A number of special celebrity guests have been lined up to play God in Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre. Hugh Bonneville will be the first celebrity to appear in the musical during tomorrow night's performance (Monday 15th July). Other special guest stars include Barbara Windsor, Christopher Biggins, Bradley Walsh, Larry Lamb and Simon Callow. The 'Summer of Spamalot Charity Gods' will replace Eric Idle in a pre-recorded video performance.
Money raised will go to charities supported by the guest stars, including Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre, The Make A Wish Foundation, the Great Ormond Street Hospital, Scene & Heard, Stage For Age and Keats Community Library.
Hugh Bonneville said "I wanted to play God in Spamalot in order to support Scene & Heard, a North London charity, which helps young people... I'm also delighted to be involved with the show because an ancestor on my mother's side was in fact one of the knights who say 'Ni'."
Meanwhile, Barbara Windsor said "I wanted to play God in Spamalot because having been 4ft 10.5 inches tall all my life, this would be the first and only time people would look up to me."
Joe Pasquale recently joined Bonnie Langford in the West End production of Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre, following in the footsteps of Stephen Tompkinson, Jon Culshaw and Marcus Brigstocke who have all played King Arthur.
Spamalot is a 'kind-of new musical' with a book by Eric Idle and an entirely new score for the new production 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.'
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Click here to read West End Frame's recent interview with Bonnie Langford and Joe Pasquale.
Click here to read West End Frame's recent review of Spamalot.
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