Photo - Jim LeeToday at Melbourne’s Federation Square, the Australian cast of Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, was announced under a massive inflatable recreation of Monty Python’s iconic “Foot of God”.
The cast of the smash hit musical will include legend of stage and screen, Bille Brown as King Arthur, newcomer Lucinda Shaw as The Lady of the Lake, Stephen Hall as Sir Lancelot and Derek Metzger as King Arthur’s faithful servant and coconut keeper, Patsy.
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT commences performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne on November 20 ahead of the Australian Premiere set for December 1.
Tickets to SPAMALOT will go on sale to the general public in September. But for today only, anyone who visits the SPAMALOT ticket booth at Federation Square will be able to buy tickets to the show “that sets musical theatre back 1,000 years.” At the stroke of 8.00pm tonight the booth will close forever… or at least until September.
Directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and choreography by Casey Nicholaw.
Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, SPAMALOT features a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, a killer rabbit and one legless knight.
Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, SPAMALOT was the most lauded show of the 2004-2005 Broadway season. In addition to Best Musical, legendary film and stage director Mike Nichols received his eighth Tony Award for his direction of SPAMALOT.
SPAMALOT has shattered box office records at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End, and on tour throughout North America.
In addition to the myriad of legitimate theatrical awards with which SPAMALOT has been honored, it also holds The Guinness World Record for “World’s Largest Coconut Orchestra” which was set on April 23, 2007 when 5,567 fans gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square and accompanied original Python members Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam to “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life.”
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