Spamalot

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:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 16 December 2011

You only have to utter the phrases “Nudge, nudge, wink, wink”, “Beautiful plumage” or “He’s not the Messiah” – and you will have any Monty Python devotee producing a wry grin. Almost like strange passwords to a secret club, which once known are never forgotten, they trigger memories of many years ago. Back to a group of people who were, quite simply, years ahead of their time.

As a result of this familiarity, Eric Idle and John Du Prez had to do very little to the original scripts to create what can only be described as, a musical masterpiece. This homage to the Holy Grail film contains many of the most famous scenes, all lovingly recreated, together with a few items lifted from the other Python successes.

Following the historical introduction, explaining exactly how dark the Dark Ages were, the audience is treated to a Scandinavian fish-slapping song, by a strange group who misheard the word England as Finland...

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