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Monty Python Live review
John Cleese was hoarse, Terry Jones relied on cue-cards and at times they looked lost amid the spectacular. Yet you don't need to be a die-hard fan to take the view that none of that really mattered.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 2nd July 2014Fans' verdict on Monty Python show
The surviving members of Monty Python have performed the first show in their reunion run at London's O2 arena. Attending the live gig was the Holy Grail for many fans, and Tim Muffett went along to gauge the audience's enjoyment.
Tim Muffett, BBC News, 2nd July 2014First night review: Monty Python Live, O2 Arena, SE10
As it happens, the truth is simple. Do this lot still have the comic vitality they had 40 years ago? They do not.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 2nd July 2014Review: Monty Python's live reunion is side-splitting
Whether you think of this as "a pre-posthumous memorial service" - as Terry Gilliam called it - or a well-deserved boost to their pension funds, The Night Of The Living Pythons is comedy history in the making.
Neil Norman, The Daily Express, 2nd July 2014Stephen Fry: Monty Python broke all the comedy rules
Speaking at Monty Python's premiere, actor Stephen Fry said the group were his comic heroes, praising them for breaking "every rule going about comedy".
The Telegraph, 2nd July 2014Monty Python bring the house down
John Cleese just had to say "I wish to register a complaint'" in the Parrot Sketch and he brought everyone out in hysterics.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 2nd July 2014Monty Python Live (Mostly) review
This live show won't make any converts. But it sends the faithful away happy.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2nd July 2014Monty Python Live review
This is a spectacle that inevitably feels it needs to pay homage to the old favourites, usually with fairly minor updates. That this is not a show for critics, but for fans.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 2nd July 2014Monty Python Live review
This isn't a sad farewell for Python, nor is it the hot ticket we all hoped it would be. Fandom and devotion are essential; all of which hallmarks of a slightly lazy and pedestrian production.
Oliver Keens, Time Out, 2nd July 2014Monty Python, O2 Arena, review
It could have been an embarrassment all round; a bunch of blokes in their seventies revisiting material that was anarchic and transformative 40 years ago but which they are now performing for 10 lucrative nights in the home of commercial comedy. Fear not, though, Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five to Go - surely the final farewell tour - proves that quality endures. And in the hands of the show's deviser and director, Eric Idle, it can be made into something new and fresh as well.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 1st July 2014