Three Bonzos and a Piano at Bacon Theatre

7 May 2010, Bacon Theatre

Original members of the legendary sixties band the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band are appearing as Three Bonzos and a Piano at the Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham on Friday 07 May.

Having appeared with members of Monty Python, the Beatles, Eric Clapton, the Kinks and The Who as well as having their own Top 5 hit with 'Urban Spaceman', the band is said to be the "musical missing link" between The Goons and Monty Python. Indeed, in 1967 and 1968/9 they featured as the "house band" on "Do Not Adjust Your Set", a fore-runner of Monty Python, with Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones, as well as the young David Jason. Their humour was undoubtedly influential. Vivian Stanshall's legacy is well-known and is celebrated by the Three Bonzos. As well as having a great past, they also have an extremely exciting present and future - their new CD having just been released, they are very much a contemporary proposition! The original members involved are Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater and Sam Spoons.

The show promises to be a diabolical mayhem from the largest number of Bonzos still playing together anywhere on the surface of the earth. Born in a distant art school past somewhere in the sixties, Three Bonzos And A Piano unleash their Bonzo Dog classics with energetic zip and palaver. Ali Baba’s Camel, Hunting Tigers Out In India, Big Shot, Trouser Press, The Sheik of Araby, Monster Mash, Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?, The Head Ballet and many, many more – including some great new numbers. Robots, smoke, unsuitable medical technology, ancient theatrical props, the kitchen sink and the audience (you get to join-in!) all combine to re-create the atmosphere of those formative years of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band at such legendary venues as The Tiger’s Head, Catford. Addictive stuff! You have been warned!

The performance starts at at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15.00, students £10.00. For more information visit www.bacontheatre.co.uk/content.php?TSID=19727