April 4, 2025
- Noises Off
- Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- Location: Hainline Theatre
- Description: NOISES OFF
By Michael Frayn
Directed by DC Wright
When:
April 3 – 5 at 7:30pm; April 5 & 6 at 2:00pm
Where:
Hainline Theatre
Tickets:
General admission $20; Senior/Students $15; WIU Students FREE with ID.
Purchase tickets online at westernpresents.com, call 309.298.2900, or drop by the WIU Box Office in Hainline Lobby.
About the play: In a provincial English town, a theatre troupe rehearses a touring production of a sex comedy, NOTHING ON. Unfortunately, almost nothing is going right – the cast can’t remember their lines, they mix up their blocking, misplace props, and they’ve lost sight of why they’re acting! Even the director is certain that the show will be a disaster. Somehow the cast pulls through, but by mid-tour the drama has moved backstage, as cast and crews’ personal lives start to mirror the insanity in the play, with sexual dalliances, jealousies, and chaos reigning overall. By closing night, the play is in complete shambles both onstage and off, with open “warfare” occurring among cast members and everyone simply trying to survive until the final curtain.
Called “the funniest farce ever written,” NOISES OFF presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING ON. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.
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- Contact Information:
Tammy Killian
Phone: 309.298.2900
Email: tl-killian@wiu.edu - Source: Department of Theatre & Dance
