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Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones from Monty Python, before their live shows in 2014 (Philip Toscano\/PA)<\/p>\nComedic actor John Cleese is to embark on a UK tour celebrating more than 50 years since the release of Monty Python And The Holy Grail.<\/p>\n
The 86-year-old will host a 45-minute Q and A session with fans after a screening of the 1975 film introduced by the star.<\/p>\n
Cleese said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be celebrating more than 50 years of Holy Grail with these incredible live events around the country, mainly because I genuinely never expected either the film or myself to last this long.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sessions will see Cleese reflect on the making of the film and its legacy, with fans able to ask their own questions.<\/p>\n
The tour will begin at Basingstoke Anvil Arts on September 1 and run until its final show at Leeds Grand Theatre on September 22, stopping at Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham, with tickets going on sale now and priced at \u00a339.50.<\/p>\n
Monty Python And The Holy Grail follows King Arthur and his knights after they are tasked by God to find the Holy Grail.<\/p>\n
Along with The Holy Grail, Cleese also starred in two other classic movies alongside the original Monty Python troupe \u2013 Sir Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman \u2013 Monty Python\u2019s Life Of Brian (1979) and Monty Python\u2019s The Meaning of Life (1983).<\/p>\n
The original Monty Python\u2019s Flying Circus shows were first broadcast on the BBC in 1969. The ground-breaking, surreal sketches have had a profound influence on comedy and popular culture, and the Pythons have frequently been dubbed \u201cthe Beatles of comedy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones from Monty Python, before their live shows in 2014 (Philip Toscano\/PA)<\/p>\n
Cleese also enjoyed huge success with A Fish Called Wanda (1988), starring alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Palin. The movie also featured an Oscar-winning performance from Kevin Kline.<\/p>\n
Another enduring success for Cleese was the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. Set in a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, only 12 episodes were ever made, from 1975-79.<\/p>\n
Based on a real-life hotel owner, Donald Sinclair, Cleese came up with the idea for the character Basil Fawlty when he stayed at Sinclair\u2019s Gleneagles Hotel and said he became fascinated with his rude behaviour.<\/p>\n
Cleese\u2019s latest tour comes after Fawlty Towers\u2019 stage adaption ran at the Apollo Theatre in London\u2019s Shaftesbury Avenue last year, before heading out on a tour of the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n
John Cleese And The Holy Grail tour in full<\/p>\n
September 1 \u2013 Basingstoke Anvil Arts<\/p>\n
September 2 \u2013 Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall<\/p>\n
September 3 \u2013 Cambridge Corn Exchange<\/p>\n
September 5 \u2013 Milton Keynes Theatre<\/p>\n
September 6 \u2013 Buxton Opera House<\/p>\n
September 7 \u2013 New Brighton Floral Pavilion<\/p>\n
September 8 \u2013 York Grand Opera House<\/p>\n
September 9 \u2013 Newcastle Tyne Theatre<\/p>\n
September 11 \u2013 Torquay Princess Theatre<\/p>\n
September 12 \u2013 Woking New Victoria<\/p>\n
September 14 \u2013 Watford Colosseum<\/p>\n
September 15 \u2013 Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre<\/p>\n
September 17 \u2013 Cheltenham Town Hall<\/p>\n
September 18 \u2013 Bedford Corn Exchange<\/p>\n
September 19 \u2013 Richmond Theatre<\/p>\n
September 20 \u2013 Birmingham Town Hall<\/p>\n
September 21 \u2013 Manchester Opera House<\/p>\n
September 22 \u2013 Leeds Grand Theatre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedic actor John Cleese is to embark on a UK tour celebrating more than 50 years since the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-470804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}