Monty Python’s Spamalot is a musical comedy adaption of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), itself a parody of the Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of a very round table. With Spamalot currently on a quest across the UK, I attended the most recent performance at the Towngate Theatre. Having seen the original West End production, I was interested to see how well the touring production would compare and I am pleased to say it delivers a fresh feel to the show, as it brings the magic of Camelot to Basildon.
Spamalot maintains the feel of the original film and transfers most of the classic scenes onto the stage including knights horse riding without horses, rude Frenchman, killer rabbits the fearsome black Knight and not forgetting the people who say Ni! But what really makes the show special are the brilliant songs, with lyrics written...
Spamalot maintains the feel of the original film and transfers most of the classic scenes onto the stage including knights horse riding without horses, rude Frenchman, killer rabbits the fearsome black Knight and not forgetting the people who say Ni! But what really makes the show special are the brilliant songs, with lyrics written...
- 3/28/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
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