Tweet of the Week

This week’s tweet of the week is from one of our Basil’s, Jordan Edmeades (@JordanEdmeades) in the Netherlands and is a great photo of him and Karina Garnett in Hoorn. Basil and Sybil looking almost like a happy couple!

 

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Tweet of the Week

Thanks to Matt Saraceni (@iamnotmatt) on Twitter for sharing this photo of Basil and Manuel at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this week, but can anyone guess what Basil’s saying?

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Tweet of the week

This week’s tweet of the week is from Roel Vente (@RoelVente) at Het Park, Hoorn in the Netherlands. We’re loving these lights!

Keep tweeting us your photos because we love to see them and you might just end up here next week!

 

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Introducing…Anthony Sottile

 

This week we’ll be introducing Anthony Sottile, an Australian actor who has been playing Manuel in Faulty Towers The Dining Experience for just over 3 years now. He is currently touring in Europe and made in his debut on the West End, London last October.

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Q1: What’s your favourite part of working with Faulty Towers The Dining Experience so far or favourite Faulty moment?

A: Plainly put, seeing the world – and unfortunately I have too many favourite Faulty moments to only mention one!

Q2: Describe yourself in 3 words?

A: Mostly always bloated!

Q3: What’s your best (or worst) corpsing story?

A: Edinburgh 2011 – Kevin Whittle was playing Basil and it was the beginning of the show out in the alley-way, and he read out the first name on the seating plan… “Sharky”. A lady responded to her name being called and Basil pretended he didn’t hear her and stepped in to help the situation. “Mr. Faulty, Mr. Faulty, is this lady”, “Who?”… “the fish lady”, and that’s all I said. The crowd broke into fits of laughter and Kevin corpsed, and I couldn’t hold it in either. It’s the only time I have truly corpsed.

Q4: What similarities and differences are there between you and the character you play?

A: We’re both eager to please and I’d like to think pure and kind hearted. And sweet! And adorable!!… Did I mention humble…?

 

Q5: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?

A: Probably a cat… I like lounging around (I’m quite good at it really), and it’d be nice to try it with an extra pair of legs!

Q6: Who’s your favourite other cast member to share a dressing room with and why?

A: Recently, I’ve been performing with Jordan mostly, so I’ve become accustomed to his musical sound effects (hint: they sound like various breeds of ducks being run over by a car!).

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Anthony performing in Zwolle, Netherlands in February this year.

Q7: If your character had a dating profile, what do you think it would say?

A: Innocent Spanish man looking for lovely catholic Spanish lady, who likes small fury little things!!

Q8: What was your last tweet or Facebook status?

A: I shared a video we made of Manuel on his way to Heerlen, Netherlands.

Q9: What don’t you leave home without?

A: Mobile phone and wallet.

Q10: Do you have any hidden talents?

A: Yes, a few – but they’re not for public viewing; hence “hidden talents”!

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Tweet of the Week

This week’s tweet is from the keen tweeters at the Theater Castellum (@thcastellum), in Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands who really got into the spirit of things with this sign and our very own porter! Much better service than the original Fawlty Towers and I’m sure Sander was much better than Manuel…


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Tweet of the Week

This week’s tweet of the week is thanks to Pascale Arminjon (@lustlovelive) who was one of the hundreds of people who got to see the show in Barbados this week.

We totes ❤ Manuel too (but don’t tell Basil) and by the sounds of it, Manuel totes  ❤s Barbados! Can he come back, please?

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Happy Mother’s Day from Sybil!

A very reluctant Sybil made this video for her mother, this morning…

 

To all the Mother’s out there, Happy Mother’s Day from Faulty Towers!

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Tweet of the Week

This week’s tweet of the week is from The Vue Grand Hotel (@VueGrandHotel), one of our favourite Australian venues. Who can spot the Pollys?

 

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Tweet of the Week

Our tweet of the week this week is from one of our very own Basils, Paul O’Neill, tweeting from the Charing Cross Hotel in London.

