Return Of
The Quest for the Holy Grail
Spamalot
Sunderland Empire
18-23 May 2015
After three excessively silly years in the West End
Monty Python's Spamalot is unleashed (again) in 2015
on an unsuspecting nation with The Quest for the
Holy Grail.
Following the Pythons' incredible 10 night sell-out run at London's O2
Arena, Monty Python's Spamalot will gallop back out on tour from January next year,
to bring the West End production to theatres across the length and breadth of
the (currently united) Kingdom with stars from the hugely successful West End
shows bringing the hilarious Monty Python humour and brilliantly funny musical
score, plague carts, fish slapping Fins, flying cows, killer rabbits, Knights
Who Say Ni, French Taunters and the Black Knight to comedy fans across the
country (to the sound of banging coconut shells) **.
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the
Holy Grail, Spamalot is a kind-of new musical with a book by Eric Idle and an
entirely new score for the new production, (well, almost) created by Eric Idle
and John Du Prez.
Eric Idle says of the show: 'Spamalot
is fun. The new production is funnier, it's more like a Python show. There are
new costumes and new sets and a new director (Christopher Luscombe), so it's just
got a whole different spirit to it.'
Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table and features a bevy (or possibly a brace) of beautiful show girls, witch
burnings (cancelled due to health and safety) not to mention cows, killer
rabbits and French people. The show features fantastic tunes more magical than
a Camelot convention, including He Is Not Dead Yet, Knights of the Round Table,
Find Your Grail and of course the Nation's Favourite Comedy Song (Reader's
Digest Poll 2010 - before it went bust), Always Look On The Bright Side Of
Life.
The latest tour, which is directed by Christopher Luscombe, follows hot
on the heels of the can't-believe-how-successful-it-was-with-the-first-show-selling-out-in-40-seconds
Monty Python Reunion at The O2 and Eric Idle's acclaimed performance of 'Always
Look On The Bright Side of Life' at the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony - the
world sang along, and Spamalot audiences get = the opportunity to do so too!
During the run, there have been 21 onstage moustache incidents, three suspected
cases of swine flu (French pigs!), three outbreak of nits and 92 pairs of
coconuts used.
Produced by Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group
Further casting announcements will be made soon
Tickets
Tickets available in person at the Box Office from £10.50 or from £13.40
by calling 0844 871 3022* or booking online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland
*plus a transaction fee applies.
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