Fawlty Towers Stage Play Cast Members Announced Ahead Of World Premiere

Ahead of the world premiere tour for Fawlty Towers — Live On Stage, the stage adaption of the classic '70s sitcom, it has today been announced that Australian actor Stephen Hall will play the iconic role of John Cleese's Basil Fawlty, while Blazey Best will play the manic hotel manager's wife, Sybil Fawlty. 

No stranger to playing Cleese characters, Hall will take on the role having played all of the veteran UK comic's parts in the 2007 Australian premiere season of Monty Python's Spamalot.

Hall has performed one-man shows at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2013, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2014 and for the past four years he has also been a cast member of Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell. 

Meanwhile, Best will join the cast having performed in a number of major theatre productions, most recently in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Arcadia.

Best has also starred in a number of notable Australian TV shows including Home & Away, All Saints and Water Rats.

The world premiere will be held at Sydney's Rosyln Packer Theatre for a strictly limited four-week program from 19 August, before it moves on for seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. 

Tickets for the Sydney sessions are on sale now from here, while tickets for all other states will be available from 5 May. 

In a recent interview with theMusic, Cleese confirmed that fan-favourite episodes Communication Problems, The Germans and The Hotel Inspectors will be brought to life on stage. 

For more details on Fawlty Towers — Live On Stage, head to the official website.