NOises Off

by Michael Frayn

Oxford Playhouse Feb 2015

Set and Costume Design by Emma Wallis

With Tom Dowling, Ellie Wade, Emily Honey, Gregory Coates, Kieran Ahern, Misha Pinnington, Aoife Cantrill, Benedict Morrison, Tom Lambert

Press:

»It is very clear from the near-perfect execution of the precise choreography that the performers have augmented their considerable physical talents with a devotion to detail in rehearsals. (…) It is vital for any production of Noises Off that each repetition display a different quality in terms of pacing, energy, and physicality, and here director Helena Jackson shapes the play well (…) The laughs ring true – rather than hollow – because nobody attempts to take shortcuts. That’s why they’re funny. They’ve earned it. «

***** The Oxford Culture Review

»Theatrical disaster, which this depicts, can only be presented through the strictest discipline. Can the play’s exacting demands be met by students, thereby pushing “laughter to the Olympian level”, as one of its first reviewers put it 33 years ago?

Indeed they can — to the huge credit of the nine-person acting team under director Helena Jackson.«

**** Oxford Mail