John Cleese's Fawlty Towers - The Play, which the Daily Express hailed as "The funniest show in town", returns to the West End for a strictly limited three-month season starting later this month.
The cast of Fawlty Towers - The Play.
The production, which first opened last May to a host of rave reviews, is directed by the originating West End director, Caroline Jay Ranger. Fawlty Towers - The Play stars Danny Bayne as Basil Fawlty, Mia Austen as Sybil, Hemi Yeroham reprising his role as Manuel, Joanne Clifton as Polly, Paul Nicholas reprising his role as The Major and Helen Lederer as Mrs Richards.
Nearly 50 years since Fawlty Towers was first broadcast on BBC Two in 1975, John Cleese worked with Connie Booth to create the production, which features three of his favourite original TV episodes - ‘The Hotel Inspector’ and ‘The Germans’ from series one and ‘Communication Problems’ from series two - and adapted them into a two-hour play.
John Cleese said: “I’m thrilled with the top-class group of comedy actors that we've assembled for Fawlty Towers' return to the West End stage this June. September this year marks exactly 50 years since the first ever episode was broadcast on the BBC and here we are, all these years later, still making theatres rock with laughter."
Fawlty Towers - The Play will play at the Apollo Theatre from 24 June to 13 September 2025. It will follow Retrograde which concludes it run on the 15 June.
