Jodie Prenger returns to Spamalot for final two weeks in W/E
Theatre news
MONTY Python’s Spamalot ends its current run at the Playhouse Theatre on April 12, 2014, after two very successful years in the West End, with actress and singer, Jodie Prenger, reprising her role of The Lady of The Lake for the final two weeks.
Prenger previously played the role in 2010 during the Spamalot UK tour.
Although best known for winning the BBC1 TV series I’d Do Anything in 2008 and playing the role of Nancy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Oliver! in 2009 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Prenger has also appeared in One Man, Two Guvnors at Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Speaking about her role in Spamalot she said: “It was a joy to play The Lady of the Lake on tour. Having loved performing on the West End stage in Oliver! and One Man, Two Guvnors, I’m very much looking forward to treading the boards again, but this time in the glittery blue dress alongside the brilliant Spamalot cast at the Playhouse Theatre.”
Prenger follows in the footsteps of Bonnie Langford and Carley Stenson, who have both played The Lady of The Lake at the Playhouse Theatre.
During the show’s run, a whole host of stars have kept audiences laughing with their portrayal of King Arthur including Stephen Tompkinson, Jon Culshaw, Marcus Brigstocke, Dick from CBBC’s Dick and Dom, Les Dennis and Joe Pasquale.
Warwick Davis, Todd Carty and Dom from CBBC’s Dick and Dom have also appeared in the show as Patsy (deftly wielding their coconut shells across the stage).
They have been joined by a range of celebrity Gods who have performed in 2D on screen as part of the Spamalot Charity Gods season, which raised money for a wide range of charities over the past year.
Celebrity faces who appeared as God include Michael Palin, Michael Ball, Hugh Bonneville, Barbara Windsor, Professor Brian Cox, Gary Lineker, Brian May, Larry Lamb, Bradley Walsh, Simon Callow and Christopher Biggins.
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot started its current West End run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in summer 2012 before moving to the Playhouse Theatre in November of the same year.
Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed adaptation of 1984, George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, follows Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre.