"Noises Off"
November 17-19, 2022
7:30 p.m.
November 19-20, 2022
2 p.m.
Drama Theatre
UB Center for the Arts
Adult: $22
Student/Senior: $12
Special Thanks to our 2022-2023 Season Sponsors:
Fox Run at Orchard Park
Sunday's performance will proceed as planned
The university has resumed normal operations and Sunday's performance of "Noises Off" will proceed as planned.
Ticket purchases for the Friday and Saturday cancelled performances will automatically receive refunds.
"Noises Off"
By Michael Frayn
NOISES OFF
is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play, directed by beloved veteran Buffalo instructor / actor Greg Natale.
Noises Off opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City on December 11, 1983, under the direction of Michael Blakemore. Among its accolades it was awarded the 1982 Olivier Award and 1982 London Evening Standard Away for Best Play and Best Comedy, respectively. Noises Off also received a Best Play nomination at the 1984 Tony and Drama Desk Awards.
"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
Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933. He began his career as a reporter for the Guardian and later the Observer. After leaving the Observer he continued to write as a columnist as well as publishing novels and plays for television and stage. His plays for stage include: Copenhagen, After Life, The Two of Us, Alphabetical Order, Donkeys’ Years, Clouds, Balmoral (Liberty Hall), Make and Break, Noises Off, Benefactors, Alarms and Excursions, Look Look, Here and Make and Break.