Lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a riotous comedy full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. Read more …
We join King Arthur as he travels around the land gathering his Knights of the Round Table. This band of hapless adventurers is then tasked with a divine mission to locate the illusive Holy Grail – with uproarious consequences. With comic tunes including Brave Sir Robin, We’re Knights of the Round Table and perennial favourite Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Spamalot audiences are sure to be dancing in the aisles.
Spamalot was the winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical, while it enjoyed a victorious West End run. This hilarious show was written by Python legend Eric Idle, who has been entertaining the British public for over 50 years. The funnyman also wrote the score alongside John DuPrez, who is famous for his work on Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life amongst a host of other big-name scores.
It’s funny and clever throughout, and twelve years on from its original performances, Spamalot continues to work both as a musical reimagining of the film, and as a musical in its own right. It’s a worthy edition to the Python legacy and this production of it recognises and plays to its strengths.
There is little to fault in a production that scores very highly indeed for sheer entertainment and comes highly recommended.
Spamalot is so full of fun it’s hard to keep a smile off your face. A great night for all the family.
After fourteen years since Idle and Du Prez's show first appeared, some of it can feel almost knowingly thin. For those weaned on the Python legacy, however, this remains gloriously throwaway second-hand fun that revels in its own sense of its increasingly pointless ridiculousness.
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday September 26, 2017, until Saturday September 30, 2017. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
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