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Our First Weekend Back at Vicar Street
🕑 Added 2021-10-27 06:57:35 +0000 UTCHow did we used to do this?
I'm not sure... Did you used to do the Belfast accent there
I think so.. there was something about not trusting a person with no accent...
We really should have written this down.
Maybe we'll remember it as we do it?
That's a.. that's a gamble.
It feels like our show is one of those ancient legends, passed by word of mouth over generations and changed in the telling irredeemably. Some was recorded, the rest forgotten. We'll call it evolution, because otherwise I'll get too upset at the jokes for which there were no cave drawings.
We're piecing it together, artefact by artefact, and slowly getting there. While the drawbacks to this are obvious, the benefits may not be. The main one being you end up examining lines and sections of script that have never been challenged since their inception. Stuff that kind of worked, or that we thought was important to the setup, which is in fact neither. You also get a chance to suggest more jokes, riskier jokes and because no one remembers the previous lines anyway, it doesn't feel like you're asking too much.
It's fun. It's really fun. We love creating filmed content, but you just can't beat the buzz of the live environment. This is even before the crowd arrive!
Preparing for these shows is an odd feeling. Everything is familiar but foreign, like your returning to a holiday destination a year later. Your feet move around the place like you know where your going bit your mind is in a constant state of surprise.
We go through the sound check in relative confidence, relative to how much we were screwed just a few days ago. The high point is a new song in the second half, with Foil lamenting his concertina ability. Polished or not, this is going to be a fun show. We can feel it
We iron shirts, go over lines and try to contain ourselves. There's a lot of excitement in the air. Duck can barely sit still. Mick is buzzing too. The team are back!
We've no idea how many people will turn up, these shows were scheduled for April 2020 after all.. I guess at 70 percent but it ends up being around 85. There's a lot of friendly faces there and that really makes a difference. Thanks you guys.
The three shows end up being totally different in wonderful ways. We chop and change sections and jokes, encourage as much improv as possible and slowly remember lines, asides and techniques. As we sit in the back stage area following the three nights there's a real sense of accomplishment. The show still exists and it's still fun to perform.
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"
Arms
Comments
Emma W
This is a delight to read. Even better knowing that this is now your everyday lives - live shows! Real life! - as it should be. Then I saw it was written before 8am on a weekday - not relatable. Magnificent and a morning person? Great writing though.
Arms you are such a good writer!!! Well I think so, I’m biased because I love your “voice”!
Hope you all had a good time 😊
Karen Russell
Just realised I can see the mug I got for Arms in the background of pic 4 🙂 (Foil and Hoggy got theirs also)
Arianne
Thanks for this Arms, it's so lovely to know you guys enjoy the process as much as we enjoy the results. Literally everyone (well except Hog!) in picture 7 is beaming, it's so joyful :') I can't wait to experience the show!
Karen Russell
I loved him sitting down on stage with a can whilst Arms and Hog tried to decide how to start it on Friday night! 🤣🤣🤣
I love this examination of the experience you three lads had at your time back at Vicar Street. It's wonderful to hear how exciting it was for you because I know fahns were thrilled to see you again. I can't wait to see you all in April 2022!!
This is such a beautiful text. So happy for you. Welcome back!
Naomi Haywood
This caption sounds like me trying to explain archaeology to someone who thinks it's about dinosaurs!! :-)
Thanks for the chronicle, Arms!! Those of us who could not be there were ... Somehow there, too! (Since the live rehearsal) Thanks to all the fans who were constantly uploading updates, too! It was a lot of fun to watch 😋 little by little you three will be back in your element 😘
I’m starting to be a bit concerned about Hog…whatever drives Foil to wear shorts in late October appears to be catching…watch out Arms…you are the only one left 😬😬😬😆😆😆😆
I particularly loved the change up to the Captured Actor sketch, the audience interaction for the sounds of the emotive faces, and the confusion on whether it was a 'hmmmmm' or a 'shhhhh' on the Sunday night 😄 so good to see you back, never stop ♥️
