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by Michael Frayn

Directed by Keith Thompson

Friday 19th – Saturday 27th February 2010 in the Auditorium

This famous farce tracks the progress into disaster of a rather bad play, seen both onstage and backstage.

Michael Frayn’s play never misses a trick. Its first act is a pastiche of traditional farce; the second, a variant on it; the third, an elaborate undermining of it. A touring company rehearse Nothing On, a conventional farce.

Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play characters and situations in a hilarious mêlée. We see the onstage farce and also revealed is the farce behind the scenes in the astonishingly ingenious middle act. Cheery char, outraged wife and squeaky blonde — voices rise and trousers fall.

Show Talks

Free-of-charge pre- and post-show talks now feature at the Barn on the following nights:

  • Monday 22nd at 7.30pm in the bar — Keith Thompson explains why Frayn’s play works so well on stage.
  • Tuesday 23rd at 7.30pm in the bar — Dr. Cindy Lawford talks about Frayn and his very English farce.
  • Wednesday 24th after the show — The audience’s opportunity to ask the cast and creative team about the play.
A great farce

Sunday Times

A pulverisingly funny play

The Guardian

The funniest play I have ever seen in the West End

The Times

 
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Part of the Barn’s 2009/2010 season

Presented by The Barn Theatre Club

Cast

Creative team

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Performances

  • Friday 19th February 2010 at 8pm
  • Saturday 20th February 2010 at 8pm
  • Monday 22nd February 2010 at 8pm — Show Talk at 7.30pm: Director Keith Thompson explains why Frayn's play works so well on stage.
  • Tuesday 23rd February 2010 at 8pm — Show Talk at 7.30pm: Dr. Cindy Lawford talks about Frayn and his very English farce.
  • Wednesday 24th February 2010 at 8pm — Show Talk after the performance: Your chance to ask the cast and creative team about the play
  • Thursday 25th February 2010 at 8pm
  • Friday 26th February 2010 at 8pm
  • Saturday 27th February 2010 at 2.30pm — Matinée
  • Saturday 27th February 2010 at 8pm

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