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Monty Python Live review
John Cleese was hoarse, Terry Jones relied on cue-cards and at times they looked lost amid the spectacular. Yet you don't need to be a die-hard fan to take the view that none of that really mattered.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 2nd July 2014Fans' verdict on Monty Python show
The surviving members of Monty Python have performed the first show in their reunion run at London's O2 arena. Attending the live gig was the Holy Grail for many fans, and Tim Muffett went along to gauge the audience's enjoyment.
Tim Muffett, BBC News, 2nd July 2014Monty Python Live review
No matter how jaded or cynical, the opening to I'm A Lumberjack, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink and even the Liberty Bell theme tune itself can't help but send a shiver down the spine of anyone who knows about these things.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
I was a fan of Monty Python from the start, and it pains me to criticise them. But this is desperately lazy production.
John Walsh, The Independent, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
What would the old Pythons have made of these sad old chaps? They might have taken the rise out of them. Maybe we should we more merciful and just thank them for the old memories.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
Its not something completely different, but that's exactly why fans will love it.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live: Bloody good, says Twitter
The Twitter reaction is in: Monty Python Live is, you know, a goer. Nudge, nudge.
Josh Dickey, Mashable, 1st July 2014Monty Python forgot their lines, but who cares?
They're all in their 70s, and the first night of their Septuagenarian Reunion Tour, at London's O2 arena, was their first live show since 1980, so they can be forgiven.
Nico Hines, The Daily Beast, 1st July 2014Monty Python, O2 Arena, review
It could have been an embarrassment all round; a bunch of blokes in their seventies revisiting material that was anarchic and transformative 40 years ago but which they are now performing for 10 lucrative nights in the home of commercial comedy. Fear not, though, Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five to Go - surely the final farewell tour - proves that quality endures. And in the hands of the show's deviser and director, Eric Idle, it can be made into something new and fresh as well.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 1st July 2014The other side of Monty Python
Taylor Parkes will not be traipsing down to Greenwich to watch the Monty Python reunion shows. Here he explains what has changed in the "disquieting, disordered, disruptive" British institution.
Taylor Parkes, The Quietus, 1st July 2014