Performance Photos by Aleks Ortynski: NOISES OFF by Michael Frayne, City Theatre, February 16 - March 11, 2018
(performance photos by Aleks Ortynski)
If comedies are your favorite choice of theatre entertainment, then look no further! City Theatre Austin is excited to continue its 2018 season with Michael Frayn’s madcap stage show Noises Off, hailed by critics as the funniest farce ever written. Directed by guest director Kevin J. Smith, the production runs February 16 thru March 11.
Am I in Spain? No, I'm not in Spain, dear, I'm in agony, that's where I am!" – Dotty, Noises Off
Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is the most outrageous comedy about putting on a comedy. With rollicking wildness centering on a second-rate theatrical troupe, the “show within a show” combines classic slapstick, British naughtiness, and non-stop humor from a manic menagerie of performers rehearsing a flop with a doomed opening night. Doors slamming, mischief onstage and off, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this comic play, with one of the cleverest set design challenges ever written for the stage. Not to be missed!
“I haven't come to the theater to hear about other people's problems. I've come to be taken out of myself, and, preferably, not put back again.” ― Michael Frayn
British born playwright and novelist Michael Frayn began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. A wide-ranging and prolific author, Frayn has written numerous novels, plays, and documentary films. His seventeen plays range from Noises Off, chosen as one of the nation's three favorite plays, to Democracy, a Critics Circle Award winner, and Copenhagen, which won the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the 2000 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Play. He has been honored with a Laurence Olivier Award, an Outer Critics Award, and in 2002, his novel Spies was named New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year.
City Theatre is excited to welcome first-time guest director Kevin J. Smith. Kevin is an award-winning Austin film producer and has been lead actor for many CTC productions including Glengarry Glen Ross, Arden of Faversham, and The Taming of the Shrew. The show stars the cheeky cast of Robyn Conner, Brent Rose, Stacy Trammell, Kevin Anderson, Susanna Hill, Darren Scharf, Sean Hennigan, Web Jerome, and Mike DiChello. Set Design is by Kakii Keenan and Costumes by Scout Gutzmerson.
Noises Off
by Michael Frayne
City Theatre Company
February 16 - March 11, 2018
February 16 – March 11. Thursday - Saturday 8:00 pm. Sunday 3:00 pm.
The City Theatre 3823 Airport Blvd. Austin 78722.
General Seating $15. Center Row Reserved $20-25. Thursday all seats $10.
Tickets at the door $20. Group and student discounts.
Tickets 512-524-2870 or info@citytheatreaustin.org. www.citytheatreaustin.org
