Noises Off

Noises Off

February 21 - 29, 2020
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Written by Michael Frayn

Directed by Lisa Nathans

Special Announcement: 

The performance on Friday, February 28 at 7:30 PM will feature live audio description from Washington Ear. For more information or to request a headset to listen to the audio description, please contact the ticket office at 301-405-2787 or tickets-theclarice@umd.edu.

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Estimated Length: 
This performance will last approximately 2 hours 45 minutes, which includes two 15-minute intermissions.

What else could go wrong? Tensions run high as Lloyd Dallas, the director of this play’s play-within-a-play, struggles to prepare his accident-prone cast for the opening of British bedroom comedy Nothing On. Missed cues, jealous lovers, a lost contact lens and a troublesome plate of sardines all conspire to ruin the performance. Michael Frayn’s award-winning farce details the hilarity that ensues behind the scenes of a theatrical production as characters attempt to untangle the chaos and salvage the play.

"The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy. A spectacularly funny, peerless backstage farce. This dizzy, well-known romp is festival of delirium." — The New York Times

The performance on Friday, February 28 at 7:30 PM will feature live audio description from Washington Ear. For more information or to request a headset to listen to the audio description, please contact the ticket office at 301-405-2787 or tickets-theclarice@umd.edu.