Hailed as “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off by Michael Frayn is the original play that goes wrong. In this side-splitting comedy, the audience follows the misadventures of a fifth-rate acting troupe as it rehearses (Act One), performs (Act Two), and completely destroys (Act Three) in a play-within-a-play called Nothing On.
In Act One, Opening Night is just hours away, and the hapless cast struggles to complete a chaotic dress rehearsal. In Act Two, the set revolves to reveal the backstage antics, where romantic entanglements and betrayals push the production to the brink of disaster. By Act Three, the troupe attempts one final performance—but with forgotten lines, collapsing relationships, and sardines flying in every direction, pandemonium reigns supreme.