Toadie from Neighbours on coming to Blackpool

Blackpool Gazette

Senior reporter Aimee Seddon chats to Ryan Moloney -aka Neighbour's royalty Toadie - about bringing 'Toadie on Tour' to Blackpool on September 15.

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00:00How are you feeling about hosting Toadie on tour?

00:12I'm really excited.

00:13I'm really excited to, you know, to kind of share my history on Neighbours and, you know,

00:20to meet the fans as well and to kind of put on a different type of show than hopefully

00:25what most will expect, I think.

00:29And what can people expect then?

00:31Well, obviously there's going to be, you know, talking about, you know, our storylines and

00:36behind the scenes stories, but we're also kind of, I'm going to attempt to bring television

00:44to theatre and kind of engross the audience in being on set.

00:50So you know, we've got kind of lots of behind the scenes footage and, you know, we'll do

00:55a recording of a scene.

01:00And obviously you're talking about Toadie, but do you talk about Ryan in this as well?

01:04Oh, absolutely.

01:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:06Yeah.

01:07So that's part of the, that's probably a big part of the show is that, you know, I don't

01:13know that a lot of people actually really kind of know me.

01:15So it's certainly kind of, you know, pulling back the curtain and allowing people to get

01:23to know me and what makes me tick.

01:25So why have you decided to host this tour now?

01:28Well, I mean, the company asked me to do it like back in November and that was kind of

01:35when I knew I was finishing up.

01:36So it was like, all right, yeah, cool.

01:38I don't have anything on, so, you know, that sounds like a pretty good time to do it.

01:42So off we go.

01:45And Toadie, is this, I don't want to be morbid, but is it almost like a funeral to Toadie's

01:50character in Neighbours or is it a tease that he may return one day if the audience

01:55like it?

01:56Well, no, I think it's certainly, you know, a kind of like an acknowledgement of my time

02:06on Neighbours and, you know, kind of a thank you to Toadie and thank you to the audience,

02:12I think.

02:13Were you surprised at how warmly received Toadie was by not just the Neighbours fans

02:18but everyone else who ever tuned in and then got hooked by it?

02:22Yeah, absolutely.

02:23I mean, he's had a bit of a tough trot over the last year, but yeah, certainly I'm very

02:29grateful that he's been so loved over the years and I'm certainly hoping that a lot

02:35of the fans come out and say good day and, you know, say goodbye at the same time.

02:39And you yourself, have you ever been to Blackpool or Lancashire in general?

02:45I don't know.

02:46I've done lots of kind of like touring around of stuff.

02:49I mean, like certainly the Celebration Tour, I can't quite remember.

02:53I don't know quite where I go.

02:55I just kind of turn up and, you know, enjoy myself.

03:01Have you heard of it though?

03:02Do you have any preconceptions about what to expect?

03:06In Blackpool?

03:07Yeah.

03:08Just incredibly welcoming and friendly people.

03:12That's what I've heard.

03:14Are you going to be tempted to see what the nightlife in Blackpool is like after the show?

03:19Oh, look, why not?

03:21Why not?

03:22If everyone wants to go out for a drink afterwards, why not?

03:24Yeah.

03:25And for readers then who haven't got tickets, why should they buy some of those last remaining

03:30ones?

03:31Because, I mean, this is kind of like, this is a one off.

03:35This will, you know, this will never happen again.

03:38And obviously I'm finishing up on Neighbours.

03:40So it's a good chance to, you know, to say goodbye to everyone and to have a good time

03:46doing it, I think.

03:47It's a big theatre in Blackpool, so, you know, I certainly, I hope we get some big numbers

03:52coming out.

03:53So, you know, jump on board and get some tickets.

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