OLT’s Unnecessary Farce: You Don’t Say!!
When an on-line critic mentioned Noises off and Unnecessary Farce in the same sentence I really blew my top !! Especially after seeing this heavy-handed pile of badly acted nonsense at the OLT. that has nothing to do with Michael Frayn’s wonderful British farce that pits two performances on two sides of a set as the actors and characters meet in the most original rush of stage energy one could ever imagine. I’ve seen Noises off several times and one extraordinary performance at the Kanata theatre several years ago almost made me choke with laughter. Unnecessary Farce was a bit of farce, a bit of vaudeville, a bit of physical comedy, something that suggested a silent film gone wrong with a sick Groucho Marx that gave one the impression they were all trying much too hard. …
