Kids Pay Their Age to See London 'Spamalot'

To coincide with the start of the school holidays, the West End hit musical Monty Python's Spamalot is moving its midweek matinee from Tuesday at 3pm to Friday 5.15pm and has introduced a novel ticket pricing policy for kids and young audiences at this new family friendly performance.

Kids between the ages of 5 and 15 will only pay the price of their age for a top price ticket when an accompanying adult pays full price (one adult can accompany up to two children).  In addition young people aged between 16 - 26 will now be able to buy best available seats for just £20.  To accommodate this change the Friday 8pm performance will now start at 8.30pm.  All other performances remain unchanged.

"The new pricing policy and performance schedule have been introduced in response to a growing family audience and an appreciation of the enduring appeal of Python humour to all generations," state press materials.

Kids price seats are available to purchase only through the Palace Theatre Box Office of online exclusively via Lastminute.com

Also, in addition, as part of the annual Kids Week events (17 - 31 August) Monty Python's Spamalot will offer a workshop on 29 August between 3 - 5pm covering subjects as diverse as "Learn to Speakez le French good", "How to ride a horse" and "Discover the joys of Scandinavian folk dancing".  Tickets for this workshop can be booked on 0870 400 0800.

Directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot is "lovingly ripped-off" from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.  Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Spamalot features a chorus line of dancing divas (and serfs), flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and a legless knight.

Book and lyrics are by Eric Idle with a Grammy Award-winning score by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.  Other members of the creative team include Casey Nicholaw (choreography), multiple Olivier Award-winners Tim Hatley (sets and costumes) and Hugh Vanstone (lighting) and Acme Sound Partners.

The show received its first performance at the Palace Theatre in London's West End on 30 September 2006.  Spamalot continues to play at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway having won more Best Musical awards than any other show in 2005.  A new production opened at the Las Vegas Wynn earlier this year and 23 November will see the premiere of the Australian production in Melbourne.

Spamalot plays the Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London W1.  Visit www.montypythonsspamalot.com for more information.