r/CabinPressure • u/ButerflieBelle • Oct 10 '24

Saw the live production with my sister today

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And it was brilliant!! I think we were having the most fun in the audience, it was really good time.

And yes, we found the lemon! Not telling where it is…

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u/No-Clock2011 Oct 10 '24

Omg there’s a live production!? 😮😮😮😮 how cool!

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 10 '24

It was a local theatre group not too far from us! They did Abu Dhabi, Douz and Edinburgh. We’ve also seen a production of Double Acts from a different group

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u/eloquentpetrichor Oct 11 '24

That's so cool! I didn't know anywhere did that. Do they play the audio and just act it out or do they actually adapt it?

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 11 '24

This one was staged as a radio play, so the cast had their scripts and talked into microphones (with a sound effects table and everything). The acting was kind of voice acting with facial expressions. Really fun to watch!

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u/eloquentpetrichor Oct 11 '24

Ah okay gotcha. So like how the originals were recorded then

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u/newda898 Oct 10 '24

There's a live production???

Brilliant.

Did they act out some episodes?

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 10 '24

It was staged as a radio play, with sound effects (some of which had us cackling)! The cast had scripts and microphones, and it was great to see their facial expressions and everything. I think you’d be hard pressed to actually act out some of what happens, especially in Douz

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u/Overall_Machine6959 Oct 10 '24

Did Cumberbatch show up?

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 11 '24

Haha I wish

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u/Overall_Machine6959 Oct 11 '24

I'm a weirdo. I might be more excited about seeing Finnemore

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u/eloquentpetrichor Oct 11 '24

Right!? XD Arthur is by far my favourite character plus JF is the brilliant writer himself

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u/RunawayTurtleTrain Oct 14 '24

When we went to the Ottery-St-Mary and Newcastle recording, we hung around afterwards to see if we could speak to John Finnemore.  He was surprised that we were there wanting to speak to him, he'd thought everyone would have left because Benedict Cumberbatch wasn't there.  

Such a humble man, and very sweet.

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u/willjam39 Oct 11 '24

Glad you enjoyed :D We have enjoyed putting it on and hope to do more soon.

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 11 '24

We would definitely come back! I don’t think I’ve ever seen my sister quite so happy when we’ve seen a comedy show haha - she was having such a great time

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u/willjam39 Oct 11 '24

That's so lovely to hear, may I share this with the cast? They would love to have the feedback.

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 11 '24

Absolutely you can! They really nailed it

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u/OwlFreak Oct 10 '24

I wish I could catch a performance like this! (Or run one, really....)

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sun5735 Oct 13 '24

I saw a similar one of these in Cambridge years ago - I think pre-Zurich! It was wonderful. The programme looks oddly similar but I’d be surprised if it’s the same people. I remember they did Gdańsk because Arthur’s actor was amaaaaazing at the physical comedy of being ordered to eat a cheesecake!

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u/IlexAquafolium Oct 10 '24

The WHAT?!?!?!?!

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u/paradroid78 Oct 29 '24 edited Oct 29 '24

Wait, what? Why wasn't I informed of this live production?! /j

Seriously though, how can I find out about future ones? Is there a website somewhere, or a newsletter I can subscribe to?

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u/ButerflieBelle Oct 29 '24

It was a local theatre group who decided to put it on, so I don’t think it would have been advertised anywhere centrally or by John Finnemore himself (although I think the director did promote it in this sub and on Facebook). I guess just keep your eyes out in your local area, or online on Facebook groups etc?

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u/Peak-Foo Nov 05 '24

WHY DO THEY NOT TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS