John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers

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Fawlty Towers the Play features all your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes. Now, following a critically acclaimed run earlier this year, everyone's favourite hot-headed hotelier is back. Check-in to Fawlty Towers at the Apollo Theatre today!

What is Fawlty Towers the Play about?

The classic comedy follows Basil Fawlty, a huffy hotelier whose increasingly ludicrous efforts to "raise the tone" of his dilapidated seaside hotel are met with complaints, complications, and chaos. Determined to cater for the guests he thinks he deserves; he routinely berates those who are actually staying in his establishment. Engaging in furious tirades with guests, staff, and his wife Sybil, Basil is anything but the gracious host.

The classic sitcom has earned a legion of fans worldwide and made Torquay the number one holiday hotspot in the 70s. The quick-witted, sarcastic, and seriously silly characters in the show are often quoted today, and all star in John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play_._ Put upon Spanish waiter, Manuel, the good-natured general assistant, Polly, and of course, Basil, will be making mayhem in the capital this Summer, bringing joy and tears of laughter to a whole new audience. Don’t miss your chance to see this classic show live with Fawlty Towers West End!

Facts and critical acclaim

The seventies sitcom is ranked number one on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute and was crowned Greatest Ever British TV Sitcom by the Radio Times

The character of Basil Fawlty came runner up in Channel 4’s list of 100 Greatest TV Characters.

The comedy classic only ran for two series and picked up the BAFTA award for Best Situation Comedy for each! The shows stars, John Cleese and Andrew Sachs also picked up a BAFTA for their iconic performances in the show.

Comedy giant, John Cleese is one of the founders of Monty Python, and is a four-time Grammy nominee, and winner of BAFTA and Primetime Emmy awards!

The critics loved the show, check out their Fawlty Towers play review

Fawlty Towers play cast

Basil – Danny Bayne

Sybil – Mia Austen

Manuel – Hemi Yeroham

Polly – Joanne Clifton

The Major – Paul Nicholas

Mrs Richards – Helen Lederer

Mr Hutchinson/Wilhem – Greg Haiste

Miss Tibbs – Emily Winter

Miss Gatsby – Dawn Buckland

Mr Thurston/Gunter – John Hasler

Mr Walt – Adam Elliott

Taxi Driver/Mr Firkins/Mr Kerr/Mr Sharp – Neil Stuart

Hotel Guests – Josie Brightwell, Ashleigh Harvey, Ben Jacobson, Matthew Gordon and Raymond Rose

Fawlty Towers play creatives

Book – John Cleese and Connie Booth

Adapted for the stage by – John Cleese

Director – Caroline Jay Ranger

Assistant Director – Denise Ranger

Set and Costume Designer – Liz Ascr