Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Eric Idle
The Bridgewater Hall
September 18, 2025 at 19:00
Doors open at 19:00
Doors open at 19:00
Last date to apply: September 17, 2025
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CfC Swiftix - you will pay a £3 per ticket access charge. You will then receive a booking link to complete your selection. Eric Idle–star of stage, screen and crossword puzzle–has often been compared to Noel Coward. But never favourably. He has been in showbusiness since 1961. ‘Unfortunately I can’t find the exit,’ he says. ‘My role in life seems to be cheering people up,’ he adds glumly. His new show, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!, is a nostalgic one man musical and contains everything including comedy, music, philosophy and one fart joke. He has written several novels and plays and he was in several movies but he forgets which. Oh, and he was in Monty Python.
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