Spamalot
From: Monday, 26th July 2010
To: Saturday, 31 July 2010
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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:
Simon Cole - 26 July 2010
Billed as a new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a full bodied send-up of the Arthurian legend, as well as a wickedly self aware parody of the musical theatre genre.
Not overly troubled with plot, the narrative follows King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in their quest to find the religious relic, and their various encounters with glorious ‘pythonesque’ charicatures. The show faithfully reprises some of the most iconic situations, well loved by people old enough to have seen (and understood!) the 1975 movie, such as: the killer rabbit, the black knight and ‘the Knights who say Ni (!?)
The score, by Eric Idle and John Du Prez contains a couple of songs familiar to Python fans - ‘Knights of the Round Table’ (composed by Neil Innes for Monty Python and the Holy Grail - with the immortal line ‘‘We dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and sp...
Cast
Jodie Prenger (Lady of the Lake - Wimbledon/Bromley/Brighton/Manchester/Aberdeen/Edinburgh)
Hayley Tamaddon (Lady of the Lake - Glasgow/Leeds/Newcastle/Southampton/Stoke-on-Trent)
Marcus Brigstocke (Arthur King of the Britons)
Eric Idle (God - as a recording)
Todd Carty (Patsy May 29-Nov 13)
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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