Michael Palin in Conversation with John Lloyd

Michael Palin: On a Roll tickets at the Gillian Lynne Theatre London | one-night West End event

Book Michael Palin tickets for this exclusive conversation with John Lloyd, 27 April 2026

Michael Palin and John Lloyd take over the Gillian Lynne Theatre for a single evening of conversation, stories and whatever else happens when two of Britain's sharpest minds sit down without a script. This is the opening night of On a Roll, a new series of Monday night events conceived by Lloyd and producer Clive Conway.

Michael Palin & John Lloyd: Monty Python, travel stories & the On a Roll format

The format is deliberately simple. No interval, no gimmicks. Just Lloyd asking the questions and Palin doing what he does best: telling stories. After decades of Monty Python, travel documentaries spanning every continent and a career that has made him one of the country's most recognised faces, there is no shortage of material. Lloyd, the producer behind QI, Blackadder and Spitting Image, is exactly the right person to draw it out.

What to expect at the Michael Palin London show: unscripted conversation at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

On a Roll is built around the kind of conversation that normally happens off-camera. Lloyd has described it as the sort of chat that usually takes place in a quiet pub corner. For one night, it moves to a West End stage. Expect reflections on travel, comedy, the Python years, the strange business of being Michael Palin, and quite possibly a few stories that haven't been told before.

The evening runs approximately 1 hour 30 minutes with no interval.

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