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divdiv class=story-body readability=78 span class=story-date#13; span class=date21 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time08:12 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13; !-- This is the embedded player component --#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- wwrights check --#13; !-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13; #13; #13; #13; div class=videoInStoryB readability=4#13; div id=emp-25032520-1526 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71256000/jpg/_71256459_71256458.jpg alt=Monty Python crew/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionLIVE: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones hold a news conference at London's Playhouse Theatre/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13; #13; /div#13; !-- end of the embedded player component --#13; #13; !-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The surviving members of comedy group Monty Python have announced their reunion will be a live, one-off show in London next July./p#13; pAt a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they were still funny. /p#13; pIdle - who will direct - said the audience should expect comedy, pathos, music and a tiny piece of ancient sex./p#13; pThe stage show will be their first new project for three decades./p#13; pIt is more than 30 years since the Pythons performed last performed together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in September 1980, and 40 years since they last performed on stage in the UK. /p#13; pIn a press release issued ahead of the conference, the comedy troupe promised to perform some of Monty Python's greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists./p#13; pstrongTicket prices/strong/p#13; pWarwick Davis, who is recently starred the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot, introduced the five legends at the London's Playhouse theatre, claiming the venue for the reunion had been decided after a series of bids./p#13; pOpening a series of gold envelopes, he claimed the winner was first, Qatar, then Meryl Streep./p#13; pFinally, he announced the show would take place in London at the O2 Arena on the 1 July, with tickets going on sale on 25 November. /p#13; pThe top price for tickets will be £95 and the lowest will be £26.50 -only £300 cheaper than the Stones, quipped Idle./p#13; pCleese said they would almost certainly include popular sketches such as The Crunchy Frog and The Dead Parrot, but reiterated that there would also be some new material./p#13; pPeople do really want to see the old hits but we don't want to do them in a predictable way, he said./p#13; pThe main danger we have is that the audience know the scripts better than we do./p#13; pIdle said they would also include some material that had never previously been performed live./p#13; pHe said it would be a big show likening it to a huge musical, with input from choreographer Arlene Phillips. /p#13; pHe added that the event would be released on DVD: We'll be filming it and we'll try to flog it later./p#13; #13; pIt's more than just a performance - people enjoy the experience of performing with us, said Cleese./p#13; pThe 74-year-old said at first the gig would be a one and only but refused to rule out further performances./p#13; pThe problem is getting us all together in one room, he added, citing Gilliam's multiple film commitments./p#13; pWhen they did eventually get together, Palin said the five of them just still enjoy getting together to be very silly, adding that it was easier to do now they are in their 70s./p#13; pSilliness is always funny, added Jones. /p#13; pAfter you turn 70, you can be absolutely shameless, echoed Gilliam./p#13; pstrongLeak/strong/p#13; pNews of the reunion leaked in the press earlier this week, with Jones telling the BBC he was quite excited. /p#13; pI hope it makes us a lot of money, he said on Tuesday. I hope to be able to pay off my mortgage! /p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13; !-- This is the embedded player component --#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- wwrights check --#13; !-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13; #13; #13; #13; div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-25007821-1527 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71197000/jpg/_71197915_71197914.jpg alt=Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Michael Palin from Monty Python /pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionIt's been more than 30 years since the last proper Python project as David Sillito reports/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13; #13; /div#13; !-- end of the embedded player component --#13; #13; !-- Player embedded -- pThe last time the five remaining members of the comedy group appeared together in public was in 2009 at their 40th anniversary celebrations in New York./p#13; pThe sixth member of the comedy troupe, Graham Chapman, died in 1989./p#13; pThe press conference took place at the home of the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot - London's Playhouse Theatre./p#13; pEarlier this year, a film producer won a High Court case against the surviving members of Monty Python over royalty rights to the hit stage show./p#13; pMark Forstater, who produced the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, claimed he was underpaid royalties since the musical's launch in 2005. He estimated he was entitled to more than £200,000. /p#13; pThe six members of the Python team got to know each other firstly through university, and later through their work on television comedy programmes, including The Frost Report./p#13; pMonty Python's Flying Circus was made for TV between 1969 and 1974 and featured sketches and songs that fans can recite by heart. /p#13; pThe team went on to make films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979). /p#13; pThe well-known Life of Brian song, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, was performed by Eric Idle at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony. /p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center