Last week, as Basil and Sybil Fawlty celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary, The Faulty Towers Dining Experience released thousands of new tickets to celebrate.
On 17 April, the day Basil and Sybil Fawlty celebrated 60 years of tying the knot, artistic director Alison Pollard-Mansergh, producer Jared Harford, and the whole team at Interactive Theatre International also announced an extended performance schedule for Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience at The President Hotel in Bloomsbury, London. From 1 May, audiences can now book for Wednesday lunches, as well as Thursday to Sunday evening dinner shows, and Saturday and Sunday lunches.
Earlier this year, the critically acclaimed immersive dining phenomenon celebrated its fifteenth year in the UK and more than twenty five years worldwide as three of the current casts joined together for an evening of magically mayhem.
For those yet to experience the event, here’s what to expect. When the audience become diners at the ‘Faulty Towers’ restaurant, pretty much anything can happen as 70% of the show is improvised. The fun starts as guests wait to be seated, then hurtles along in a two-hour tour de force of gags and shambolic service as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve you up a feast of food and laughter, all delivered with a nod to some of the sitcoms’ most iconic moments.
Producer Harford says, “We can’t believe Basil and Sybil are celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss, who would have imagined that? We’re thrilled to be extending our performances at The President this summer, and can’t wait to welcome more people to embrace the chaos.”
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience is a highly interactive experience, at which audiences enjoy a three-course meal and five-star comedy. Devised by Pollard-Mansergh, Andrew Foreman and others, the show has been touring the UK and internationally since 2008, having appeared in 43 countries to date, and employing 56 actors per season. The show has now toured to more than 1000 venues, with approximately 400 shows per year on average across the UK. A loving tribute to the BBC’s classic TV series, the show has been seen by over a million people worldwide since the very first show at the Ridges Hotel in Brisbane on 24 April 1997.
A loving tribute to Fawlty Towers, the Dining Experience uses scripts and a format devised by Imagination Workshop Pty Limited and is not endorsed in any way by John Cleese or Connie Booth.
Book your table now here.
