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Fawlty Towers
It's back! Due to phenomenal demand!Helen Lederer, Paul Nicholas, Danny Bayne, Joanne CliftonJohn Cleese, Caroline Jay Ranger

Apollo Theatre

Shaftesbury Avenue

24 June - 13 Sep 2025

★★★★★

ARTS DESK

★★★★★

JONATHAN BAZ

★★★★★

ALL THAT DAZZLES

‘The funniest show in town’

DAILY EXPRESS

‘FAWLTLESS’

MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘AS GOOD AS COMEDY GETS’

SUNDAY TIMES

★★★★

DAILY MAIL

★★★★

THE SUN

★★★★

DAILY MIRROR

★★★★

DAILY EXPRESS

★★★★

THE REVIEWS HUB

★★★★

CHORTLE

★★★★

THE UPCOMING

★★★★

THE TIMES

★★★★

MAIL ON SUNDAY

★★★★

LONDON THEATRE

★★★★

INEWS

★★★★

SUNDAY TIMES

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About the Show

Fresh from a SOLD-OUT West End season, the ‘Greatest British Sitcom of All Time’ (Radio Times) is back – due to phenomenal demand!

This laugh-out-loud production was universally acclaimed by every London and national critic, selling out every single performance during its record-breaking West-End run.

Join Basil (Danny Bayne), the delightfully bumbling Major (Paul Nicholas), Polly (Joanne Clifton) and Mrs. Richards (Helen Lederer), with an 18-strong cast as they bring to life all your favourite moments from the show’s unforgettable twelve episodes. With sharp wit, chaos, and calamity at every turn, this is the comedy event of the year!

Secure your tickets now and relive the madness of Fawlty Towers live on stage. It’s a staycation you’ll never forget!

“What a thrill to be bringing Fawlty Towers to the West End for the first time - nearly 50 years since the show was first recorded, in December 1974. We’ve been involved in the casting process for some time, being constantly reminded of what a wealth of acting talent we have in Britain - sorting the very, very, very good from the merely very, very good.

Finally, we assembled a top-class group of comedy actors who will bring the show to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. I’ve adapted three of my favourite episodes for the stage and written one huge finale, which will bring together the endings of all three episodes. So here we are, all the way from Torquay, via the old BBC Television Centre, to the West End!

I do hope some of you will come to the Apollo to laugh together. And laugh. And laugh……...”

JOHN CLEESE

The funniest show in town
Daily Express
John Cleese has recreated the magic
i News
A theatrical moment to drink deep and savour
Daily Mail
The script zings with brilliantly astringent one-liners as the tight farce careerstowards inescapable catastrophe, the cast bringing the chaos to life with energy andpace.
Chortle
A hugely entertaining blast of unadorned nostalgia
The Times
Comedy history repeats itself
Guardian
An indisputably funny evening
The Telegraph
This is theatrical time travel of the most joyful variety.
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