Marcus Brigstocke, Jodie Prenger, et al. to Star in SPAMALOT UK Tour

Full star casting is announced (sound the trumpets!) for Spamalot's cracking four-week Christmas season at Theatre Royal Brighton beginning on December 15, 2011; Marcus Brigstocke triumphantly returns as Arthur, King of the Britons; Nancy, sorry, Jodie Prenger, reprises her role as the Lady of The Lake; and Todd Carty, is back again (there's no getting rid of him it seems) on coconuts as Patsy.

Spamalot will canter out on a UK tour from January 16, 2012 (oh yes we tour-a-lot!) beginning in Brighton and touring to Liverpool, Oxford, Grimsby, Woking, Torquay, York, Stoke, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Richmond, Aylesbury, Sunderland, Bristol, Bromley, Cambridge, Truro and Manchester.

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a kind-of new musical with a book by Eric Idle and an entirely new score, (well, almost) created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. Following a staggeringly successful (yes, we staggered) UK tour in 2010, the production will begin a new national tour with a four-week Christmas season in ye old Brighton this Christmas.

The Brighton season reunites Marcus Brigstocke, Jodie Prenger and Todd Carty from the original national cast. The full company includes; Robin Armstrong as Sir Bedevere, Rob Delaney as Sir Robin, Adam Ellis as Prince Herbert, Graham MacDuff as Sir Lancelot and Jon Robyns as Sir Galahad, along with Amelia Adams Pearce, Tim Bonser, Michael Burgen, Rachel Knowles, Kit Orton, Hannah Malekzad, James Nelson and Niall Sheehy. Spamalot is directed by Christopher Luscombe and features Eric Idle himself as God.

Audiences all around the world have been roaring with laughter since Monty Python¡¦s Spamalot won the Tony Award for Best Musical. 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 - health and safety) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. The show features fantastic tunes more magical than a Camelot convention, including 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 2010) Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.

The original UK and Ireland production began in May 2010 and was seen by more than 300,000 people over 50 weeks. During that time there were seven onstage moustache incidents, one
suspected case of swine flu (French pigs!), one outbreak of nits and 36 pairs of coconuts used (That Todd Carty is stronger then he looks!). The cast looked ¡§Looked on the Bright Side of Life¡¨ a staggering 791 times in more than 378 performances (and they still don¡¦t know the words!).

Full Tour Details
For full production details visit www.spamalotontour.co.uk

Monday 16 January - Saturday 21 January, 2012
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 847 2525

Monday 23 January - Saturday 28 January, 2012
OXFORD NEW THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 847 1585

Monday 30 January - Saturday 4 February, 2012
GRIMSBY AUDITORIUM
Box Office: 0844 847 2426

Monday 6 February - Saturday 11 February 2012
WOKING NEW VICTORIA
Box Office: 0844 871 7645

Monday 13 February - Saturday 18 February 2012
TORQUAY PRINCESS THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 847 2315

Monday 20 February - Saturday 25 February 2012
YORK GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Box Office: 0844 871 3024

Monday 27 February - Saturday 3 March 2012
STOKE-ON-TRENT REGENT THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 871 7649

Monday 12 March - Saturday 17 March 2012
GLASGOW KING'S THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 871 7627

Monday 19 March - Saturday 24 March 2012
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
Box Office: 0844 847 1660

Monday 26 March - Saturday 31 March 2012
BIRMINGHAM ALEXANDRA THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 847 2302

Monday 2 April - Saturday 7 April 2012
RICHMOND THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 871 7651

Monday 9 April - Saturday 14 April 2012
AYLESBURY WATERSIDE THEATRE
Box Office: 0844 871 7627

Monday 16 April - Saturday 21 April 2012
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE
Box Office: 0844 847 2499

Monday 23rd April - Saturday 28th April 2012
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
Box Office: 0844 871 3012

Monday 30th April ¡V Saturday 5th May 2012
BROMLEY CHURCHILL CENTRE
Box Office: 0844 871 7620

Monday 7th May - Saturday 12th May 2012
CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE
Box Office: 01223 357 851

Monday 14th May - Saturday 19th May 2012
TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL
Box Office: 01872 262 466

Monday 21st May 2012 - Saturday 26th May 2012
MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
Box Office: 0844 871 3018

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