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April

Play reading

Our play reading in April will be of Michael Frayn's celebrated Noises Off, organised by Rosemary Bohr and kindly hosted by Gillian Danielsen.

When: Tuesday 22 April at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Middelvej 2, Gentofte (Kraks Kort 127 F2)

Getting there : Bus 176 runs along Snogegårdsvej

In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn takes on the concept of a play within a play, in this case a parodically dreadful sex comedy entitled Nothing On: 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. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.

Act One is set at the dress rehearsal, the night before opening at the (fictional) Grand Theatre in Weston-super-Mare, with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken lines and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines.

Act Two portrays a Wednesday matinee performance one month later at the (again fictional) Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne. In this act, the play is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the deteriorating personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage shenanigans and onstage bedlam.

In Act Three, we see a performance near the end of the ten-week run, at the (still fictional) Municipal Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees, when personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and anxious to be done with the play.

Much of the comedy emerges from the subtle variations in each version as off-stage chaos affects on-stage performance, with a great deal of slapstick. The contrast between players' on-stage and off-stage personalities is also a source of comic dissonance.

We hope  for a good turnout for this reading -- there's a largish cast!

If you intend to come, please let Rosemary know on rosemary.bohr@gmail.com or 4588 3132.