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Three To See on 16 Oct: Plague Of Idiots, West Africa – Word Symbol Song, Xanadu

By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 9 October 2015

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

Plague Of Idiots | The Comedy Room | 16 Oct (pictured)
A little bird has told me to expect great things from this quintet of clowns. An international troupe (hailing from  Italy, France, England, Switzerland and Australia), they are becoming renowned for their bizarre, riotous, ridiculous, yet very clever performances, and I am desperate to see them before I become very much older. You should see them soon too, because let’s face it, you’re no spring chicken either. See this page here for more info and to book.

West Africa – Word, Symbol, Song | British Library | 16 Oct-16 Feb
The ‘wordy’ culture of the whole of West Africa (seventeen nations) seems like an awfully big subject for one exhibition to cover but it looks like the British Library are going to have a go, and I am definitely keen to take a look at the result: manuscripts, sound recordings, books, photos and textiles offer an insight into the area’s literary culture and oral traditions. See this page here for more info and tickety stuff.

Xanadu | Southwark Playhouse | 16 Oct-21 Nov
This should be great fun, despite the fact that it’s based on that terrible Olivia Newton John film of the same name. No, I don’t mean terrible, do I? I mean cult, which is different. In any case, this is the stage musical, not the film, and it’s never been terrible, it gathered awards and nominations galore when it first opened on Broadway in 2007 in fact. For info on this 2015 version, see the venue website here.