Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Presented by Segerstrom Center for the Arts
- Thu, Sep 4
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1975
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Our annual Segerstrom at the Frida series showcases films that inspired upcoming stage adaptations at OC’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts! Join us as we conclude our 2025 series by celebrating the 50th Anniversary of a Frida Cinema favorite, Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
Ranked among the top British films of all time by the BFI and various critics’ polls, directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones’ irreverent and absurdist reimagining of the Arthurian legend stars the Monty Python comedy troupe as King Arthur and his eccentric band of knights. The film follows their doomed quest for the Holy Grail through a series of loosely connected skits featuring killer rabbits, anarcho-syndicalist peasants, and a castle full of rude Frenchmen. With its low-budget charm, fourth-wall-breaking humor, and endlessly quotable dialogue, the film skewers everything from medieval epics to organized religion to British bureaucracy, all deliciously sandwiched between hilarious opening credits and a climax for the ages.
“Pure Glee! Spamalot is deliriously funny!” –The Wall Street Journal
“The funniest musical on Broadway!” –The Washington Post
“A hilarious funfest filled with true Broadway razzle dazzle!” –Entertainment Weekly
The show that set Broadway back 1,000 years! Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Spamalot comes to Segerstrom Center for the Arts February 17 – 22, 2026! The musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has everything that makes a great knight at the theatre, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake. Spamalot features well-known song titles such as “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” “The Song That Goes Like This,” “Find Your Grail” and more that have become beloved classics in the musical theatre canon. First galloping onto Broadway in 2005, Spamalot features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle. The original Broadway production was nominated for fourteen Tony Awards and won three — including Best Musical.
Visit scfta.org/events/2026/spamalot for info and tickets!