A STAR-STUDDED line-up will perform in a special 40th-anniversary revival of an award-winning farce, coming to Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre later this month.
Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, is a play within a play and follows the antics of a fictional touring theatre company as they attempt to perform another farce, Nothing On.
From the shambolic final rehearsals before opening night in Weston-super-Mare, to a disastrous matinee in Ashton-Under-Lyme, seen entirely, and hilariously silently, from backstage, we share their final, brilliantly catastrophic performance in Stockton-on-Tees.
It is said to be one of the greatest British comedies ever written, and this new production sees Liza Goddard as Dotty Otley, Matthew Kelly as Selsdon Mowbray and Simon Shepherd as Lloyd Dallas. They will be joined on tour by Simon Coates as Frederick Fellowes, Lucy Robinson as Belinda Blair, Daniel Rainford as Tim Allgood, Dan Fredenburgh as Garry Lejeune, Lisa Ambalavanar as Brooke Ashton and Nikhita Lesler as Poppy Norton-Taylor.
Liza Goddard’s extensive stage comedy credits include Life of Riley, Communicating Doors, Season’s Greetings and Relatively Speaking. Matthew Kelly won the Olivier Award for Of Mice and Men and his West End credits include Waiting for Godot, Comedians and Troilus and Cressida, and Simon Shepherd’s many stage and TV credits include Peak Practice and West End productions of Posh, The Duck House, Rapture, Art and Hay Fever.
This special anniversary production follows a sold-out run in the West End’s Phoenix Theatre earlier this year, and will be at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre from Tuesday, October 24, through to Saturday, October 28.
Curtain up is at 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tickets cost from £35, and £12 for concessions.
For more information, or to book tickets, visit: Yvonne-Arnaud.co.uk. Alternatively, contact the Box Office on 01483 440000 between 10am and 5pm every day except Sunday.
