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Pythons power past 40 years on in Not The Messiah

26.10.09
Not The Messiah was oddly entertaining, from the bombastic opening theme courtesy of Sousa to the Lumberjack Song encore, courtesy of Michael Palin. ... more

Film company HandMade in £17m fundraiser

23.10.09
HandMade, the film company founded by Beatle George Harrison to finance Monty Python’s Life of Brian film, today announced a £17 million fundraiser on the day it started trading on the market again ... more

Academic rigour is the answer - not an A level in dance

17.08.09
Leading bright children in poor areas to soft subjects is hindering their futures, says the shadow schools secretary... more

The power of opera, where giants dance on a tightrope

05.06.09
Contrary to their public image, theatre people are surprisingly unsentimental... more

John Cleese: I cannot be funny, I have no money

08.05.09
John Cleese's dreams of turning A Fish Called Wanda into a West End hit are being hampered by his struggle to keep up divorce payments.... more

Sushinho makes you want to dance

27.04.09
Not only is the sushi at Sishinho good and the atmosphere entrancing, but it's unlike any other restaurant you'll find in London.... more

Is a mix of free and premium content the way forward for the media industry?

20.03.09
Whether it's the rise of Google, the creation of the Freeview digital TV service, or newspapers such as Metro, the power of free has been compelling... more

Pub is closed by Monty Python grenade

19.03.09
Buildings were evacuated, a street was cordoned off and a bomb disposal team called in after workmen spotted a suspicious object... more

Private equity: dead or just resting?

16.01.09
One of the big questions brought on by the credit crunch is whether the private-equity industry is dead, or as Michael Palin famously argued about the Monty Python parrot, merely resting... more

John Cleese gets mobbed by fans... and he doesn't even have to do a silly walk

02.09.08
Actor John Cleese still has plenty fans, judging by the mob that greeted him as he walked around London today. The comic genius was mobbed by a brace of fans clutching memorabilia, and he didn't even have to do one of his silly walks in order to be recognised.... more

Sir Bill Cotton, king of BBC comedy, dies at 80

12.08.08
Sir Bill Cotton, the man who oversaw some of the most popular BBC shows of the Seventies, has died aged 80. ... more

Bhaskar is new Spamalot star

03.07.08
Goodness gracious me! The latest actor to tread in the clipclopping hoofprints of King Arthur in Spamalot is Sanjev Bhaskar.... more

Sanjeev Bhaskar is king of comedy

26.06.08
This week Sanjeev Bhaskar takes over as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot. He always wanted to join the Flying Circus.... more

Looking on the dark side of life

27.03.08
Roy Andersson's You, the Living takes a morbid look at the meaning of life; honing in a succession of glum characters and their absurd traits.... more

Swede wins Python role

05.02.08
A Swedish army lieutenant and rock singer has won the chance to be the new leading lady in Spamalot.... more

Jagger's son lights up the stage

29.08.07
James Jagger asks Mick and the family to stay away as he smokes his way to preview night success at Islington's King's Head Theatre.... more

Musical taking a dig at western media

22.08.07
With musical numbers including I Wanna Be Like Osama and the Jihad Jive, Jihad: The Musical rolled into the Edinburgh Festival.... more

Ingenious Paradocks

01.08.07
The Donmar's triple bill, Absurdia, directed by Douglas Hodge is perfectly entertaining, but as provocative as a jam sandwich. ... more

Rising to the challenge

24.07.07
Peter Capaldi talks to Claire Allfree about his role in acclaimed political satire The Thick Of It and his latest project, a triple bill of absurdist plays.... more

Coconut orchestra breaks world record

24.04.07
The world's largest coconut orchestra gathered in Trafalgar Square to record a new Guinness World Record.... more

Stars ride to rescue of forgotten Saint George

20.04.07
London is preparing for its biggest celebration of St George's Day in living memory as England reclaims the icon that it almost lost to the far-Right.... more

Where to celebrate St George's Day

19.04.07
It's St George's Day on Monday 23 April and London is getting into the patriotic spirit with a series of events that celebrate England's patron saint.... more

Public to join Spamalot 'coconut orchestra'

10.04.07
The creators of Monty Python musical Spamalot are bidding to set a new record for the world's largest coconut orchestra.... more

Spamalot actress attacks Olivier awards snub

19.02.07
The cast of Spamalot have launched an attack on the judges of the Olivier Awards after the Monty Python musical failed to win a single prize.... more

Simon has grail of a time in Pythonland

24.01.07
Simon Russell Beale makes the perfect King Arthur in deliriously daft musical Spamalot and he's having a killer rabbit of a time following in the coconut-shells-for-horses'-hooves of Tim Curry. ... more

TV reality winner Fisher snubbed by Olivier judges

18.01.07
Connie Fisher has been ignored by the Laurence Oliver awards despite rave reviews for her performance in The Sound of Music.... more

Life Of Brian contains funniest gag

13.11.06
Christian groups denounced Monty Python's Life Of Brian as blasphemous and offensive but its fans think the film contains the team's funniest scene.... more

Always look on the knight side

17.10.06
Fresh from Broadway and "lovingly ripped off" from the movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Spamalot offers a welcome new twist on musical comedy, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

A £37 million song and dance

06.10.06
With advance sales hitting nearly £37 million, new musicals including Daddy Cool and The Sound of Music are giving the West End a huge lift.... more

Tim Curry's back on the Grail trail

22.09.06
As hit Broadway show Spamalot comes to the West End, its star Tim Curry tells Nick Curtis: "I knew I had one last show in me"... more

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