Monday 18 August 2008

Flying Cows and Killer White Rabbits


A couple of weeks ago King Arthur started his quest for the holy grail in the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton and we went to see Spamalot. We'd seen the show in London a couple of years back with the excellent Tim Curry playing King Arthur, but unfortunately Richard was recovering from a bad cold so couldn't really get into it. This version was directed by Mike Nichols (of The Graduate, Primary Colours and Charlie Wilson's War fame) and starred an American cast. The dodgy English accents were hilarious with sentences generally starting in Somerset or London but racing across the Atlantic by the end of them. Richard was 100% fit this time so we had a great time.

On a rather bizarre note I got sent a reminder a few days before the show from Ticketmaster. It also had an 'if you enjoy this show you may also like...' section. However, as its recommendations for me were Swan Lake and Alice Cooper, it appears that they were based on venue rather than genre.

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