Monty Python's reunion will take place in just one, one-off, show at London's O2 Arena on July 1 2014, it was announced at a press conference on Thursday.
The five surviving Pythons, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle took part in a press conference at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. Actor Warwick Davis introduced them and announced the details for the stage show before the Pythons took questions from the audience.
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They revealed that the show would include a mixture of old, known Python content as well as material that has never before been performed in public. Cleese explained that there will be new material but also performances of "the old hits in an unpredictable way". Palin and Cleese revealed that they had recently read some of the script for the show and that "it suddenly feels funny again".
Idle told Telegraph reporter Hannah Furness that they would be updating the older material for a modern audience, however. "We have Arlene Phillips and singers and dancers," he said, "we'll try and make it as exciting as funny as possible."
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