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Spend an evening in the company of the legendary comic John Cleese… in conjunction with Clive Conway Productions.
A man who continues to make us laugh, rock the boat, inspire, and shake things up.
John was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, into a family of modest means, who considered it important that John had a good education. Here he was often tormented for his height, having reached a height of six feet by the age of twelve, and eventually discovered that being humorous could deflect aggressive behaviour. He grew to love humour and has made an incredible career from his writing and comedy.
Some of John’s life highlights are…… attending Cambridge University to read (study) Law; being a member of the university’s legendary Footlights group, where he wrote and performed in comedy reviews such as Cambridge Circus, which toured internationally and went on to spawn so many other comedy classics, such as I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again, Monty Pythons’s Flying Circus and the Monty Python films ….with Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
And let’s not forget one of the funniest series ever, that John and then-wife Connie Booth collaborated in, the legendary television series Fawlty Towers (1975).
More recently John has appeared in the Harry Potter series and the James Bond series as Q, in which he began as R before graduating to Q.
John’s two daughters are what he considers to be real highlights of his life alongside promoting educa
John Cleese
'And now for something completely different!' Weston-super-Mare's most famous son is probably best known for his incarnation as the Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty, but his career goes right back to post-satire boom Britain of the mid-'60s and BBC Light Programme's 'I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again', which Cleese co-wrote and starred in alongside Tom Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, David Hatch and Jo Kendall. Subtitled 'a new kind of laughing' this pioneering show was a post-Goon precursor of alternative comedy. By way of ITV's 'At Last! The 1948 Show', he co-founded the groundbreaking 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' with Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman and Carol Cleveland. Cleese has appeared in many legendary TV sketches including the Ministry of Silly Walks and the class system skit with Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett ('I know my place'). Alongside Fawlty and several full length feature films, Cleese has also found time to work on management training videos and a number of books. Catch him if you can, but whatever you do, don't mention the dead parrot!
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on Fri 22 August 2025