For the first time in 17 years, legendary Monty Python member/writer/producer/lecturer (and silly walk advocate) John Cleese returns to Montreal to prove to his legion of local fans that he is still alive and well, which explains why he has called his new tour “Not Dead Yet!”, and makes a one night only stop at the L’Olympia on October 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Golden anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
But Cleese has another reason for this tour, which explains the subtitle “John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50”. He will helm an evening of legendary laughs and unforgettable hilarity, as the cult classic comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” marks its golden anniversary this year.
Special screening and Q&A
The event begins with a special screening of the movie, followed by a one-on-one conversation and audience Q&A session with the man behind Sir Lancelot, Tim the Enchanter and the Taunting Frenchman. Eager fans will be discovering plenty of anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories the only way John Cleese can deliver them, whether it be the Knights who say “Ni!”, why coconuts were used to simulate riding a horse, the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, or the killer rabbit.
Get Tickets to John Cleese at L’Olympia
Tickets for John Cleese’s “Not Dead Yet!” Tour goes on sale starting April 10 at 10 a.m., via ticketmaster.ca. There will also be a limited block of VIP tickets available for purchase, which includes prime seating and a post-show photo op with Cleese himself. By the way, the ticket price does not include two empty halves of coconuts to bang together; you will just have to provide them on your own.
Stuart Nulman was born and raised in Montreal. He began his journalism career in 1980 as an entertainment reporter/reviewer for the Vanier College student newspaper. Two years later, he worked as a summer student intern at CBC Montreal, where he worked in the English TV news division, CBC Radio and CBC Communications. During the late 80s, he worked as an assistant copy editor and columnist for The Suburban Newspaper for three years, and then joined the staff of the Hampstead/Weekly Herald before it closed in 1991. Stuart also worked as a comedy researcher/writer for the Just For Laughs festival, where he was responsible for creating and editing the festival's entire advertising and program book copy for the 1994 edition, as well as providing background research about comedians who performed there. After a seven-year stint as a technical editor for the flight simulator company CAE Inc., Stuart returned to the world of journalism, writing book reviews, covering the Montreal summer festival scene, conducting celebrity interviews and writing travel pieces for a number of platforms, such as the Montreal Times, BestStory.ca (a long form journalism website), and his blog Stuart Nulman's Grapevine. As well, since 2009, he does a book review segment called "Book Banter", which is heard twice a month on The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder podcast, which evolved from the segment of the same name he did for 19 years on CJAD's "Holder Tonight/Overnight" program. He also authored the book "Beyond the Mountain: True Tales About Montreal", which was published in 2002 and was a local bestseller, which peaked at #2 on the Gazette's nonfiction best seller list. Stuart is currently semi-retired after working for 20 years at the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), and still writes articles, reads and reviews books, and travels more frequently.
