playwright: Michael Frayn
sorry no no playbill offered, so no information to share
A dreadful sex comedy titled Nothing On—it is the type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Nothing On is set in "a delightful 16th-century posset mill that has been converted to a modern dwelling for which renters are solicited; the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.
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This farce needs split-second timing and constant movement but failed to deliver.
There were moments that I was surprised that these were college students-- their timing was almost impeccable on occasion. But then there were other times that they completely let their focus down and the performance was akin to bad community theatre. And of course it was this inconsistency that brought the whole show down.
Some plays are written in such a way that you can't ruin them, and that stands mostly true here. As long as you get the lines out, you are bound to get some laughs. But if you can get them out with the right inflection and with the timing of the movement, you can bring the house down with laughter. That didn't happen.
A good effort, but it feel short, even for a college production.
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