One of the most influential and important comedians in entertainment history, John Cleese is touring Australia with his show An Evening with the Late John Cleese. The show will have John talking about his experiences in the afterlife and what the audience can expect when they get there.  

At 83 years of age, Cleese’s boundless energy and inimitable sense of humour will leave you in splits and thoroughly entertained. 

John will also regale fans with stories and exclusive clips from his illustrious career that spans over 50 years. Cleese is a force behind some of the most ground-breaking comedy of the 20th Century.

He is loved the world over for his comedic antics in cult films such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, The Life of Brian, and A Fish Called Wanda. His voice was used in the Shrek movies and in he starred in Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone.

Few comedy troupes have reached the same fame as Monty Python, and a large part of that success was due to John Cleese and his impeccable timing and sense of humour.  

Strongly opposed to so-called ‘woke comedy’ and political correctness, Cleese is now perhaps better known for his social commentary, with the actor even due to appear in a documentary about cancel culture named John Cleese: Cancel Me soon for Channel 4 in the UK. In the TV show, he takes aim at the media elite who think they know better than ordinary Britons.

He jokes his new programme is for the “much neglected demographic” of viewers “who are completely out of touch”.

“So, stay out of touch, with me!” he adds.

Never one to be overly obsessed with the establishment, Cleese’s comedy has always prided itself on telling stories of ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. The British icon has vowed no one will be cancelled – and no topic will be too controversial for discussion.

As if that’s enough, he also plans a Fawlty Towers revival, more than 40 years after the original massively successful BBC series, about a stressed hotel owner in Torquay, Cornwall. 

Cleese will reprise his role as Basil Fawlty and his daughter Camilla will also join the cast.

John told GB News: “It is going to be very, very different because if it’s in the Caribbean it’s going to be a multicultural cast which will be very interesting, and my Camilla will be playing the woman who is running the hotel at the time.”

It seems John Cleese has limitless ambition. He is also working on a stage version of Life of Brian, a musical of The Fish Called Wanda and, he told GB News: “Camilla and I have written a very good comedy on Hollywood stereotypes, I mean lookalikes.”

TOUR DATES

02 AUG Brisbane QLD

05 AUG Sydney NSW

06 AUG Sydney NSW

08 AUG Canberra ACT

11 AUG Newcastle NSW

12 AUG Newcastle NSW