This Friday, I went to my high school's fall play. This play was fantastic, I had many friends in it, and that only added to the experience for me, as a thespian myself. I would have auditioned, but this play is only for sophomores and up.
Anyway, Noises Off is one one of those plays with a play within a play. That is, it's about a bunch of actors putting on a show, and of course they fail. The show is in three acts, the first act is a dress rehearsal. In the second act, they all hate each other; the set is turned around and they go through the show again, only they are all trying to kill each other for various love reasons. In the third act, the set is forward again, and nothing goes right.
Every character was hilarious, especially the characters played by Evan Sibley, and Maddie Mahoney, who's characters, and the characters "played" (within the play) by those characters, never stopped delivering laughs. However, what really stole the show was the set. It was fantastic! It turned around in the second set, and showed us the backstage. Also, the number of doors in the set required tons of quick entrances and exits. Props to the actors and actresses for all the quick thinking, especially with all the fake attempted murder going on in-between entrances. The absolute height of the play was when Evan's character fell down the stairs.
The only grievance I have with the show is sort of a compliment in a way. It was that sometimes, there was too much going on, and you missed something, because you were already trying to watch three other events.
In summary, Noises Off is brilliant, and even though it closes tomorrow, you should make every attempt to see it, either with CCHS, or another company. Now if you'll excuse me I have to clear out forty thousand hours of the Simpsons from my Tivo.
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