Dick and Dom to join Carley Stenson in West End's SPAMALOT at the Playhouse Theatre
Spamalot’s royally good new casting
missive:
TV presenters Dick and Dom to play
King Arthur and Patsy
West End actress Carley Stenson to
play Lady of the Lake at
The
Playhouse Theatre
CBBC’s Dick and Dom will make their West End
musical theatre debuts by starring together on stage in Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre, where
they will play the roles of King Arthur and Patsy from 2nd December
for six weeks over the Christmas and New Year festive period.
Having found fame as presenters of double
BAFTA Award winning BBC1 weekend show, Dick
and Dom In Da Bungalow, Dick and Dom have presented a wide range of TV and
radio shows including CBBC’s BAFTA nominated Absolute Genius With Dick and Dom, BBC Radio 1’s The Lie In, Sky1’s
Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old,
Challenge TV’s Takeshi’s Castle and CBBC’s Diddy Movies. They even starred on the big screen when they appeared
in Horrid Henry: The Movie.
Dick (Richard McCourt)
said; "I’ve always been a huge fan of all things Monty Python and so am
very excited about the fact that I’m getting the chance to prove myself as King
Arthur and take hold of the mighty Excalibuer."
Dom (Dominic
Wood) said; “I have my dad and older brothers to thank for bringing me up on Python.
We watched it as much as watching Kids TV, so singing Always Look On The Bright
Side Of Life on stage will be a career highlight! It’s also the first time in
the west end for us, so... 'Now for something completely different'.”
Joining Dick and Dom as King Arthur and Patsy on
stage will be former Hollyoaks star and West End stage actress, Carley Stenson,
who takes on the (all-singing-all-dancing) female lead role of The Lady
of The Lake from 4th November. Carley is no stranger to the stage, having already appeared
as Elle in Legally Blonde and as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical.
Carley Stenson said; “I’ve always enjoyed
performing on the West End stage and I’m very much looking forward to joining
the Spamalot cast and being part of such a much loved production.”
The production is currently enjoying huge
success at The Playhouse Theatre with a new performance schedule, with two
shows on Fridays (at 6pm and 9pm, so
there are two chances to laugh-a-lot however bad your week’s been).
Spamalot is a family friendly show suitable for Young Knights and Laker Girls
aged eight and above.
Recent
stars who have kept audiences laughing while appearing in Spamalot have
included Stephen Tompkinson, Jon Culshaw, Marcus Brigstocke, Joe Pasquale (he
became King of the Jungle back in 2004 in preparation for the role of King
Arthur, at least that’s what we tell people), Todd Carty, Les Dennis and
Warwick Davis.
The Charity Spamalot
Gods (in 2D) continue with Michael
Ball, Professor Brian Cox, Greg Dyke, Robert Lindsay and Gary Lineker, all
stepping into the heavenly robes through the autumn months (they have been washed) after Michael
Palin, Hugh
Bonneville (we actually got the chap from Downton Abbey), Bradley
Walsh, Barbara Windsor, Simon Callow, Christopher Biggins and Larry Lamb all
played God on screen during Spamalot for
a week at a time though the summer, with money being donated to their nominated
charities.
Lovingly ripped off from the
classic film comedy Monty Python and the
Holy Grail, Spamalot is a kind-of new musical with a book by Eric Idle and
an entirely new score for the new production, (well, almost) created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.
Spamalot
tells the
legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and features a
bevy (or possibly a brace) of beautiful show girls, witch burnings (cancelled
due to health and safety) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French
people. The show features fantastic tunes more magical than a Camelot
convention, including He
Is Not Dead Yet,
Knights
of the Round Table,
Find Your
Grail and of
course the Nation’s Favourite Comedy Song (Reader’s Digest Poll 2010 - before
it went bust), Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
The
season at The Playhouse, which is directed by Christopher Luscombe, follows
Eric Idle’s acclaimed performance of ‘Always Look On The Bright Side of Life’
at the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony – the world sang along, and Spamalot
audiences get the opportunity to do so too! During the run, there have been 27
onstage moustache incidents, three suspected cases of swine flu (French
pigs!), six outbreak of nits and 92 pairs of coconuts used.
Listings Information
Dick (Richard McCourt) will play King Arthur from
2nd December 2013
Dom (Dominic Wood) will play Patsy from 2nd
December 2013
Carley Stenson will play The Lady of The Lake from 4th
November 2013
New Performance Schedule:
Monday – Thursday at 8.00pm, Friday at 6pm and 9pm,
Saturday at 2.30pm and 8.00pm (no Wednesday matinee). Running time: 2 hours – this one doesn’t drag on!
Spamalot has now extended its run until
8th February 2014
THE
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5DE
Tickets: £15 -
£65. ON SALE NOW
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