Address: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford GU1 3UX.
- Dates: Tue 24 - Sat 28 Oct
- Times: Wed, Thu & Sat Matinees: 2:30pm, Tue - Sat Evenings: 7:30pm
- Prices: Tickets from £35, concessions from £12
- Age Guidance 14+
"One of the most joyous farces ever written…reduced me to laughter so helpless I could barely see the stage for crying"- Whatsonstage
The 40th anniversary production of Micheal Frayn’s multi award-winning farce, will play at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Tue 24 - Sat 28 October, following a sell-out West End season at the Phoenix Theatre earlier this year.
One of the greatest British comedies ever written, Michael Frayn’s highly commended play serves up a riotous double bill, a play within a play. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Noises Off follows the on and off-stage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble their way through the fictional farce, ‘Nothing On’.
From the shambolic final rehearsals before opening night in Weston-super-Mare, to a disastrous matinee in Ashton-Under-Lyme seen entirely, and hilariously silently, from backstage, we share their final, brilliantly catastrophic performance in Stockton-on-Tees.
Directed by Lindsay Posner, the touring production will star Liza Goddard as Dotty Otley, Matthew Kelly as Selsdon Mowbray and Simon Shepherd as Lloyd Dallas. They will be joined on tour by Simon Coates as Frederick Fellowes, Lucy Robinson as Belinda Blair, Daniel Rainford as Tim Allgood, Dan Fredenburgh as Garry Lejeune, Lisa Ambalavanar as Brooke Ashton and Nikhita Lesler as Poppy Norton-Taylor.
"Glorious… one of the funniest plays in the canon"-The Times
Liza Goddard’s extensive stage comedy credits include Life of Riley, Communicating Doors, Season’s Greetings and Relatively Speaking. Matthew Kelly won the Olivier Award for Of Mice and Men and his West End credits include Waiting for Godot, Comedians and Troilus and Cressida. Simon Shepherd’s many stage and TV credits include Peak Practice and West End productions of Posh, The Duck House, Rapture, Art and Hay Fever.
Hailed as the master of farce comedy, multi award-winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn has inspired a generation of comedies since his production of Noises Off first opened in 1982.
For more information and to book tickets, visit: yvonne-arnaud.co.uk. Alternatively, contact the Box Office on 01483 44 00 00 (Mon-Sat, 10am to 5pm)
