Cast and creatives announced for New Wolsey's major new international co-production of NOISES OFF
The cast and creative team has been revealed for a major new production of Michael Frayn’s legendary comedy Noises Off, co-produced by Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Theatre by the Lake.
The production, which marks the New Wolsey Theatre’s first ever international collaboration, will play at the Ipswich venue from 1-24 May.
Noises Off will star Hisham Abdel Razek (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End) as Frederick Fellowes, Ezra Alexander (Soho Theatre Sketch Comedy Labs) as Tim Allgood, Clare-Louise English (Oliver Twist, Leeds Playhouse) as Belinda Blair, George Kemp (Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre) as Garry Lejeune, Harry Long (Looking Good Dead, UK tour) as Lloyd Dallas, Hilary Maclean (Armour: A History of the Scottish Bard, Oran Mor/Traverse) as Dotty Otley, Russell Richardson (Brassed Off, Octagon Bolton/Stephen Joseph Theatre/Theatre by the Lake) as Selsdon Mowbray, Ailsa Joy (Top Girls, Liverpool Everyman) as Brooke Ashton, and Gemma Salter (Made in Dagenham, West End) as Poppy Norton, with Mollie Manning (DNA, New Wolsey Theatre Company) and Yani Green (No More Numbers, Mercury Theatre) as Understudies.
Directed by Douglas Rintoul, the production’s creative team also includes sound designer Helen Atkinson, lighting designer KJ, fight, movement and intimacy director Haruka Kuroda, and set and costume designer Clio Van Aerde.
Douglas Rintoul said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be collaborating with such a brilliant company on this comedy masterpiece. It’s a joyful celebration of theatrical virtuosity - a true love letter to the craft of acting and to theatre itself. I’ve been a huge fan of Michael Frayn’s work for years - having directed Copenhagen early in my career - and I’m delighted to now get my hands on this all-time comic belter. This show promises to bring huge joy to audiences across the UK and beyond."
After opening at the New Wolsey Theatre, Noises Off then runs at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from 28 May - 7 June and at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg from 13 - 15 June, before finishing the tour at Theatre by the Lake from 25 June - 26 July.