corner with Aldwych.
Bus
Buses: (Aldwych) RV1, X68, 1, 6, 11, 13, 23, 59, 68, 87, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 188, 243; (Strand) 4, 9, 15, 26, 76, 176, 341
Night Buses: (Aldwych) 6, 23, 139, 188, 243, N1, N11, N13, N26, N47, N68, N87, N89, N91, N155, N171, N551, N343; (Strand) 176, 341, N9, N15, N21, N44, N76
Rail
Charing Cross
Parking
Drury Lane, Parker Street (7mins)
Next Available Dates
Performance Times
- Mon
- -7.30pm
- Tue
- -7.30pm
- Wed
- -7.30pm
- Thu
- 2.30pm7.30pm
- Fri
- -7.30pm
- Sat
- 2.30pm7.30pm
- Sun
- --
Booking Period
- Show Opened
- 24th Mar 2012
- Booking Until
- 30th Jun 2012
Running Time
Age Restrictions
Recommended for ages 12 and over.
What's it all about?
Following its triumphant and universally acclaimed run at The Old Vic, Michael Frayn's multi award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off transfers to the Novello Theatre.
Described by the critics as "Achingly foot-stompingly seal-honkingly hysterical" (The Sunday Times), "Stunning" (The Observer), "Riotous" (The Guardian), "Bang-on-the-money" (The Daily Telegraph), "The ultimate comedy of theatrical chaos and confusion" (Sunday Express) and "Pure Pleasure" (The Times), this will be the first time The Old Vic Theatre Company has transferred a production to the West End.
Winner of both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Comedy, Noises Off celebrated its 30th anniversary on 23 February 2012. This much loved play serves up a riotous double bill – a play within a play. Hurtling along at breakneck speed it follows the backstage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble their way through rehearsals to a shambolic first night and a final disastrous performance.
Who's in it?
Directed by Lindsay Posner, the West End transfer will see Jonathan Coy, Janie Dee, Robert Glenister, Jamie Glover, Celia Imrie, Karl Johnson and Paul Ready reprise their roles, with the characters of Poppy Norton-Taylor and Brooke Ashton played by Alice Bailey Johnson and Lucy Briggs-Owen.
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What's the story?
A theatre company puts on a farce full of innuendo and sexual jokes, and for a change we (the audience) get an insight into the backstage life, which turns out to be far more interesting than what's happening on stage. Over three acts we get to be a fly on the wall to a dress rehearsal; see a matinee performance viewed from backstage; and witness one of the company's shambolic last performances of the play.
Staff Reviews
Noises Off is a really enjoyable and well executed piece of farce theatre. The two new cast members who've joined for the Novello production (Poppy and Brooke) are really outstanding. Just wait for the build-up to the second and third acts because the laughs will sneak up on you and you'll leave the theatre in a really happy mood!
What the critics say
An infallible escape into happiness
One simply relishes the disciplined mayhem
It delivers a laugh almost every thirty seconds...one of the very few plays you must see before you die
Customer Reviews
Starts off slow and to be honest, I've heard so many good things about it that I was very disappointed. I don't often go to the theatre but I really did find the first half boring. Half of me wanted to leave at the interval but it's not like me to do that and I stuck it out. I was glad I did because the second half was undeniably hilarious. Extremely quick witted and clever, I can't imagine how difficult it was to write and act out those parts backstage with such precise timing. I think if the first part was even half as good as the second half it would probably enthuse me to attend more productions.
Very clever & very funny
I have often been disappointed by a visit to the theatre, even in the West End. But not this time. When this play was written farces were much more common. Now nobody seems to be writing them. So it is great to see this revival of a farce that sends up farces. This means that it can appeal to people who enjoy that kind of show, and those that maybe don't but can enjoy seeing it sent up. The performances were uniformly excellent. It must be especially difficult for a good actor to play at being a bad actor, and likewise to make deliberate mistakes, like Les Dawson's piano playing. The frenetic activity in the second act was particularly well done. It was a great night at the theatre, and at no point did anyone burst into song!
Enjoyed every minute, excellent.
I'm sorry to say we were disappointed with this production of Noises Off. I was really looking forward to the Axe scene as I had read so much about it. I felt the whole scene just didn't gel at all. We did laugh a fair bit but didn't experience the hilarity we were expecting. The first and last Acts were fairly enjoyable. The cast worked very hard throughout the play but it all felt as if they were going through the motions. Perhaps they were tired as it was a Thursday night.
Side-splitting!
