Monty Python are reuniting for a live, one-off show in London in July next year.
At a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they "were still funny".
Cleese's trouble in paying off his multi-million pound divorce from Alyce Faye Eichelberger may also have something to do with it.
Monty Python, who were originally active from 1969 to 1983, have been compared the comedy world's equivalent of The Beatles.
Monty Python to reunite for live one-off show in London
21 November 2013
BBC News
Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese made their announcement in London's West End
The surviving members of comedy group Monty Python have announced their reunion will be a live, one-off show in London next July.
At a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they "were still funny".
Idle - who will direct - said the audience should expect "comedy, pathos, music and a tiny piece of ancient sex".
The stage show will be their first new project for three decades.
It is more than 30 years since the Pythons last performed together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in September 1980, and 40 years since they last performed on stage in the UK.
In a press release issued ahead of the conference, the comedy troupe promised to perform "some of Monty Python's greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists".
Ticket prices
Warwick Davis, who recently starred in the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot, introduced the "five legends" at the London's Playhouse theatre, claiming the venue for the reunion had been decided after a series of bids.
Opening a series of gold envelopes, he claimed the winner was first, Qatar, then Meryl Streep.
Finally, he announced the show would take place in London at the O2 Arena on the 1 July, with tickets going on sale on 25 November.
The top price for tickets will be £95 and the lowest will be £26.50 -"only £300 cheaper than the Stones", quipped Idle.
The sixth member of the comedy troupe, Graham Chapman, died in 1989
The Monty Python team at the site of their filmed live show at the Hollywood Bowl, California, in 1982
monty python - fish dance - YouTube
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At a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they "were still funny".
Cleese's trouble in paying off his multi-million pound divorce from Alyce Faye Eichelberger may also have something to do with it.
Monty Python, who were originally active from 1969 to 1983, have been compared the comedy world's equivalent of The Beatles.
Monty Python to reunite for live one-off show in London
21 November 2013
BBC News
Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese made their announcement in London's West End
The surviving members of comedy group Monty Python have announced their reunion will be a live, one-off show in London next July.
At a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they "were still funny".
Idle - who will direct - said the audience should expect "comedy, pathos, music and a tiny piece of ancient sex".
The stage show will be their first new project for three decades.
It is more than 30 years since the Pythons last performed together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in September 1980, and 40 years since they last performed on stage in the UK.
In a press release issued ahead of the conference, the comedy troupe promised to perform "some of Monty Python's greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists".
Ticket prices
Warwick Davis, who recently starred in the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot, introduced the "five legends" at the London's Playhouse theatre, claiming the venue for the reunion had been decided after a series of bids.
Opening a series of gold envelopes, he claimed the winner was first, Qatar, then Meryl Streep.
Finally, he announced the show would take place in London at the O2 Arena on the 1 July, with tickets going on sale on 25 November.
The top price for tickets will be £95 and the lowest will be £26.50 -"only £300 cheaper than the Stones", quipped Idle.
The sixth member of the comedy troupe, Graham Chapman, died in 1989
The Monty Python team at the site of their filmed live show at the Hollywood Bowl, California, in 1982
monty python - fish dance - YouTube
Read more: BBC News - Monty Python to reunite for live one-off show in London
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