Since 1999, Northcliff High
School in Johannesburg has toured its annual musical production to the
Playhouse in Durban.
This year, the 19th year of this great
tradition, it is the hilarious Monty
Python’s Spamalot The Musical based
on the film Monty Python And The Holy
Grail.
Once again, Johannesburg
audiences are voicing their praise and hinting that this might well be the best
offering yet from the school that has achieved renown in their brave initiative
to be possibly the only school to tour a full musical production from home to
another far-off city.
Arthur, chosen as king in
the mysterious Lady-Of-The-Lake Excalibur ceremony, gathers knights from every
corner of the land to sit at his very, very, very round table. He and his
knights are then charged by God, in those troubled times, to go on a quest to
find the Holy Grail.
The result is a cavalcade
of ridiculous nonsense that will have the audience in stitches!
The book and Lyrics are by
Eric Idle, with music by John du Prez & Eric Idle and this is all from the
original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle,
Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Spamalot is directed and produced
by Nick Jourdan who has been responsible for the many successful Northcliff
productions that have toured to Durban over these many years.
The show will run at the
Playhouse Drama from July 4 to 9 and booking is at Computicket.
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