Noises Off cast and creative team announced

The cast and creative team have been revealed for a major new production of Michael Frayn’s legendary comedy Noises Off, co-produced by Theatre by the Lake, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, Queens Theatre Hornchurch and Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.

Noises Off is a wildly hilarious, fast-paced comedy that takes the audience behind the curtain of a chaotic touring theatre company’s desperate attempt to stage a show, trying to maintain their composure whilst everything quite literally goes wrong.

Noises Off will star Hisham Abdel Razek (Mnemonic (Complicité, National Theatre); The Play That Goes Wrong (Mischief, West End)) as Frederick Fellowes, Ezra Alexander (That F*cking Seagull (This is Not a Test Theatre, Shift+Space); Soho Theatre Sketch Comedy Labs) as Tim Allgood, Clare-Louise English (Nancy in Oliver Twist (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon); One Under (Graeae Theatre, UK tour)) as Belinda Blair, George Kemp (Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre); The Time Machine: A Comedy (UK Tour)) as Garry Lejeune, Harry Long (Looking Good Dead (Josh Andrews Productions); The Crucible, North & South and Blithe Spirit (Pitlochry Festival Theatre)) as Lloyd Dallas, Hilary Maclean (Armour: A History of the Scottish Bard (Oran Mor/Traverse); Romeo and Juliet (AFTLS, US Tour)) as Dotty Otley, Russell Richardson (Brassed Off (Theatre by the Lake, Octagon Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Book of Will (Shakespeare North Playhouse, Octagon)) as Selsdon Mowbray, Ailsa Joy (As You Like It, Boatman Town, Antigone (Creation Theatre); Top Girls (Liverpool Everyman)) as Brooke Ashton, and Gemma Salter (Made in Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre); One Man Two Guvnors (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)) as Poppy Norton, with Mollie Manning (DNA (New Wolsey Theatre Company)) and Yani Green (Hare & Tortoise (New Wolsey Theatre); No More Numbers (Mercury Theatre); Five Little Ducks (Spinning Wheel Theatre)) as Understudies.

Russell Richardson will be returning to TBTL after appearing in their 2024 smash-hit Brassed Off (Theatre by the Lake, Octagon Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre) where he played Danny.

Directed by Douglas Rintoul, the production’s creative team features sound design by Helen Atkinson, assistant direction by Charlie Flynn, lighting design by KJ, fight, movement and intimacy direction by Haruka Kuroda, set and costume design by Clio Van Aerde and wardrobe supervision by Rebecca Rawlinson-Allen.

Liz Stevenson, Artistic Director and Joint CEO at Theatre by the Lake said “We’re absolutely thrilled to bring the brilliantly funny Noises Off to Theatre by the Lake this summer. It’s a joy to be working in partnership with such fantastic theatres—New Wolsey, Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch—on a show that celebrates the magic and mayhem of live performance.”

To book for Noises Off at Theatre by the Lake, visit: https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/noises-off/, call 017687 74411 or visit the Box Office.

Before coming to Theatre by the Lake from Wednesday 25 June – Saturday 26 July, Noises Off starts it’s life at New Wolsey Theatre from Thursday 1 – Saturday 24 May, then runs at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from Wednesday 28 May – Saturday 7 June and at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg from Friday 13 – Sunday 15 June.