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John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers - The Play Tickets

Check-in to the world famous Fawlty Towers, a hotel experience like no other!

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4 May 2024 - 1 March 2025 and 24 June - 13 September 2025

Run time 1hr 50mins (including an interval).

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John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play London Tickets

Featuring your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes, everyone’s favourite hot-headed hotelier is back at the Apollo Theatre! Check-in to Fawlty Towers West End today!

What is Fawlty Towers about?

The classic comedy follows Basil Fawlty, a huffy hotelier whose increasingly ludicrous efforts to "raise the tone" of his dilapidated seaside hotel are met with complaints, complications, and chaos. Determined to cater for the guests he thinks he deserves; he routinely berates those who are actually staying in his establishment. Engaging in furious tirades with guests, staff, and his wife Sybil, Basil is anything but the gracious host.

The classic sitcom has earned a legion of fans worldwide and made Torquay the number one holiday hotspot in the 70s. The quick-witted, sarcastic, and seriously silly characters in the show are often quoted today, and all star in John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play. Put upon Spanish waiter, Manuel, the good-natured general assistant, Polly, and of course, Basil, will be making mayhem in the capital this Spring, bringing joy and tears of laughter to a whole new audience. Don’t miss your chance to see this classic show live with Fawlty Towers West End!

Facts and critical acclaim

  • The seventies sitcom is ranked number one on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute and was crowned Greatest Ever British TV Sitcom by the Radio Times
  • The character of Basil Fawlty came runner up in Channel 4’s list of 100 Greatest TV Characters.
  • The comedy classic only ran for two series and picked up the BAFTA award for Best Situation Comedy for each! The shows stars, John Cleese and Andrew Sachs also picked up a BAFTA for their iconic performances in the show.
  • Comedy giant, John Cleese is one of the founders of Monty Python, and is a four-time Grammy nominee, and winner of BAFTA and Primetime Emmy awards!

Fawlty Towers West End Creatives

  • Book – John Cleese and Connie Booth
  • Adapted for the stage by – John Cleese
  • Director – Caroline Jay Ranger
  • Assistant Director – Denise Ranger
  • Set and Costume Designer – Liz Ascroft
  • Lighting Designer – Ian Scott

Fawlty Towers West End Cast

  • Basil – Adam Jackson-Smith
  • Sybil – Anna-Jane Casey
  • Manuel – Hemi Yeroham
  • Polly – Victoria Fox
  • The Major – Paul Nicholas
  • Mrs Richards – Rachel Izen
  • Mr Hutchinson – Steven Meo
  • Miss Tibbs – Kate Russell-Smith
  • Miss Gatsby – Nicola Sanderson
  • Mr Thurston – Greg Haiste
  • Mr Walt/Dr Finn – Danny Bayne
  • Taxi Driver/Mr Firkins/Mr Kerr/Mr Sharp – Neil Stuart
  • Hotel Guests – Dale Superville, Emma Fenney, Mia Austen, John Hasler, Ben Jacobson and Suzy Bloom

Upcoming Performance Times

Tuesday24 June 2025
Wednesday25 June 2025
Wednesday25 June 2025
Thursday26 June 2025
Thursday26 June 2025
Friday27 June 2025
Saturday28 June 2025
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Recent Reviews

4.7
867 reviews
Janette Burt

As a Fawlty Towers fan, this was a great production you have to admire the guy who played Basil, the amount of words he had to learn is phenomenal and to include all the actions as well were stunning. ?? loved this very much well worth seeing ????

Mr Read

Brilliant show, fantastic performance. A mix of all the series

T Nicholls

Seats were poor and show not as good as I expected

Louise McLoughlin

LOVED this show -- will go again and bring my parents

Stephen McCulloch

The show was a combination of several classic Fawlty towers episodes. It was very well done and the cast performances were excellent! Well worth a watch.

Gillian Moxen

Excellent play and cast were brilliant

Andrew Poole

Fawlty Towers - The Play was absolutely excellent. For any Fawlty Towers fan a total MUST, very funny. Different episodes were combined seamlessly into a brilliant evening of entertainment. Well done to the cast for taking a classic and honouring it perfectly. As for LondonTheatreDirect.com, I was a little nervous ordering from them... BUT....The whole transaction was really good. Their price for the tickets was BRILLIANT, amazing seats and BRILLIANT service. Very pleased with everything...well done all. I will be using LondonTheatreDirect.com again. Many thanks, Andrew

Maxine

Bought for in-laws, they loved every minute of it.

Bob

Really enjoyed the show. Only comment I would pass is the first half of the show was a little slow at times. Second half. Made up for it and hilarious

Christine Dunford-Jones

Absolutely superb evening, wonderful venue and amazing performance

Anna burel

Good show, not much new from the TV series, so quite predictable...

RN

The play faithfully recreates the set and hilarity of Fawlty Towers with all the characters acted to perfection pulling off an amazingly funny show. One of the best shows I’ve seen in years of going to the West End and highly recommended.

Latest John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers - The Play News

Review Roundup: What are the critics saying about John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers the Play?

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Review Roundup: What are the critics saying about John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers the Play?

Almost five decades since the comedy classic hit our TV screens, the first official stage adaptation of the show has come crashing into the West End. The play, which is written by its original star and comedy giant (literally), John Cleese, stars Basil, Sybil, Manuel, and Polly, and features some of the sitcoms most iconic scenes from fan-favourite episodes ‘The Germans,’ ‘The Hotel Inspector’ and ‘Communication Problems’ . The play checked-in some VIPs at yesterday’s press night, but will they be returning to the seaside hotel, or will they just leave memories, and a scathing Trip Advisor review?  

16 May, 2024 | By Sian McBride

Check-in to Fawlty Towers this Spring!

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Check-in to Fawlty Towers this Spring!

It has today been confirmed that the much-loved seventies sitcom, Fawlty Towers, will be causing chaos in the West End! Almost half a century since it first hit our TV screens, the sitcom has been adapted for the stage by comedy legend John Cleese. The brand-new show will be directed by Caroline Jay Ranger (Only Fools and Horses the Musical) and will star Adam Jackson-Smith (The Girl on the Train) as Basil Fawlty. John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers - the Play will be taking reservations from 7th February 2024, with check-in available from 4th May 2024. And while you're planning your comedy night, don't forget to explore other comedy shows for even more laughs!

2 Feb, 2024 | By Sian McBride

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