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Irresistible has toured London’s Southbank Centre, National Theatre, Olympic Park, Bradford, St Helens, Unity Festival Cardiff, Berne, Geneva, Basel, Zurich and Reutlingen, performing in an array of different venues such as indoor and outdoor theatres, a quarry, a library, and a stairwell! On the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3, a pre-recorded message is played at certain stations reminding passengers to "Watch your step and watch the gap between the train and the platform as you get on and off the train". This is simplified in its Filipino translation, which reminds passengers to be careful when boarding and alighting the train. You can hear these three versions of the announcement as spoken at four groups of stations here, with a slight variation in wording in the fourth iteration. In New Jersey, it's "Watch the Gap". The automated announcement is always "please watch the gap while exiting the train", and identifies a station with a high-level platform (on stations with low-level platforms you walk down steps from the car to the platform, so there is no gap)

It came about all because it was discovered that an automated message made much more practical sense than station attendants and drivers having to warn passengers all the time. Read More Related ArticlesIn early 2009 the phrase was also being used on Metro Transit (King County) buses in and around Seattle, Washington. [9] On the Amsterdam Metro, a female voice announces the phrase " Let bij het in- en uitstappen op de ruimte tussen metro en perron." ("Pay attention to the space between the metro and platform during boarding and disembarking.") when approaching some stations, which is then followed in English by: "Please mind the gap between the train and platform." The New York City-area Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, and New Jersey Transit [10] use signs that read "Watch the gap" on trains and platforms. Because of reports of people falling through the gap, a warning is now played at every station, plus automated announcements on board the trains of all three railroads.

The phrase was used as the name for a campaign in December 2010 to lobby the UK Government to allow Gap Year students to defer their university place and not pay the higher tuition fees in September 2012. [20] Of course, the 1970s were also when we were contradictorily encouraged to "Fall into the Gap". It was a confusing time. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear– Safety warning on convex mirrors, another safety warning that has become a cultural reference Freight details: The show fits into a small van / large car. For locations further than mainland Europe, we would need to arrange air transport. No equipment needs to be locally sourced as the production is self contained. CONTAINED

Stand clear of the closing doors, please. a similar safety warning on the New York City Subway that has also become a cultural reference. Our aim is to make great theatre that makes audiences think differently. By “theatre” we don’t just mean shows that you can see in arts and theatre venues, but also performances and events in different spaces and places. The people behind the 'mind the gap' voices on the London Underground". 11 September 2020 . Retrieved 16 July 2021.

It has been used as the title of at least two music albums by Scooter and Tristan Psionic, a film, and a novel, as the name of a movie production company, a theatre company, and a board game. [14] Mind the Gap is England’s largest learning disability theatre company that creates work for UK and international audiences. On the Rio de Janeiro Metro, the phrase " Observe atentamente o espaço entre o trem e a plataforma – Mind the gap" also can be heard. In Oslo, T-bane trains play a recorded Norwegian warning -- " Vær oppmerksom på avstand mellom tog og platform" (Be aware of the distance between train and platform.) -- followed up by the English "Please mind the gap." The voice behind the closing doors would like to clear something up". nypress.com. Straus News. 18 March 2003 . Retrieved 7 December 2015.Oswald Laurence" redirects here. For other people with this given name and surname, see Oswald (given name) and Laurence (surname). The MBTA in Boston has added "Mind the gap" warnings near the platform edges in the 2016 renovated Government Center Station. The original Oswald Laurence "Mind the gap" announcement and the current voice-over announcements are also used in electronic music. [22] [23] See also [ edit ] On the Madrid Metro, a recorded warning message can be heard inside the trains when approaching a station with curved platforms: " Atención: estación en curva. Al salir, tengan cuidado para no introducir el pie entre coche y andén." ("Caution: station on a curve. As you exit, be careful not to place your foot between the train and the platform.") No warning messages are heard when arriving at a station with straight platforms.