Monty Python’s Spamalot will continue its raucously silly West End run when it transfers to the Playhouse theatre following its current successful stint at the Harold Pinter theatre.
Taking much earned rest after an acclaimed summer season that the Evening Standard described as “triumphant”, Monty Python’s Spamalot will close at the Harold Pinter theatre on 9 September and re-open at the Playhouse theatre on 14 November.
A shorter, snappier version of the Eric Idle and John Du Prez comedy musical first seen in London in 2006, Spamalot is lovingly ripped off from the legendary film Monty Python And The Holy Grail and tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Being Monty Python however, it also features a surrealist mix of beautiful show girls, cows, killer rabbits and French people.
Since the premiere of the new production on tour in 2010, 57 pairs of coconuts have been used, there have been 13 on stage moustache incidents, three suspected cases of swine flu and one outbreak of nits.
Adding to the mayhem are a score of songs including the famous Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life and He Is Not Dead Yet, Knights Of The Round Table and Find Your Grail.
While the current run stars musical veteran Bonnie Langford, EastEnders’ Todd Carty and comedians Jon Culshaw and Marcus Brigstocke, who are alternating the role of King Arthur, no announcements have been made as to whether the cast will transfer with the production.