John Cleese brings Fawlty Towers stage show to the West End

Theatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans

Torquay’s hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty is to make his West End debut, almost 50 years after his first appearance on television.

John Cleese has adapted and combined three Fawlty Towers episodes for a new two-hour play which will open at the Apollo theatre in London in May. It brings together the plots of The Hotel Inspector, The Germans and Communication Problems from the 1970s sitcom.