Marcus Brigstocke to take the lead in Spamalot at the Liverpool Empire

by Tony McConville. Published Mon 29 Mar 2010 20:42

Marcus Brigstocke is set to play King Arthur in Spamalot at the Liverpool Empire.

Marcus very briefly worked as a podium dancer, and also on an oil-rig in the North Sea (although not as a dancer). He is also a comedian and much loved Radio 4 presenter and writer.

The nation’s favourite Nancy, Jodie Prenger, will join him to play The Lady of the Lake, with *Eric Idle in the role of God.

“The most infectiously funny musical of the millennium” (Eric Idle), Monty Python’s Spamalot, calls in at the Liverpool Empire from 9-14 August 2010.

Lovingly ripped-off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is an 'almost-new musical' with a book by Eric Idle and an entirely new score, (well, almost) created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.

“The Holy Grail of Musical Theatre”- says The Daily Grail

Audiences all around the world have been roaring with laughter since Monty Python’s Spamalot won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005.

Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and features a bevy (or possibly a brace) of beautiful show girls, witch burnings (cancelled due to health and safety) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people.

The show features fantastic tunes which are catchier than the plague He Is Not Dead Yet, Knights of the Round Table, Find Your Grail and of course the Nation’s Favourite Comedy Song (Reader’s Digest Poll 2009) Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.

Spamalot will be directed by Christopher Luscombe (if he can find the time) and designed by Hugh Durrant (if he can find the drawing board).

Jenny Arnold will choreograph an unlikely group of non-dancers; and Simon Beck will attempt to supervise the music. Lighting design will be by Nick Richings provided no one steals the follow spots.

* As a recording! The producers say the could not afford to cart Idle - a God-like comic - round the country!



How to buy the original Broadway sound track.

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