• Python show at Royal Albert Hall

    From Analda Anglin@1:396/4 to All on Sun Jul 5 04:19:10 2009
    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

    FOR NEW UPDATES ON ALL THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
    KEEP CHECKING ON PYTHONLINE

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