Michael Palin Adds Second Sydney Show to Australian Tour, Feb 26

A second Sydney show for the tour of Michael Palin - Live on Stage has been announced for Thursday 26 February at the State Theatre due to popular demand. Tickets will go on sale on Monday 22 December.

Michael Palin, iconic comedian, actor, writer and television presenter will appear live on stage in Australia and New Zealand in February/March 2015.

In the past year Michael Palin has rediscovered the joys of live performance, finding himself relearning lines about dead parrots and Spanish Inquisitions that he'd written long ago for ten Monty Python live shows at the 02 Arena in London in July.

Michael Palin - Live on Stage combines Michael Palin's love for travel & comedy. A whistle-stop tour of the globe, reliving the highlights, the lowlights, the adventures and stuff-ups of his extraordinary life travelling the world to mark the publication of Michael's 3rd volume of Diaries 1988-98 Travelling to Work and some of the amazing moments of his comedy career as a member of Monty Python whose sketches The Argument Clinic, Dead Parrot, The Lumberjack Song and The Spanish Inquisition have taken on legendary status the world over.

Join Michael Palin and host Adam Spencer, live on stage, in Auckland, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in February/March 2015.

About Michael Palin - Michael's reputation was established with Monty Python's Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, A Private Function, an award-winning performance in A Fish Called Wanda, American Friends and Fierce Creatures.

His television credits include two films for the series Great Railway Journeys, and the plays East of Ipswich, Number 27 and Alan Bleasdale's GBH. He has written bestselling books to accompany his eight very successful travel series, Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Hemingway Adventure, Sahara, Himalaya, New Europe and Brazil. He is the author of a number of children's stories, the play The Weekend and two novels, Hemingway's Chair and The Truth. He has also published two volumes of his acclaimed diaries, 1969-1979: The Python Years (2006) and Halfway to Hollywood, Diaries 1980-1988 (2009).

Michael was made a CBE in 2000 and in 2013 he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship. Between 2009 and 2012 Michael was President of the Royal Geographical Society. He has just finished filming a starring role in a three-part drama for the BBC called Remember Me.

In July, Michael and his fellow Python's performed Monty Python Live, a ten-night sell-out show at the 02 Arena in London.

2015 TOUR DETAILS:

AUCKLAND

Date: 8pm Tuesday 17 February

Venue: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

Price: $95-$195

Booking details: ticketmaster.co.nz or 0800 111 999

ADELAIDE

Date: 8pm Thursday 19 February

Venue: Festival Theatre

Price: $79-$195

Booking details: bass.net.au or 131 246

PERTH

Date: 8pm Saturday 21 February

Venue: Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

Price: $95-$195

Booking details: ticketek.com.au or 132 849

SYDNEY

Date: 8pm Wednesday 25 February & Thursday 26 February

Venue: State Theatre

Price: $95-$195

Booking details: ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 139 588

BRISBANE

Date: 7.30pm Tuesday 3 March

Venue: Concert Hall, QPAC

Price: $95-$195

Booking details: qpac.com.au or phone 136 246

MELBOURNE

Date: 8pm Wednesday 4 March

Venue: Plenary, MCEC

Price: $95-$195

Booking details: ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

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