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Norway Debut, Part 1: Ålesund

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This week we hit yet another Faulty Towers milestone with our Norway debut, starting in Teaterfabrikken in the beautiful town of Ålesund.

Surrounded by fjords and the high peaks of the Sunnmøre Alps, Ålesund is a sea port that is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. In 1904 the town – built largely of wood – was the scene of a great fire in which most buildings were destroyed during the night, and the population had to leave the town with only a few minutes’ notice. Now the town is characterised by it’s colourful buildings and Art Nouveau style buildings which are a dream to photograph! Here are some of our photos from the tour.

 

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Peter, the Director, chilling out outside Teaterfabrikken.

Teaterfabrikken is a beautiful quirky venue, set in an old fish oil factory building by the sea with a warm and friendly atmosphere. Keep up to date with their other events:

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If you missed the Faulty’s in Ålesund, you can catch us in Oslo or Stavanger this week, AND we will be back for second Norway tour in October! Sign up to our newsletter if you want to be the first to hear about tickets!

In the mean time, look out for our next update on the Norway Debut Part 2: Oslo! 

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Tweet of the Week

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A very proud moment for the Faulty Team is tweet of the week this week. Thanks Donna (aka. Sybil) for this great photo of the three of you with Sir. Terry last week.

If you’d like to be tweet of the week, tweet your photos to @thefaultytowers – we love to see them!

 

We’re also a big fan of this tweet and can’t wait to come to Bedford!

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Cultuurcentrum Muze, Heusden Zolder

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After finishing our Netherlands tour last week, we have spent a great three nights at the Cultuurcentrum Muze in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium this week. Every evening was a sell out, with a fantastic atmosphere, super friendly staff and wonderfully decorated tables that Sybil adored! (They matched her outfit).

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Dining tables, Side of the Cultuurcentrum cafe and great hall, Muze Cafe veranda, Pre-dinner drinks bar, Quirky decor in the artiestenfoyer, Cultuurcentrum entrance.

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Pink everywhere: Sybil and matching table cloth

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The crew plus Muze staff with delicious homemade pizza on the last day.

 

Did you get to see Faulty Towers The Dining Experience at Heusden-Zolder? Let us know what you thought!

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Tweet of the Week

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I think Basil’s in trouble again! Thanks Katie Croft (@croftyk7) for this tweet and picture of Ron Kelly, Andy Foreman and Karen Hamilton at Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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Tweet of the Week

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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?

Basil and Manuel have it out at the "Faulty Towers Dining Experience".

A photo posted by Matt Saraceni (@mattsaraceni) on

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Tweet of the Week

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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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The race is on!

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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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TV Limburg Interview

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Some photos of the team in the Netherlands (Alison Pollard-Mansergh, Jordan Edmeades & Anthony Sottile) filming an interview with Wim Cremers of Limburg Allein at TV Limburg, yesterday in Roermond.

You can watch the interview below and keep an eye out for Manuel’s brilliant bottle opening skills.

If you’d like to come along and meet the Faultys, they’ll be serving dinner in Heerlen from the 21st to the 23rd February. For more information about shows in the Netherlands and Belgium see our website.

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Valentine’s Day pancakes in Leeuwarden

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Ali, Jordan & a not-so-impressed Anthony enjoying the Pannekoekschip (pancake ship) in Leeuwarden on Valentine’s Day.

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Some photos from Schiedam

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A very scary Mrs. Faulty preparing herself for a “BASSILLL!”

Basil “helping” some guests to find their cutlery.

To see more photos from Schiedam or from tours around the world, visit our Facebook, or check out our Pinterest.

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Romance in the air in Schiedam

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Fact of the day:
“Toi toi toi!” is the Dutch equivalent of the English saying, “break a leg!”

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Netherlands Tour update! Last week at the Theater Aan Die Schie, Schiedam took breaking the boundaries between performer and actor to a new level with tables set up on stage in a large theatre auditorium. Manuel (Anthony) likes to try and play cupid during the show and we think that this week he might have had some success – Stefan and Rosalieka, if you’re reading this, let us know if you ever went on that date!

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Some familiar faces in Tilburg

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The lovely faulty towers fans of the Netherlands have this week braved thick snow and lows of minus 6 to see the show at Theaters Tilburg (The Tilburg Theatre) in, you guessed it, Tilburg in the Netherlands.
The venue is a theatre with tables set on tiers meaning that everyone gets an even clearer view than usual. It’s great to hear that in the crowd tonight are quite a few ‘reoffenders’ who came to see the show last year and just couldn’t stay away this year.

Jeroen and Edwin with Ali.

Jeroen and Edwin. Even after seeing the show twice they say they’d come back again!

Jeremy Dorling, Dave Playford, Desiree Dorling, Rob Lammeree, Keith Fletcher, Regina Playford & Rick Busbridge.

Jeremy Dorling, Dave Playford, Desiree Dorling, Rob Lammeree, Keith Fletcher, Regina Playford & Rick Busbridge.

Anthony & Ali with Lies Wenselaar, whose daughter Yvonne is one of our producers here in the Netherlands.

Anthony & Ali with Lies Wenselaar, whose daughter Yvonne is one of our producers here in the Netherlands.

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Chandeliers in Heist-Op-Den-Berg

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The first week of the Belgium and Netherlands tour complete and what a week it’s been! The tour has kicked off to a great start with a run of four shows at the Cultuur Centrum Zwaneberg in Heist-Op-Den-Berg, Belgium.

The venue is a cultural centre with a large theatre space, amazing lighting and some excellent staff who have really made the team feel very welcome – and provided Sybil with a brilliant opportunity to practise her language skills! The room holds up to 150 people so the performers (Alison Pollard-Mansergh, Jordan Edmeades & Anthony Sottile) have been kept on their toes travelling round the space and making sure everyone gets their share of Faulty laughs.

With second and third nights both getting standing ovations from the crowd and some guests even returning to see the show a second time, it can only be described as a huge success.

The performances here sold out in June of last year but if you were hoping to come along and didn’t manage to get tickets don’t panic, the Faultys will be back in Belgium later in the year. Don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list and keep checking our website to find out when new tour dates are added.

 

Ali, Jordan & Anthony survey the room before the first show

Ali, Jordan & Anthony survey the room before the first show

Ali, Jordan & Anthony as Sybil, Basil & Manuel before the first show

Ali, Jordan & Anthony as Sybil, Basil & Manuel before the first show

Standing ovation

Standing ovation

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