You can follow Paul (@playingbasil) and some of our other actors on Twitter… we’re still trying to convince the rest of them it’s not still 1979.

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Introducing… Jordan Edmeades

We thought you’d like to know a bit more about the people behind Sybil, Basil & Manuel so every month we’re going to introduce one of our actors. This week is the turn of Jordan Edmeades, an Australian actor who has been playing Basil for just over 3 years now. He is currently touring in Europe and made in his debut on the West End last October.

You can find out a bit more about Jordan and other projects he is currently working on here: www.jordanedmeades.com

Q1: What’s your favourite part of working with Faulty Towers The Dining Experience so far, or your favourite Faulty moment?

A: Travelling the world as a working actor and being given the chance to open a five-star show on London’s West End. Big career moment for me and one I’ll never forget.

 

Q2: Describe yourself in three words?

A: Direct, curious, considerate.

 

Q3: What’s your best (or worst) corpsing story?

A: Children crack me up. They have the most amazing ability to say exactly what they think at any given moment, which is an improv actor’s dream. One night during a show at Charing Cross, a young boy who wouldn’t eat his soup began to cry as I told him to stop complaining and just eat the soup. Sybil spent the next ten minutes consoling him, telling him I was a bad man and not to listen to a word I say. She made me apologise and I discovered he liked chocolate… “right, chocolate soup it is then!”.

Later in the show I was having trouble opening a bottle of cola. Eventually I gave up and admitted defeat, at which point I heard a bold reply ring out throughout the room… “I’ll do it!”. The young kid got out of his chair,  snatched the bottle out of my hands and proceeded to try to open the bottle between his legs just like Basil. I couldn’t help but cry with laughter as Manuel quickly came over to help him. I was laughing uncontrollably for a good five minutes, head out the side door trying to catch myself. I had been upstaged by a five-year-old. Brilliant fun.

Q4: What similarities and differences are there between you and the character you play?

A: Like Basil, I have moments of social awkwardness and frequently run into things. The biggest difference is our hair, of which I have a full head, requiring me frequently to artificially ‘recede’ it with a buzz cutter. It’s like mowing the lawn every couple of days.

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Q5: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?

A: An albatross, one better than an eagle.

 

Q6: Who’s your favourite other cast member to share a dressing room with and why?

A: I have a different relationship with all of them. I enjoy regular bowel-movement-related conversations with Anthony Sottile, wine and music with Daley Donnelly, poetry and prose with Brian Roche, theatrical brainstorming with Andy Foreman, and in-depth film talk with Ed Howells. When blessed with a lady in the room I enjoy gutter talk and sage advice with Karen Hamilton, wild stories with Suzanna Hughes, business and marketing with Alison Pollard-Mansergh, the trials of houseboat building with Karina Garnett, and exploring the wonders of writing and family life with Donna Gray. Unfortunately, I don’t get a chance to room with other Basils, but we catch up at the bar whenever we get a chance.

 

Q7: If your character had a dating profile, what do you think it would say?

A: I’m manic, impatient, intolerant and not really a fan of people. Contact me if you relate and don’t answer to the name of Sybil.

 

Q8: What was your last tweet or Facebook status?

A: Signed an online petition to help save the threatened orangutan community in Indonesia.

 

Q9: What don’t you leave home without?

A: Water

 

Q10: Do you have any hidden talents?

A: I love my Aussie Rules and can match it with the best of them on a good day.

 

Q11: What would Basil have to say about horse meat in lasagnes?

A: “Well… horses for main courses, really”

 

 

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The race is on!

Can Manuel make it from to Heerlen in 2 days? We doubt it, but he’s trying…

Here’s him setting off from Hilversum yesterday morning. If you see him on the way, please point him in the right direction!

… and who is that kind, but mysterious stranger?

 

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience appears at the Theater Heerlen from the 21st to the 23rd February. To buy tickets for these shows, click here.

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