John Cleese brings Alimony Tour to Cape Town and Joburg

Best known for his idiosyncratic turns in Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, John Cleese will bring his unique comedic perspective to audiences across South Africa.

Cleese's career started as a sketch writer for BBC Radio's Dick Emery Show and then The Frost Report. After this, stardom beckoned and Monty Python was created, Cleese co-writing and starring in four series and three films.

He went on to achieve further success as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with his then-wife Connie Booth. After huge UK success Cleese went on to crack the USA with A Fish Called Wanda (which he wrote and starred in with Jamie Lee Curtis). In the late 1990s he appeared in the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough and later Die Another Day.

His latest film role was none other than the 'The Guv' in the popular South African film Spud. From writing to starring in plays, musicals, theatrical and comedy productions, to films and sitcoms, Cleese has done it all, and now it's time for him to tell you about his jam-packed life.

Cleese said: "It is an evening of well-honed anecdotes, psychoanalytical titbits, details of recent surgical procedures, and unprovoked attacks on former colleagues, especially Michael Palin."

Bookings now open at Computicket by calling +27 (0)83 915 8000, or go to www.computicket.com or your nearest Computicket outlet.

Cape Town

Friday, 21 to Saturday 22 October. CTICC
Tickets from R350 to R500.

Johannesburg

Tuesday, 25 to Saturday, 29 October. Teatro at Montecasino
Tickets from R295 to R500