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Stage-managing our news

Nothing funny about it when we get a peek behind the scenes

17 June 2023

9:00 AM

17 June 2023

9:00 AM

Often cited as the funniest play ever written, Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is a three-act sex farce. In Act One, the theatre troupe presents the comedy. In Act Two, the staging is reversed, so the audience sees the backstage shenanigans, feuds, rivalries, jealousies and petty failings of the cast as the play goes on.

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