Spamalot
From: Monday, 7th February 2011
To: Saturday, 12 February 2011
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
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 too expensive) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. The show features the hilarious songs 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 2009) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
Our Review:
8 February 2011
Coconut shells simulate the sound of horses' hooves as Eric Idle's absurdly hilarious musical gallops into Manchester. “Lovingly” ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail – very loosely based on Arthurian legend – Spamalot revisits familiar scenes from the film accompanied by a score of very silly musical numbers.
Phill Jupitus is brilliantly deadpan as King Arthur, rapping with an impossibly straight face along with enthusiastic cheerleaders as Dennis is transformed into Sir Galahad, and launching Never-Mind-The-Buzzcocks style into Don't Look Back in Anger as the Knights of Ni sketch is adapted for a Manchester audience.
Sir Galahad (Simon Lipkin) and The Lady of the Lake (played this evening by Jessica Martin) give fantastic comic performances, particularly during the overly-romantic "Song...
Cast
Jodie Prenger (Lady of the Lake - Wimbledon/Bromley/Brighton/Manchester/Aberdeen/Edinburgh/Llandudno/Plymouth/Cambridge/Bradford/Aylesbury/Blackpool/Dublin/Belfast)
Hayley Tamaddon (Lady of the Lake - Glasgow/Leeds/Newcastle/Southampton/Stoke-on-Trent)
Phill Jupitus (Arthur King of the Britons)
Eric Idle (God - as a recording)
Todd Carty (Patsy)
Simon Lipkin (Sir Galahad)
Graham MacDuff (Sir Lancelot)
David Langham (Prince Herbert)
Samuel Holmes (Sir Robin)
Robin Armstrong (Sir Bedevere)
Kit Orton (Male Ensemble)
Philip Catchpole (Male Ensemble)
Amy Papa (Female Ensemble)
Rachel Knowels (Female Ensemble)
Tim Bonser (Swing)
Paul Bullion (Swing)
Matthew Kelly (King Arthur - Salford)
Creative
Eric Idle (Book)
John Du Prez (Music)
Eric Idle (Lyrics)
Howard Panter (for The Ambassador Theatre Group) (Producer)
Bill Kenwright (Producer)
Christopher Luscombe (Director)
Hugh Durrant (Design)
Jenny Arnold (Choreographer)
Simon Beck (supervisor) (Music)
Nick Richings (Lighting)
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