Fawlty Towers - The play at Leeds Grand Theatre: John Cleese's legendary comedy hotel is a must-visit

Much like the Only Fools and Horses musical, which visited Leeds Grand Theatre, in 2025, it is apparent the Fawlty tour has ...
Variety

‘Fawlty Towers’ Stage Play Won’t Have Racial Slurs, John Cleese Says: ‘The Literal-Minded Don’t Understand Irony’

The London West End stage adaptation of “Fawlty Towers” will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said. “Fawlty Towers – The Play” is based on the classic 1975 sitcom and is written by ...
bleedingcool

John Cleese, On Why Fawlty Towers Works Better On The Stage (Video)

I just found myself on Shaftesbury Avenue at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End to get up close and personal with John Cleese. As in, I am in the second-to-front row, the stage is before me, and ...
THE WEEK

Fawlty Towers: The Play – a 'hugely entertaining blast of unadorned nostalgia'

Does the West End really need a stage adaptation of "Fawlty Towers", the "greatest British sitcom ever made"? I entered the theatre feeling pretty sceptical, said Fiona Mountford in The i Paper. But I ...