Enjoy an evening in the company of Michael Palin, one of Britain’s best-loved comedians, as he shares his extraordinary experiences over the last 30 years in his one-man stage show, The Thirty Years Tour, at Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre on Saturday 3rd October at 7.30pm.
During the course of his two-hour show, Michael looks back at his eventful diaries and recalls key moments such as when his first child, and a new series called Monty Python’s Flying Circus, took their first faltering steps in the 60s; to the end of the 1990s when Python had become the most influential comedy team in the world and Michael a hugely successful television traveller.
The diverse directions of his career will be illustrated by a rich and often rarely seen archive of film, video, photos and recordings. As forthright about failure as he is baffled by success, Michael shares the often hilarious, always honest and occasionally downright embarrassing experiences of a life that can’t resist a challenge.
Michael hopes that The Thirty Years Tour will focus attention on the importance of keeping diaries, and encourage people to do as he did, and start to keep an account of their daily life.
“The attraction of a diary is that it remains in its own time. It reflects only what happened on that particular day. It doesn’t flatter and it isn’t distorted by what happened later. In that way it’s the most truthful record of real life. And it’s your own life and nobody else’s…” says Michael, who was made a CBE in 2000 and awarded the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013. The Thirty Years Tour follows hot on the heels of his successful Travelling To Work tour in 2014.
Michael Palin – The Thirty Years Tour comes to the Congress Theatre on Saturday 3rd October at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £31.50 and can be booked by calling the Box Office on 01323 412000 or online at www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk.
