"Now we have to change it so that every place we're in, that's where there's a legend of bloody Belle, and that's where she haunts. Over the tour, that may mean the 100-year-old Liverpool Empire or Edinburgh Playhouse: no problem. Or it might be the rather fresher Marlowe in Canterbury or Milton Keynes theatre, which opened in another shopping precinct in 1999."
"None of this was anticipated when the pair created Inside No 9: Stage/Fright earlier this year. We never intended it to tour, says Pemberton. Nor did they take it for granted that a stage show based on their 10-year anthology series would necessarily fly. That seems bizarre to me: the avalanche of praise for Inside No 9 since its final series makes the success of a live outing feel nailed on. But its creators made no assumptions."
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are taking Inside No 9: Stage/Fright on tour and adapting the production to suit each venue. They are embedding a local legend of 'bloody Belle' into performances so every theatre feels haunted, whether a 100-year-old empire or a newer shopping-centre venue. They are altering phrasing to make younger theatres sound older, replacing '25 years ago' with 'a quarter of a century'. The stage show was not originally intended to tour, and the creators did not assume live success despite growing TV popularity. The TV show's audience increased gradually over time.
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