Noises Off: Hammersmith Lyric

How is Row E at that theater?

Part of the set consists of six doors and there should be a full refund if each one doesn’t at least get slammed a 100 times, not exactly high art is it? Or well it could be! The choreography for this to work is astounding - for this has to be as accurate as a laser, the timing for what goes on has to be so spot on, for each of those door slams is done, with the greatest synchronisation, especially in Act 2, when the play enters hypersonic proportions , the axe scene is one to be cherished and so clever and well executed (not literally,) The charechter that falls down the stairs, well you wouldn’t want to practice that too often. so therefore this play has turned stupidity into an art form. A mantle that has been successfully gripped with both hands by the excellent and successful Mischief Theatre Company, with their smash hit The Play Goes Wrong and others.

A play that is hard to develop and better, with revivals, as it is, what it is and that is completely bonkers............oh, but done with such class.

4 Stars

(I am really sorry but I forgot to check the front row seats. I was in row E and from there the stage didn't seem too high and I cannot recall any revolve. So I think the £15 tickets are good value)

I saw this on Monday and I had a jolly good time laughing my head off. The 3 acts all representing a different type of humour works well. I enjoyed the first part most but it is the second one where the strength of the play is: amazing choreography. However when I went home I checked the script and it was obvious I missed quiet a few of the meanings; there is just so much to look at at once and the act is very fast.

The last act was the less funny for me, amusing but I didn't laugh at all. That was also the act that resembled the Play that Goes Wrong most and I didn't enjoy the PTGW much at all, it left me bemused at the stupidity rather than laugh out aloud.

It is definitely superior to the PTGW so I am a bit surprised at the offer I received so soon into the play whilst the PTGW has been selling out for years.

Noises Off and that one I think by A Ayckbourn which has the new guy gradually take over the main part [ you know which one I mean] predate TPTGW by several years but without them TPTGW would not have emerged. It is in a fine tradition of plays that love theatre, love actors and know exactly how it all ‘works’.

Yep, that one! Funny wasn’t it?  But I think they did a tv version which wasn’t so funny.It has to be on stage. 

How bad is the overhang in the stalls for this show?

Yes. That’s what I’m worried about.

Saw it tonight from the front row at the Garrick theatre for £15 and had a great time. I didn’t feel it was too close for this show. Overall, I thought Act 2 was the much stronger and funnier part. The cast I thought were really good with great comic timing. There were plenty of laughs to be had over the 2hrs.

I was sat next to a group of drama students who are currently rehearsing a production of this play. Hopefully they got plenty of ideas for their own version.

I last saw Noises Off at the Novello in 2012 and loved it so was glad to revisit it tonight. Perhaps not as strong of a production, particularly noticeable in the first act, but acts two and three were absolutely hilarious. Very much recommend!

For a limited run, you are contracted to play for the whole run, without leave, bar illness.

Only in open runs, do people get leave.

I have never seen this show and quite curious to your thoughts. saw the film when I was a kid...how is this production?

Any offers/discounts for this? I left it to the very last moment and I can't find anything.