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:

John Dixon - 19 July 2010

Spamalot, is the monster musical hit that, according to the marketing, has been lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. There is a lot of familiar ground to cover as we join King Arthur on his quest, with characters such as The Black Knight (it’s only a flesh wound), the French Taunter and the Knights who say Ni being involved. But regardless of being a Python fan or not, there are plenty of laughs along the way.

The world of show business, star names and musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber are all targets for the humour, with up to date references keeping the show fresh and relevant to today’s audience.

King Arthur is played by Marcus Brigstocke and makes his musical theatre debut in a role so against type. Instead of the stand-up comic routine he is very much the straight man of this piece with the mayhem happing all around him. Hayley Tamaddon is a delight as The Lady of the Lake, as she proves she has great comic timing as well ...

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