First performed in 1982 and subsequent winner of the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Comedy, Noises Off follows the back and onstage trials of a company of rep actors trying desperately to negotiate their way through rehearsals fraught with an undercurrent of personal issues and culminating in a truly unhinged performance at the end of their tortured tour.

Paul plays Tim, the put-upon stage manager, charged with the task of managing the unravelling chaos.