The 1970s television cult classicFawlty Towerswill hit the stage atSydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre in Walsh Bay from August 2016.
The man behind the original small screen version, John Cleese, will be overseeing the casting and adaptation of Fawlty Towers – Live On Stage, ensuring that fans are getting the real Basil Fawlty deal.
Announcing the search for Basil, Cleese said, “There have been many requests in the past 40 years to adapt Fawlty Towers for the stage. I now sense the time is right and I’d like my Aussie actor friends to be my collaborators on the world premiere of this epoch-shattering event, a watershed in the history of Australian theatrical culture. Or not.”
Auditions are scheduled for February 2016, with casting and ticketing details to follow. Sign up to the Fawlty Towers Live waitlist for more information as it comes.
