The Rocky Horror Show comes to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
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00:00Hey guys, my name is Nathan Caton. I play the role of the narrator in the Rocky Horror Show.
00:06I will be taking you on a very strange journey throughout the night.
00:11So how excited are you to be a Blackpool for this show?
00:14Yeah, very excited man. I've never performed in Blackpool, but I've heard a lot about the crowd.
00:19So I'm excited to react to the crowd and see what they're like, you know, bounce off their energy.
00:23Yeah.
00:24What initially intrigued you to join this show?
00:27What was it about?
00:29You know what, I'll be honest. I didn't know what Rocky Horror was before I got involved.
00:33Yeah, I got the audition and I saw the Rocky Horror Theatre.
00:38I've heard the words of Rocky Horror, but I didn't know what it was.
00:40I thought I'd go along, did the audition.
00:42I probably won't get it, but it's good to be seen in front of a theatre of people.
00:46And then I did the audition and about a day or so later they were like, yeah, do you want to do it?
00:49I was like, have you got the right person?
00:51So yeah, so here I am.
00:53Can you tell us a little bit about the show and the story and everything like that?
00:58Okay, so to explain the show, it's quite hard.
01:00I think you have to see it to kind of get it and believe it.
01:04So you've got a young couple, Brad and Janet, their car breaks down, stuck in the middle of nowhere.
01:11There's a random castle that they go to for help, which is owned by this crazy Dr. Frankenfurter.
01:17Who's a crazy, sex-mad scientist who's created a perfect human being, Rocky.
01:25And it's just like a bonkers night of events for Brad and Janet and Frankenfurter and Rocky.
01:36Me explaining it doesn't do it justice.
01:38You have to come and see the show to believe it.
01:40So you said you weren't really sure and you went along just to see if you got it.
01:44What was your reaction to getting the phone call or hearing that you got the part?
01:50When I got the part, it was kind of surreal.
01:53There was excitement.
01:55I want to do theatre. I'm a stand-up comedian by trade, but to go into theatre is something that I want to do.
02:01So I was excited for that.
02:03But at the same time, I was like, is this part alright for me?
02:05Because I didn't know anything about it.
02:07I saw the videos on YouTube and I was like, is that really my cup of tea?
02:11But then my wife was like, embrace it, put your own spoon in it, go and do your thing.
02:17And it turns out she was right.
02:20Have you come to Blackpool before?
02:22Do you have a favourite place or is this your first time here?
02:25I've done a comedy club in Blackpool.
02:27There's a comedy station.
02:29Because I've been a comedian and I gig up and down the country and stuff.
02:33That's the only time.
02:35I've never played any of the theatres in Blackpool.
02:37So this is a new experience for me.
02:42Where and when can people come and see the show?
02:44When is it going to be on?
02:46We are in Blackpool all week.
02:49Monday the 18th until Saturday the 24th of November.
02:53Winter Gardens, 8pm maybe night.
02:57Friday, Saturday.
02:59We've got early shows and late shows, 5.30pm and 8.30pm.
03:07Do you have a final message for the people of Blackpool?
03:09Thinking of coming and seeing the show?
03:11My final message would be, good people of Blackpool, come and see the show.
03:15The Rocky Horror Show, trust me.
03:17It's a great time, it's a bonkers show.
03:19My words do not do it justice.
03:21So best to buy a ticket, come and see the show for yourself.
03:23And trust me, you'll have a laugh.
03:25Hello, I'm Lauren Shearer and I'm playing Janet.
03:27And I'm Connor Carson and I'm playing Brad.
03:29So how excited are you two to be in Blackpool for this show?
03:31Yeah, very excited.
03:33We're a good chunk into the tour now.
03:35So we've been doing a lot of shows.
03:37It's great kind of moving venue to venue and getting to know the different audiences,
03:39different crowds, the different personalities around the country.
03:41It's been great.
03:44We're very looking forward to seeing that in Blackpool as well.
03:46Yeah.
03:48Where are some of the other places that you toured previously for the show?
03:50We opened in Bromley and we did High Wycombe.
03:52And then we had an amazing two weeks at the Dominion Theatre in the West End,
03:54which was really special.
03:56And then since then we've gone to Bath, Malvern, York, Cardiff.
03:58Yeah, it's been a good journey.
04:00What was the initial draw of the show when you heard that it was on,
04:02to go and audition and get involved?
04:04What intrigued you guys to join the show?
04:06I still don't think there's another show like it, is there?
04:08No.
04:10I think the music as well is a huge thing.
04:12It's just a big rock and roll musical.
04:14And I don't think we realise how popular Blackpool is.
04:16It's a big city.
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04:28I don't think we realise how popular this was
04:30and how much of a cult musical this was.
04:32So it's such a special experience to be part of.
04:34It means so much to so many people
04:36because it's so much fun
04:38but it also has a lot of deeper messages as well.
04:40So it kind of has something for everyone.
04:42So it kind of has something for everyone.
04:44Could you tell me a little bit about the show?
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04:48I know Nathan's kind of stood it a little bit
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