This internationally successful
homage to the BBC’s most popular sitcom returns to Mount Lavinia Hotel with
Dialog Enterprise being the platinum sponsor, following a sold-out debut season last year.
It arrives slap bang in the middle of a 20-country tour which this year also
debuts in Malaysia and Iceland. Add to that performances at the UK’s Royal
Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, all the major arts festivals, and an ongoing
residency in London's West End, and you’ll see why this return to Sri Lanka is
most welcome indeed.
With
Basil, Sybil and Manuel on hand and only a third of the show scripted, anything
can happen as audiences take a seat in the 'Fawlty Towers' restaurant… On the
menu: all the best gags, shambolic service, and a ‘70s style 3-course meal in
‘a hilarious battle of wits, patience, fire extinguishers and fine food’ (Australian
Traveller, Sydney Opera House 2013). This is fully immersive, site-specific
comedy theatre at its best – just don’t mention the war! Internationally
acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
- ‘uproariously funny’ (Rip It Up, Adelaide Fringe 2014)
- ‘food snortingly funny’ (Australian Stage, FringeWorld Perth 2014)
- ‘food snortingly funny’ (Australian Stage, FringeWorld Perth 2014)
- ‘the most exciting,
pacy and disciplined piece of improv theatre to be seen… outstanding!’
(FringeReview,
Edinburgh Fringe 2013)
Born in Brisbane in 1997, Faulty Towers
The Dining Experience is now performed around the world pretty much non-stop.
At the same time, it maintains a residency in the heart of London’s West End
theatre land. The cast for Sri Lanka features: Karen Hamilton as Sybil, Jordan
Edmeades as Basil, and Geoffrey Reczek as Manuel. Cast bios are on the Actors
page at www.interactivetheatre.com.au
- ‘had us in stitches!’ (BBC Radio
Five Live, UK tour 2013)
- ‘rip-roaringly hilarious’ (This Is London)
- ‘rip-roaringly hilarious’ (This Is London)
- ‘deliciously entertaining… not to be
missed’ (What’s on London)
- ‘a two-hour eat, drink and laugh
sensation’ (Daily Telegraph, UK)
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EXPERIENCE THE EXPERIENCE!
Venue:
Mount Lavinia Hotel, 100 Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia,
Sri Lanka
Dates: 4-8 June
2014
Performances:
- Two matinée
performances, Sat-Sun: lunch from 12 noon; show starts at 12:30pm.
- Five dinner performances, Wed-Sun: dinner
from 7pm; show starts at 7:30pm.
Tickets – Rs. 5900/= all tickets include a 3-course meal and 2-hour interactive show.
Tickets – Rs. 5900/= all tickets include a 3-course meal and 2-hour interactive show.
Bookings via Mount Lavinia Hotel only:
for reservations
please call +94 112 711430 / 446
Note to editors:
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is
an affectionate homage to Fawlty Towers the TV series written by John Cleese
and Connie Booth. Their original TV scripts are not used in Faulty Towers The
Dining Experience. Artistic director and show originator Alison
Pollard-Mansergh adds:
‘Faulty is spelled that way because when I started the show in 1997, John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs were still young enough to perform the roles. I didn’t want people to think they were getting the original, so I spelled it differently. Happily, both they and the BBC are aware of what we are doing, and we work with the BBC a lot.’
‘Faulty is spelled that way because when I started the show in 1997, John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs were still young enough to perform the roles. I didn’t want people to think they were getting the original, so I spelled it differently. Happily, both they and the BBC are aware of what we are doing, and we work with the BBC a lot.’
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MEDIA
CONTACTS
Ms Ishani Dias -
PR – ishani.d@mountlaviniahotel.com (+94) 0777 563437 / Ms
Dulani Rupasinghe – Manager Social Media – dulani.r@mountlaviniahotel.com | (+94) 0773606107
or
Geraldine Hill – Global PR & Brand
Director, Interactive Theatre International
geri@faultytowers.net | +44 7932
783768
FAULTY
TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE
Touring 20 countries in 2014,
including debuts in Iceland, Malaysia and the UK’s Royal Albert Hall, plus
return runs at Sydney Opera House and an ongoing London West End residency.
Media resources page - press kits to download: http://faultytowers.net/media-resources/
Info
and FAQ: www.interactivetheatre.com.au |
www.mountlaviniahotel.com
Blog: www.faultytowers.net
Twitter:
@thefaultytowers
| @mtlavinia
Interactive Theatre International and
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience are registered trademarks of Imagination
Workshop Pty. Ltd.
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