Rich Mix Cinema to Present Live Screening of Monty Python Reunion Tour From 02 Arena, July 20

On Sunday July 20th at 7pm RICH MIX CINEMA will screen live from the 02 Arena the final night of the highly reviewed, totally sold out MONTY PYTHON reunion tour performed by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle who reunite for Monty Python Live (mostly).

For many people who were unable to grab this year's hottest comedy tickets, the live screening at Rich Mix Cinema will enable the Shoreditch cinema's audiences join the crowd at the 02 in a final weepy, hilarious, uproarious, outrageous farewell to the five remaining Pythons as they head for The Old Jokes Home ....on the big HD screen.

July 20th will be an historic occasion - the last night in a ten night season for the Pythons at London's 23,000 capacity 02 and a chance for fans to say farewell to the five surviving members of this monumentally influential comedy team on this last, historic and special night.

Listing details:

Sunday July 20th at 7pm: Monty Python Live (mostly)

£16.50, £14.50 members, £13.50 concessions

Tickets: www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/monty-python-live-mostly/ ; 020 7613 7498 ; www.montypythonlive.com ; www.richmix.org.uk/

Monty Python rightfully hold a place amongst the world's finest ever comedians, influencing a generation and revolutionising comedy on their way to greatness. There was huge demand for tickets for the first live performances at the O2 on stage by the stars of Monty Python since performing at the Hollywood Bowl on 15 September 1980 and 40 years after they last appeared on stage in the UK at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. At a combined age of just 357, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin will once again take to the stage and perform some of Monty Python's greatest hits with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.

In a recent interview with The Telegraph, John Cleese said about the £4.5m production: "The opening number is quite energetic. We leap around and it sets the standard. I'm quite worn out after the first number. We've got Mick Jagger as an example and we can still move fast around the stage..." Tickets at a fraction of the 02 arena prices can now be purchased online or by telephone.

Monty Python's Flying Circus was a British television comedy sketch show conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin that was broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. Awash with satire, extreme silliness and brilliant comedy, the Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows in the UK and abroad, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical (Spamalot!) as well as launching the members to individual stardom.

Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative, stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), the Pythons legendarily pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content and their lasting influence on British comedy was, and remains, unprecedented - Not The Nine O'Clock News and all its spin-offs, The Young Ones, Little Britain and more; in America the runaway success of what was an entirely original approach to comedy helped develop the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live onwards.

Rich Mix Cinema: Situated in Bethnal Green Road in the heart of East London, the independent RICH MIX CINEMA presents a diverse programme of films, events, talks and special screenings for families across its three state-of-the-art screens. Opened in 2006, RICH MIX CINEMA - housed within the multi-space Rich Mix arts venue - is also host to a number of independent film festivals including the Images of Black Women Film Festival UK (April), the East End Film Festival (June), the London Film Festival 2014 (October) and monthly documentary screenings in partnership with DocHouse.

Cinema details:

35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road

Shoreditch

London E1 6LA

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/cinema

Box office: 020 7613 7498

Transport: There is a Barclays Cycle hire point at the Shoreditch High Street station and cycle racks available at the venue. Shoreditch High Street Overground tube is only short walk away and Liverpool Street station, Old Street, Bethnal Green and Aldgate East stations are in the area. There are many bus links including the no. 8 and 388 buses stop next door to the building and can take you to the West End or towards Bow, Hackney and Cambridge Heath.

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