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Noises Off (Shoreline Community College)

Noises Off, a British farce about putting on a farce, provides humorous insight into the onstage and offstage challenges of producing a play. What's a farce? Noises Off is a superb example: a high-energy comedic romp involving highly improbable events, impeccable timing, misunderstandings and mistaken identities.

In Noises Off, we have a play within a play. A sex comedy titled Nothing Onthe type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.

Act One is set at the dress rehearsal the night before opening with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken lines, and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines.

In Act Two, the play is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the deteriorating personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage shenanigans and onstage bedlam.

In Act Three, we see a performance near the end of the ten-week run when personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and anxious to be done with the play. The actors attempt to cover up a series of mishaps but only compound the problems and draw attention to the bungling performance.

Winner! The 1982 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play
Winner! The 1982 London Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy
Nominee - 1982 Tony Award for Best Play
Nominee - 1982 Drama Desk Award for Best Play

Performances:
December 4, 5, 11, 12 - 7:30pm
December 6, 13 - 3:00pm

Shoreline Community College Theater
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
1600 Bldg. /Campus Theater
Shoreline, WA 98133

Directed by Bryar Golden