Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

Few evenings at the opera start with the orchestra tuning its instruments to the sound of a goose being strangled. 'Monty Python’s Passion' is playing in April. The uniquely British sense of humor ...

To coincide with St George's Day, Monday 23 April 2007, the London cast of Monty Python's Spamalot, along with Python's Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam and 5,567 members of the public, set a new record ...

With their proven track record, Oppenheim, Sharon, and their cohorts will do the British comics justice and leave their Opera House patrons whistling a tune or two, smiling, or possibly laughing.

What do a philharmonic orchestra in white dinner jackets and black ties, a 40-piece choir, four opera singers, fireworks, a 32-piece bagpipe band, a narrator, some sheep and a leaf blower add up to?