From: "Analda Anglin" <analda@nospam.hiwaay.net>

Taken from an email notice sent by www.pythonline.com

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF MONTY PYTHON

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL LONDON
ERIC IDLE AND JOHN DU PREZ'S
N O T T H E M E S S I A H
(HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY)

Monty Python will celebrate its Ruby Jubilee this October on stage, in
print and on TV and video around the world, as well as performances of
An Evening with Without Monty Python at the Ricardo Montalbßn Theatre
(23 September - 4 October) and at the Town Hall New York (6 - 10
October), the publication of a new book, Monty Python Live! and a new 6
part documentary series - Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's
Cut) scheduled for transmission on October, London will host, for one
night only on Friday 23 October 2009, the European premiere of Eric
Idle and John Du Prez's Not The Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall .

Starring Eric Idle (baritonish) with guest appearances from fellow
Pythons Michael Palin, Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam and Carol Cleveland
& Neil Innes, Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, will feature William Ferguson (Brian) Shannon
Mercer (Judith), Rosalind Plowright (Mandy), Christopher Purves (Reg)
and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by John Du Prez.
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comedic oratorio based
on Monty Python's Life of Brian. It's a night of baroque 'n' roll on a
grand scale, with a full orchestra, massed choir, bagpipers and
classical soloists, all hosted by Michael Palin as Mrs. Betty Parkinson
with Eric Idle as a 'baritonish' soloist - reprising some of the
best-loved roles from the film, including Mr. Cheeky and Stan the
Revolutionary who wants to be called Loretta.

Eric Idle says: It is rare you get to be silly on a mass scale. This
work was commissioned by the Toronto Luminato Festival in 2007 where it
was conducted by my cousin Peter Oundjian with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. It was performed later that year in Australia and New
Zealand, including two sell-out nights at The Sydney Opera House, and
last year at the Wolf Trap to 7,000 with the Washington Symphony, in
Houston with the Houston Symphony, culminating in two nights at The
Hollywood Bowl (to 19,000 people) with the LA Philharmonic and
fireworks. It tells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman
soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary who falls in
love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is condemned to
death. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart
duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale
Always Look On The Bright Side of Life.

TO BUY TICKETS FOR NOT THE MESSIAH FROM 6TH JULY

Theatre: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Date: 23 October 2009 at 8pm
Box Office: 020 7589 8212
Tickets ú19.50 to ú140
Website: www.royalalberthall.com

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