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All-star cast delight in wonderfully silly revival of Noises Off – review
We reviewed a production of Noises Off a few years ago, so we had a fair idea of what to expect, but for the uninitiated, Michael Frayn’s 1982 farce is a wonderfully silly slapstick comedy. A play-within-a-play, we’re introduced to the cast and creative team behind fictional comedy Nothing On, and notionally we watch the same thing – the show’s first act – three times over. Act one offers us a glimpse into the tech run the night before the show opens, while act two gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the play mid-tour followed by a front-of-house view of a disastrous performance towards the tour’s conclusion.