{"id":6760,"date":"2026-08-20T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/?post_type=bates_events&#038;p=6760"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:15:54","slug":"noises-off-by-michael-frayn","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/events\/noises-off-by-michael-frayn\/","title":{"rendered":"NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by Associate Professor Tim Dugan<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Called \u201cthe funniest farce ever written,\u201d Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing\u2019s On.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps a hilarious mel\u00e9e of stock characters and situations into his side-splitting play-within-a-play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-diagonal-lightgray-bg has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance&nbsp;Dates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, October 28th at 7:30pm<br>Thursday, October 29th at 7:30 pm<br>Friday, October 30th at 7:30pm<br>Saturday, October 31st at 5pm<br>Sunday, November 1st at 2pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tickets<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission to all Department of Theater and Dance events is free, but tickets are required. 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