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24 June - 13 September 2025

Run time: 1hr 50mins

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4.7

867 reviews

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John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play London Tickets

Fawlty Towers the Play features all your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes. Now, following a critically acclaimed run earlier this year, everyone's favourite hot-headed hotelier is back. Check-in to Fawlty Towers at the Apollo Theatre today!

What is Fawlty Towers the Play about?

The classic comedy follows Basil Fawlty, a huffy hotelier whose increasingly ludicrous efforts to "raise the tone" of his dilapidated seaside hotel are met with complaints, complications, and chaos. Determined to cater for the guests he thinks he deserves; he routinely berates those who are actually staying in his establishment. Engaging in furious tirades with guests, staff, and his wife Sybil, Basil is anything but the gracious host.

The classic sitcom has earned a legion of fans worldwide and made Torquay the number one holiday hotspot in the 70s. The quick-witted, sarcastic, and seriously silly characters in the show are often quoted today, and all star in John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play_._ Put upon Spanish waiter, Manuel, the good-natured general assistant, Polly, and of course, Basil, will be making mayhem in the capital this Summer, bringing joy and tears of laughter to a whole new audience. Don’t miss your chance to see this classic show live with Fawlty Towers West End!

Facts and critical acclaim

  • The seventies sitcom is ranked number one on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute and was crowned Greatest Ever British TV Sitcom by the Radio Times
  • The character of Basil Fawlty came runner up in Channel 4’s list of 100 Greatest TV Characters.
  • The comedy classic only ran for two series and picked up the BAFTA award for Best Situation Comedy for each! The shows stars, John Cleese and Andrew Sachs also picked up a BAFTA for their iconic performances in the show.
  • Comedy giant, John Cleese is one of the founders of Monty Python, and is a four-time Grammy nominee, and winner of BAFTA and Primetime Emmy awards!
  • The critics loved the show, check out their Fawlty Towers play review

Fawlty Towers play cast

  • Basil – Danny Bayne
  • Sybil – Mia Austen
  • Manuel – Hemi Yeroham
  • Polly – Joanne Clifton
  • The Major – Paul Nicholas
  • Mrs Richards – Helen Lederer
  • Mr Hutchinson/Wilhem – Greg Haiste
  • Miss Tibbs – Emily Winter
  • Miss Gatsby – Dawn Buckland
  • Mr Thurston/Gunter – John Hasler
  • Mr Walt – Adam Elliott
  • Taxi Driver/Mr Firkins/Mr Kerr/Mr Sharp – Neil Stuart
  • Hotel Guests – Josie Brightwell, Ashleigh Harvey, Ben Jacobson, Matthew Gordon and Raymond Rose

Fawlty Towers play creatives

  • Book – John Cleese and Connie Booth
  • Adapted for the stage by – John Cleese
  • Director – Caroline Jay Ranger
  • Assistant Director – Denise Ranger
  • Set and Costume Designer – Liz Ascroft
  • Lighting Designer – Ian Scott

Upcoming Performance Times

Tuesday29 July 2025
Wednesday30 July 2025
Wednesday30 July 2025
Thursday31 July 2025
Thursday31 July 2025
Friday1 August 2025
Saturday2 August 2025
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Recent Reviews

4.7
867 reviews
Janette Burt

As a Fawlty Towers fan, this was a great production you have to admire the guy who played Basil, the amount of words he had to learn is phenomenal and to include all the actions as well were stunning. ?? loved this very much well worth seeing ????

Mr Read

Brilliant show, fantastic performance. A mix of all the series

T Nicholls

Seats were poor and show not as good as I expected

Louise McLoughlin

LOVED this show -- will go again and bring my parents

Stephen McCulloch

The show was a combination of several classic Fawlty towers episodes. It was very well done and the cast performances were excellent! Well worth a watch.

Gillian Moxen

Excellent play and cast were brilliant

Andrew Poole

Fawlty Towers - The Play was absolutely excellent. For any Fawlty Towers fan a total MUST, very funny. Different episodes were combined seamlessly into a brilliant evening of entertainment. Well done to the cast for taking a classic and honouring it perfectly. As for LondonTheatreDirect.com, I was a little nervous ordering from them... BUT....The whole transaction was really good. Their price for the tickets was BRILLIANT, amazing seats and BRILLIANT service. Very pleased with everything...well done all. I will be using LondonTheatreDirect.com again. Many thanks, Andrew

Maxine

Bought for in-laws, they loved every minute of it.

Bob

Really enjoyed the show. Only comment I would pass is the first half of the show was a little slow at times. Second half. Made up for it and hilarious

Christine Dunford-Jones

Absolutely superb evening, wonderful venue and amazing performance

Anna burel

Good show, not much new from the TV series, so quite predictable...

RN

The play faithfully recreates the set and hilarity of Fawlty Towers with all the characters acted to perfection pulling off an amazingly funny show. One of the best shows I’ve seen in years of going to the West End and highly recommended.

Latest John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers - The Play News

Fawlty Towers reopens with new staff

Casting / New Shows + Transfers

Fawlty Towers reopens with new staff

The hotel inspector tried to shut them down but now, fresh from a sold-out West End season at the Apollo Theatre, the ‘Greatest British Sitcom of All Time’ (Radio Times) is back - and there are some fresh faces joining the staff rota.

This laugh-out-loud production was universally acclaimed, with the Daily Express hailing it ‘the funniest show in town,’ and the Mail on Sunday simply called it ‘fawltess’. The production, based on the hit 70s sitcom, sold out every single performance during its record-breaking West-End run. The play will reopen for business on 24 June. But who will be behind the check-in desk this time round?

Danny Bayne, who played Mr Walt/Dr Finn in the original West End run, has been promoted to owner, Basil. Paul Nicholas continues in his role as the delightfully bumbling Major. Whilst Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Joanne Clifton joins the cast to takes on the role of Polly, alongside Helen Lederer who play Mrs. Richards.  

The 18-strong cast will bring to life all your favourite moments from the show’s unforgettable twelve episodes. With sharp wit, chaos, and calamity at every turn, this is the comedy event of the year. 

Fawlty Towers the Play runs at the Apollo Theatre from 24 June until 13 September 2025.

15 Apr, 2025 | By Sian McBride

Review Roundup: What are the critics saying about John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers the Play?

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Review Roundup: What are the critics saying about John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers the Play?

Almost five decades since the comedy classic hit our TV screens, the first official stage adaptation of the show has come crashing into the West End. The play, which is written by its original star and comedy giant (literally), John Cleese, stars Basil, Sybil, Manuel, and Polly, and features some of the sitcoms most iconic scenes from fan-favourite episodes ‘The Germans,’ ‘The Hotel Inspector’ and ‘Communication Problems’ . The play checked-in some VIPs at yesterday’s press night, but will they be returning to the seaside hotel, or will they just leave memories, and a scathing Trip Advisor review?  

16 May, 2024 | By Sian McBride

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