Noises Off!

In this screwball comedy, the behind-the-scenes activity of a traveling acting troupe threaten to bring down the play.

"...remarkably theatrical adaptation of a play about a play. Noises Off, based on a British farce, is about a..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Review: Zach Theatre's Noises Off

Even after 40 years, Michael Frayn's backstage farce is fun, not funny

"...Sorry, but Michael Frayn's Noises Off just isn't funny to me...."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Little Noises

"...O'Neal, Rik Mayall, Steven Schub and Matthew Hutton. Little Noises is billed as “a little comedy in the Big..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Far Off Place

"...Schell. There are big guns all over A Far Off Place: Uzi-bearing bad guys, shotgun-carrying Great White Hunter turned..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...people screwed around with it, then the internet blows off a few rungs, and it's just a really hard..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Luv Doc Recommends: Wayne Hancock's Annual 'Dance Yer Stuffing Off' Turkey Trot

Continental Club, Thursday, November 22, 2007

"...good for headdresses and feather dusters and making silly noises for hillbillies to imitate, but as far as flavor..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Mouthing Off

Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.

"...is to make 'em laugh or, maybe, piss them off in some way."..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Off Beat: Porcelain Infuses Noise Rock with “Realistic Ambition”

Intense quartet launches self-titled debut on Feb. 16

"...“we give a shit,” Pike confirms during an Epoch Coffee roundtable. “It’s so easy just to be another Austin..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Off the Radar, On the Gaydar Shows

‘Gay Place Xtra’ reviews of Dreadful Sorry, Zoe Lewis, the Gossip, and the Eagles of Death Metal

"...Hannah Blilie wore a sleeveless black T-shirt to show off her many colorful tattoos. While Ditto's amazing vocals and..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...home. Alexander called the police, but the decibel readings officers took on Alexander's property didn't violate the city's nuisance..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Exhibitionism

"...NOISES OFF: SOMETHING'S ON Utopia Theatre, UT campus through August..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Review

Noises Off

Austin Playhouse stages this chaotic, ridiculous backstage farce with precision and fun

"...Noises OffAustin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport, 512/476-0084 www.austinplayhouse.com..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Intruder

Is going Full-On Quaid a thing? Maybe so, as the veteran goes bugnuts melodrama in the "crazy neighbor" thriller

"...Intruder’s PG-13 rating and aging antagonist, then write it off as a misplaced direct-to-video curio. But in this case,..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Paris 36

This French film set in late-Thirties Paris is something of a backstage drama, but it's marred by glossy reminiscing and melodramatic politicizing.

"...schmaltz fest looks and sounds an awful lot like noises way, way off. The machinations of the unctuous, pseudo-fascist..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

November

November, starring Courteney Cox, is a dense, dark head-trip of a movie that seems like the bastard offspring of Memento and Mullholland Dr.

"...Courteney Cox, James LeGros, Michael Ealy, Nora Dunn, Nick Offerman and Anne Archer. Harrison couldn’t have roamed farther afield..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Noises Off

Michael Frayn's Noises Off is funny stuff, and while this Naughty Austin production sometimes works, it has only one basic level: big, fast, and loud

"...Noises OffArts on Real, through May 10..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

SXSW Interview: Jim Breuer

The 'SNL' alum bleats about the show, stand-up, and Metallica

"...You may not have heard any gut-busting bleating noises from “Goat Boy” on the national airwaves since the..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...Georgetown Palace Theatre: Noises Off, by Michael Frayn (preview performance); Georgetown Palace Theatre,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

Cyrano, My Love

The true (possibly) tale behind the writing of the French classic

"...process for the stage. Whether it’s broad spoof like Noises Off or quasi-historical recreations like Shakespeare in Love, there’s..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dogg’s Honest Truth About Beatle Barkers

“It’s terrible, but it’s a good gimmick.”

"...Beatle Barkers, a 1983 LP that features barnyard animal noises played in the tune of Fab Four classics. Turns..."

July 21, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...ago, a packed Alamo Drafthouse was ripping the roof off at the U.S. premiere of You're Next. And then..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...Company's production of Anton. The way that director Scott Kanoff and his creative team portray the myriad absurdities bedeviling..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Smells Like Team Spirit

The Unbearable Ineptness of Being Dad

"...grass down their pants. Others giggled. One player took off running - just running away...."

Sept. 29, 1995 Arts Feature

Bringing Comeback SOS to Austin, SZA Remains a Relatable Queen

Singer saves herself in sold-out Moody Center voyage

"...Twinkling water noises set the scene for the nautical show ahead. Like..."

March 10, 2023 Music Post by Katie Karp

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"...chitlun feast, “Fried Neck Bones,” and the scream cutting off “Stormy Monday” because “we’re gonna take a brief pause”..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Arts Bullets

Bring cans of food to the ballet for a prize in return, holdovers for 'Stadium Devildare' and 'Noises Off,' and it's time for the O. Henry Pun-Off and the Capital City Men's Chorus midnight cabaret

"...you even more opportunities to see its production of Noises Off. Their take on Michael Frayn's farce cubed is..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...feebly curly hair. She sent me to the principal's office once for wearing shorts to school. The vice-principal cut..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

TCB

More on the Antone's merger, the noise ordinance, and finally, Abra Moore.

"...O'Connor's lack of comment on speculation D.E. had staved off the embattled club's many creditors with a cash "donation,"..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

AFI Review: Sound of Metal

The musician's nightmare becomes a catalyst for change

"..."what? WHAT?" responses. But that's gallows humor, to ward off the ultimate loss, as close to living in limbo..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...heroes Mobb Deep, Primus frontman Les Claypool, hardcore supergroup Off!, sissy bounce queen Big Freedia, and rarely touring soul..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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