HEY TALLY HO AND YOICKS AWAY! IT’S TIME FOR SPAMALOT!
Do you know the way to Camelot? Be careful about taking a wrong turn or your quest could find you ending up in Spamalot instead.
The Russell Association for the Performing Arts (RAPA) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and, in honour and recognition of anniversary tradition, RAPA members have chosen a real “pearl” of a production to put on stage. Start with a grain of irritating puns and coat them with layers of off-the-wall song-and-dance routines, bold, brave, and sometimes buffoonish knights in armour, or at least almost-real-genuine-simulated-faux armour, a beautiful otherworldly enchantress who is a real diva type, and a legendary king who just wants to do the right thing. Yes, that’s right, it’s Monty Python’s Spamalot!
Spamalot! is the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a British comedy classic movie that took the revered Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, turned it upside down and spun it around to see who and what falls out.
Since RAPA has an anniversary this year, Spamalot! seemed a logical choice. Just as in the movie, the knights never ride around on horses; they trot around, knocking together coconut shell halves to mimic the sound of horse hooves. Expect to hear a lot of coconut-clacking during Spamalot! The Quest begins the last week of April and continues to its hilarious end during the first week of May. Check the RAPA website for advance and reserve ticket information.