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Unusual Things To Do In London This Week | 19-25 October 2015

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Unusual things to do in London this week including a live seance, an offbeat comedy special, free festivals & much more.

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Monday 19 – Sunday 25 October 2015

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THEATRE

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Absence by Vacuum Theatre | Battersea Arts Centre | Wed 21-Sat 24 Oct | 9pm | £12/9

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Vacuum Theatre our favourite next generation theatre ensemble are back with Absence:

“A playful exploration of today’s preoccupation with ‘living in the moment’ using pop culture, dancing, iconic movies, philosophy and meditation.”

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La JohnJoseph | Hackney Picturehouse | Thu 22 Oct | 7.30pm | £8

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La JohnJoseph presents a ‘maliciously satirical manifesto’ for modern Britain.

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COMEDY

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Crouch End Comedy Festival Gala | Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End | Fri 23 Oct | 7pm | £12 (+ bkg fee)

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A stellar line up including Reginald D Hunter, Roisin Conaty, Andrew Maxwell & Ria Lina comes together to celebrate ‘Downstairs at the Kings Head’ – one of the oldest comedy clubs in the UK

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Fred Strangebone’s Freakshow | Etcetera Theatre, Camden | Tue 20-Sun 25 Oct | 9pm | £11/10 (+ bkg fee)

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Get ready for Halloween early with Fred Strangebone, who will take you on a tour of a circus sideshow and introduce you to the Freaks & their dark, hilarious back-stories.

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Heidi O’Loughlin: A Woman Talking | Soho Theatre | Thu 22-Sat 24 Oct | 8.45pm | £12.50/10

HEIDI O'LOUGHLIN

Meet New Zealander Heidi O’Loughlin and her divinely unconventional style at Soho Theatre.

Watch her hilarious reimagining of Doctor Who from Melbourne Comedy Festival here

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The Spectacular Spectrum of Now | Star of Kings, Kings Cross | Mon 19 Oct | 7.30pm | £5

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Our favourite comedy night is unlike any other with supremely oddball and brilliantly talented line up of character comedy & short film exclusives. This week see Beth Vyse (We gave her ★★★★ at Ed Fringe), a sneak peek of the delightfully strange, Fred Strangebone ahead of his full show & loads of other offbeat acts.

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Spencer Jones is the Herbert | Soho Theatre | Wed 21-Sat 31 Oct | 7.30pm | £12.50/10

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We honestly hadn’t seen an act like The Herbert before, until we stumbled upon the character at The Spectacular Spectrum of Now (featured above). It’s brilliantly bizarre buffoonery from a BAFTA-nominated star, Spencer Jones. Unmissable!

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MUSIC

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Lady Vendredi: Battle Cry! | Roundhouse | Thu 22-Fri 23 Oct | 8pm | £12.50 (+bkg fee)

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‘Imagine Grace Jones in a live Blaxploitation movie directed by John Waters.’

This got us hooked and we couldn’t wait to enter the world of Lady Vendredi. Get ready for a hypnotic ritualistic kaleidoscope, driven by a pumping live soundtrack of traditional Haitian vodou grooves, experimental music, global bass, jazz and hip hop.

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FILM

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Estate: A Reverie | Artsadmin, Aldgate East | Fri 23 Oct | 7.30pm | £5

“Estate, a Reverie is a spirited celebration of extraordinary everyday humanity. Giving poetic expression to the passing of Hackney’s Haggerston Estate after 76 years, Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s film explores the death of a utopian dream, the reconfiguration of East London’s landscape and a group of people who refuse to be defined by economic or social brackets.”

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London Fields Free Film Festival | London Fields | Fri 23 Oct | 7.30pm | £5

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The free film festival scene in London is burgeoning and this is a great chance to see some celluloid classics for free in London Fields. Our highlights are: 1996 double bill from The Bechtel Test Fest: The Craft & Scream & Set it Off featuring Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox & Kimberly Elise.

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EVENTS

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The Magic of Music Hall Weekender | Wilton’s Music Hall, Shadwell/Tower Hill | Sat 24 & Sun 25 Oct | 10am-6pm | FREE

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London’s ultimate hidden gem opens its weighty doors for a free celebration of music hall with live performances in the hall & stalls throughout the building.

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MARKET

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The Old Dalston Market | EPIC Dalston, 13-15 Stoke Newington High St | Sun 25 Oct | 11am-6pm | FREE

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London’s biggest market packed full of unique treasures from the nicest independent traders in town.

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FESTIVALS

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Bloomsbury Festival 2015 | Various Locations | Thu 22-Sun 25 Oct | Lots of Free Events

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A lovely chance to discover Bloomsbury’s streets, parks, museums, galleries, laboratories and public and private buildings with art, performance & more. Highlights include:

See highlights picked by the festival team here

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Future Artefacts | Shoreditch Studios, 37 Batemans Row | Fri 23-Sun 25 Oct | Free with Registration

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This is the future arts fair with neo publishers, music, fashion & tech companies hawking their wares. See the future today.

See who will be at the fair

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Inside Out Festival | Various Locations | Mon 19-Sat 24 Oct | Lots of Free Events

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The Culture Capital Exchange has organised a corker of a festival showing just how much London’s universities contribute to the capital’s cultural heart. Highlights include:

  • Bloodlines (pictured above, Tue 20 Oct, Free): A theatre piece that eschews the taboos of cancer and portrays the extreme bodily experience of someone going through the most aggressive cancer treatment: a stem cell transplant.
  • The Art of Living (Tue 20 Oct, Free): Dr Dominic Johnson has written a new book about the history of performance art through the voices of it’s key players. Join artists such as Penny Arcade & Anne Bean to talk through this hidden history for free.

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ODDITIES

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Seance. An Interactive Illusion | Arch 468,  | Sun 25 Oct | 8pm | £12/10 (+bkg fee)

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Join Philipp Oberlohr as he makes a reconstruction of a Victorian seance live before your eyes.

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