As the placard reads Spamalot is “the new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” I’ve never seen the movie so from that perspective I didn’t have too many expectations going in however I’m familiar with Monty Python humour so I was expecting some funny moments.

The translation of a movie into the musical can be fraught with dangers and I think for the most part Spamalot has managed to avoid most of them. It wasn’t outrageously funny in the way a comedy such as Avenue Q is but it definitely had its moments with the humour coming across that typically dry English way with the funniest moments involving the French taunting and abuse of King Arthur and his Knights as they attempt to storm the French castle, the killer bunny and as Silvie put it the overall musical p!sstaking.

From a musical perspective the songs were well written and the pieces very well choreographed. The sets were pretty good – above average in themselves but also smart in the number and method of scene changes they were able to incorporate into the show.

Where it did fail was in the male cast, in particular King Arthur, who were surprisingly not as impressive as singers or performers as I was expecting. On the other hand I was very impressed with The Lady of the Lake, played by Hannah Waddingham. Waddingham delivered an amazing vocal performance and was highly energetic and engaging as an actress.

If you are suffering from a lack of silliness in your life then Spamalot is definitely the cure for you.