The opening night for the comedy “Noises Off” written by Michael Frayn took place on the stage of Saratov Academic Kiselev Youth Theatre in June of 2006. The production was directed by the Italian creative group: the director – Paolo Emily Landi, the production-designer – Santi Minieko. It is their third joint project with Saratov Academic Kiselev Youth Theatre.

The play “Noises Off” was written by a famous English playwright Michael Frayn in 1982. The Frayn’s comedy was welcomed with open arms on both parts of Atlantics. This play has been holding the glory of the “funniest comedy from behind” for more than two decades. The idea for it was born in 1970, when Frayn was standing in the wings watching a performance-farce. According to the playwright,” It was funnier from behind than in front and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind”. In his plot for “Noises Off”, Frayn plays on the concept of a play within a play. This eccentric comedy allows the theatre goers to feel the atmosphere both in front and behind the stage. The play “Noises Off” is a popular contemporary comedy, its action takes place in the second half of the 20th century. It is about theatre, about those, who serve it devotedly and about all who love it attachedly.
Actors:

• Lloyd Dallas: The director of the play Nothing On	Volodarskiy Ilya Borisovich
• Dotty Otley: A late-middle-aged actress.	Vovnenko Elena Vitalievna
• Garry Lejeune. Stuttering actor	Chernyshev Alexey Nickolaevich
• Frederick Fellows: An actor with a serious fear of violence and blood	Emelyanov Valery Nikolayevich
• Belinda Blair: Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress	Shanina Victoriya Victorovna
• Poppy Norton-Taylor: Assistant Stage Manager.	Osherov Yury Petrovich
• Selsdon Mowbray: An elderly alcoholic man who hides his bottles onstage.	Shchedrin Anton Yurievich
• Timothy Allgood: Stage Manager	Klimova Marina Gennadievna
• Brooke Ashton: A young inexperienced actress from London	Krasnova Elena Alexeyevna