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Writers: Eric Idle and John Du Prez Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: David Aldridge The Public Reviews Rating: The UK tour of Spamalot has a stripped down cast for smaller stages but manages to retain a playful sense of Broadway spectacle at the same time as developing an intimacy among the frantically quick-changing company that is true to the [...]

Book/Music/Lyrics: Eric Idle Music: John du Prez Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: The tongue is firmly rooted in the cheek with Spamalot, a musical based on the eccentric sense of humour of Monty Python and akin to its celluloid sister (The Holy Grail) this Bill Kenwright produced tour is as cheap as it [...]

Book/Music/Lyrics: Eric Idle Music: John Du Prez Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is the award-winning Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and an entirely new score created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. After [...]

Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: The Madness of George III feels like a history lesson and an acting master class rolled into one. Bennett’s detailed historical account of the George III’s well documented illness combined with David Haig’s exceptional performance certainly gives the audience plenty to think about. Originally staged [...]

Deviser: Nigel Hess Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: In the darkest hour music has the unique power to lift the human spirit. In the dark days of World War II, as theatres and places of entertainment were closed down and the blackout descended, a cultural blackout threatened to make life in London even [...]

Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown declares Shakespeare’s Henry IV. However, it’s the Bard’s King Lear that provides redemption for the troubled head of King George III in Alan Bennett’s historical epic. It is now 20 years since the play was first staged [...]

Writer: Harold Brighouse Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Alice Longhurst The Public Reviews Rating: Harold Brighouse is getting increasingly popular these days; last year saw Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s production of Zack and Northern Broadsides’ tour of The Game, and it’s not hard to see why. Hobson’s Choice has a peculiar northern charm with its gruff accents, Mancunian setting and [...]

Writer: Eric Idle & John Du Pruz Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Jemma Crowston The Public Reviews Rating: If you want a night of guaranteed laughter and fun at the theatre then Spamalot is just the ticket. The show which is described as a ‘new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ opened at Leicester’s [...]