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  • Noises from the bedroom tell her he is awake and her stomach, nervous and hungry, now clenches with violence.

    ALL HIS FAVOURITES • by S O Asante 2010

  • Having seen you in Noises Off, we know you’re a classically trained actor who could no doubt head back to Broadway and star in any play you’d like.

    Career Advice for the Cast of THE OC | the TV addict 2007

  • Angel Taylor just got off the road with us, and we had this really great rock 'n' roll band from North Carolina called The Noises 10 at the beginning of the tour.

    Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums 2009

  • The best farce I've ever seen and perhaps the best farce ever is something called Noises Off, in which a British play is seen falling apart during performance from both sides of the stage to ever-increasing heights of hilarity.

    Archive 2008-12-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • The best farce I've ever seen and perhaps the best farce ever is something called Noises Off, in which a British play is seen falling apart during performance from both sides of the stage to ever-increasing heights of hilarity.

    Theatricality The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • While we're on the subject of theatrical April Fools, I should thank Andrew Haydon for posting on his blog this article that I wrote for the 1 April edition of the National Student Drama Festival's magazine (which, confusingly, is also called Noises Off.)

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Waves and ... some trace of her says he is indebted to a book about foley artistry called Noises Off written by the stage manager of the Old Vic theatre in 1936, which "details quite precisely how to create the sound effect of a steam train using 18 stage hands and garden rollers".

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2008

  • Waves and ... some trace of her says he is indebted to a book about foley artistry called Noises Off written by the stage manager of the Old Vic theatre in 1936, which "details quite precisely how to create the sound effect of a steam train using 18 stage hands and garden rollers".

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2008

  • "Noises" are identified not by their characteristics so much as by their source -- a dog barking, for example.

    The science of what I'm busy with right now: music ewillett 2008

  • "Noises," he said in English, and then poured out something in Welsh.

    The Mountain of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1949

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