Noises Off

Have you ever loved a play so much, that you decide to go back and see it all again the next day? Then book for the following Thursday too? That's what hubby and I did with Noises Off. We saw it in Cardiff last Friday and Saturday and are going to Malvern this week. Let me tell you more... Being fans of the actor Colin Baker, we try to see him in as many of his plays as we can, usually travelling to Bath or Cheltenham. But as it was my birthday on October 23rd, we thought we'd go to Cardiff for a change, as Colin was in Noises Off at the New Theatre there. I didn't know anything much about the play before. I had heard of it ...

My usual theatre trips take in mainly musicals, so when my daughter announced that she was taking us to see a play for my husband's birthday I viewed it with some scepticism. Especially as I had to work on the day, which meant dashing from class, quick change, and straight down the underground! However, I need not have worried. I cannot remember a time when I have laughed so much that I was physically unable to move! The Venue. Noises Off is staged at the Picadilly Theatre, which is literally just around the corner from Picadilly Circus Station (exit 4), so travelling is easy. There are several eating places within a few paces of the ...

Noises Off is a canny send up of all things farcical. You know the kind of play that you are dragged to when you are a child. Bemused you sit there as a woman runs on stage in a pair of knickers and a bra followed by a red faced vicar and a handyman who says: "I've fixed it. It wasn't hard!!" Personally I have never gone for the farce in a big way. I have always thought of them as being 'end of the pier' entertainment and only the late great Les Dawson made me laugh during a farce and that's only because he didn't stick to the script! He pulled faces at me as I soon as I walked into the theatre. He was eating his lunch in the foyer! He ...