{"id":612468,"date":"2026-05-30T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612468\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:36:16","slug":"monty-python-legend-john-cleese-to-appear-in-basingstoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612468\/","title":{"rendered":"Monty Python legend John Cleese to appear in Basingstoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The comedy legend will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basingstokegazette.co.uk\/topics\/the-anvil\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Anvil<\/a> for an evening celebrating Monty Python and the Holy Grail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A showing of the well-known film will take place, followed by a conversation with Cleese and a question and answer session with the audience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The star co-founded Monty Python and helped usher in a new era of comedy with his work on the comedy series Monty Python\u2019s Flying Circus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cleese, alongside his long-time collaborators, also co-wrote and co-starred in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  50 years after its initial release, the film still consistently tops lists of the funniest films of all time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also wrote and starred in the film, A Fish Called Wanda, alongside the BBC series Fawlty Towers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also had roles in well-loved blockbuster films such as Harry Potter and Shrek.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The film has a certificate of 12A.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets are \u00a350.50, \u00a345, with VIP tickets at \u00a375.50.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets are available now by contacting The Anvil on 01256 844244 or on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The comedy legend will be at The Anvil for an evening celebrating Monty Python and the Holy Grail.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}