Review: Fawlty Towers: The Play - 'understated brilliance in its simplicity'

Review: Fawlty Towers: The Play - 'understated brilliance in its simplicity'

AT a time when 1970s comedy seems under permanent assault from youth culture, forever keen to explain why we all got it so horribly wrong, it was a…

Fawlty Towers: Chaos And Comedy Perfectly Preserved On Stage

Seeing Fawlty Towers brought to life on stage at the Leeds Grand Theatre was an absolute joy.

Fawlty Towers: The Play Review

Leeds Grand Theatre – until Saturday 10 January 2026 Reviewed by Adam Craddock 5***** Tonight I had the pleasure to be invited along to my first review of the year, Fawlty Towers: The Play at Leeds Grand Theatre. John Cleese is one of my absolute favourite performers of all time and, whilst I am more expert on Month Python, I have a great fondness for Fawlty Towers. After reading the program and the director’s notes I was pleasantly surprised b…