John Cleese and the Holy Grail

A film concert titled John Cleese and the Holy Grail, built around Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the 1975 comedy that John Cleese co-wrote and starred in, staged at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in Covent Garden.

John Cleese is an English actor and comedian and a founding member of Monty Python, the comedy group completed by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Cleese co-wrote Monty Python and the Holy Grail, directed by Gilliam and Jones, and played King Arthur in it. The film is a parody of the Arthurian legend.

Cleese also co-created Fawlty Towers with Connie Booth, the sitcom set in a seaside hotel that remains among his best-known television work. The evening's title places the 1975 film at its centre, so it will interest those who know the film or the wider Python catalogue.

The Gillian Lynne Theatre, formerly the New London Theatre, is a West End theatre on the corner of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden. It mainly hosts theatre productions and concerts.