WHO would have thought that, only a few short weeks after the panto season had ended, Grimsby Auditorium audiences would again be laughing at men in tights and script references to Grimsby.

The touring production of Monty Python's Spamalot has all that, as well as a large helping of the original mix of slapstick and surreally silly language.

The cast was headed by Bonnie Langford, Todd Carty and Stephen Pacey.

Langford, playing the Lady of the Lake, showed her musical and comic strengths, while Carty, a million miles from EastEnders, played the part of Patsy (the one with the coconuts). And Pacey's rich vocal delivery made the comedy of his lines as King Arthur all the more silly.

The old favourites, Not Dead Fred, The Knights Who Like To Say "Ni" and the French Taunter were all there. Backstage must have been a flurry of Olympic speed costume changing! The colourful costumes and set added to the good humour of the production and the clever staging of the way the Black Knight had his legs cut off ("its only a scratch") drew a round of applause to itself.

Eric Idle created the musical from the 1974 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail using extracts from the original screenplay. He has an excellent poke at Lloyd Webber conventions in The Song That Goes Like This.

It has an appeal wider than just Python fans, although the two primary-age girls I consulted looked a little doubtful. Perhaps not a pantomime then, but a warm and funny show.

Guest reviewer Joan Darnell.

Spamalot runs until Saturday and tickets are priced from £14.50. Call 0844 871 3016. Tonight's performance, at 7.30pm, is being audio-described by VocalEyes.