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Friends the Experience: The One in Dubin!!

 



The Friends Experience is currently in Dublin at The Point Square, until January 27th 2024.

This is an amazing opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of the iconic 90's TV show. Imagine hanging out in Central Perk, Monica and Rachel's appartment and Joey and Chandler's appartment, well imagine no longer because with this experience you get to do just that.

I spoke with the CEO of The Friends Experience and here's what he had to say about this ultimate day out for Friends fans.

The Friends Experience is quite a unique event. Can you tell me about the inception of the idea for it?

It is a unique event! It's a creation of the world of the most popular TV show ever made. Essentially the idea came out of Warner Brothers (who created Friends) realising that the show had such a unique following and the fans didn't just want to look at the sets, costumes and props but actually inhabit the world that they'd seen these characters be in for so many years. So people wanted to actually sit on Monica's sofa, play foosball in Joey and Chandlers apartment and so forth. So the idea was to create that world and let the audience really play in it and recreate those moments from all ten seasons. Friends is unique, you couldnt do this with many TV shows, the sets are so iconic and its such a happy place for people that it really works as a concept to build it and let people come and have fun in it.

What can people see and do at the experience?

They can see and do everything you can imagine as a Friends fan. I'm talking from going on the sets, to seeing the props and costumes displayed from the actual shooting of the show, to recreating moments like 'PIVOT' where you get to hold the sofa and shout PIVOT ,to riding on Pat the Dog which is Joey's porcelin dog. All these things that the fans just get and know exactly what references they are. Of course you can hang out in Central Perk and you can read tonnes of information of behind the scenes insights into how the show was created from casting to set design and costume design and so on. So it merges exhibition with fan convention with immersive theatre and it is the ultimate Friends experience quite literally.

Have you any of the original set or props there?

Yes loads, we've got an incredible aray of archive material from the Warner Bros archive in Burbank California so for fans of the show it really is quite thrilling to see all these bits.

Have you ever had any of the cast at any of the events?

Yes we've had Janice along a few times, she is our go to and regular guest. Janice voices the intro you see when you first come in. We've had Gunther along in the past before he sadly passed away and also Carol and Susan. I would hope that one day all of the main cast will come along because we know they know about the experience and support it.

Can people buy merchandise there?

Yes there is a shop with all kinds of merchandise.

What is the pricing system and what is included in the different ticket prices?

Basically the way we price the experience is there is a general admission ticket where you can choose what time you enter at, that just gets you in thats the basic ticket and then on top of that we have flexi tickets where you can come at any time and then we have VIP tickets for the super fans and this includes everything from a goodie bag with unique merch in it  to a laynard to que jump to a 10% discount in the shop and so on, its basically the all singing all dancing super fan experience.


Could you BE more excited!!! Talk about the perfect Christmas present to buy the Friends fanatic in your life. Tickets are available here, get ready to take the best selfies your camera role has ever seen!!




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