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REVIEW: Spamalot @ The Palace, Manchester

Spamalot-057-Press-Copy-SMALLAs a fan of Monty Python, having been brought up on their diet of anarchic madness, I approached this production of Spamalot with some trepidation. 

I needn’t have worried. The show, which is basically a stage adaptation of the 1975 film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is a superb tribute to the comedy team. It will certainly satisfy the die hard Python fans and will introduce a whole new generation to the genre.   

The style of humour won’t be to everyone’s taste and it sounds ludicrous that a group of people slapping each with fish and a King entering the stage on an invisible horse to the sound of coconuts can be funny – but it just is.  Continue reading “REVIEW: Spamalot @ The Palace, Manchester”