Just announced: Monty Python’s Eric Idle is coming to Vancouver

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Monty Python member and comedy legend Eric Idle brings his brand new one-man show Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! to the Vogue Theater on September 14.
The Vancouver stop is the only Canadian date on Idle’s tour. Tickets are on sale now.

Monty Python CEO Eric Idle comes with his brand new one-man show Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! to the Vogue Theater on September 14. Photo by Robyn Von Swank /Robyn von Swank

The show, written and executive produced entirely by Idle, will feature never-before-seen skits, original songs, jokes, “the humorous wisdom that comes with being a living legend, and exactly one fart joke,” according to a statement.
Fans of Monty Python will know that the name of Idle’s new show is the title of the song he performs in the iconic Crucifixion scene at the end of the controversial (at the time) and beloved 1979 film Monty Python’s Life of Brian. film stars Pythoner Graham Chapman as Brian of Nazareth, a simple guy who is mistaken for the Messiah.

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Best known as a founding member of the iconic British comedy troupe Monty Python, Idle has had a robust career since those early Python years. He has appeared in numerous films, television, radio and theater productions. He wrote the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway hit musical Spamalot and created the original parody rock band The Rutles. Idle is also the author of several books, including his most recent bestseller Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography.
Idle’s latest book, The Spamalot Diaries, tells the story of bringing Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway in the musical Spamalot, and will be released on October 8.

Eric Idle: Always look on the bright side of life, live!
When: September 14, 7:30 PM
Where: Vogue Theater
Maps and information: https://admitone.com/events/eric-idle-vancouver-9576760

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