Idle, who wrote the musical based on the film "Monty Python's Mad World" with musician John Du Prez, led the audience in a sing-along to the song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - which has also lent its name to the 83-year-old's one-man show.
On Tuesday he will perform at Cirkus in Stockholm and then give four more performances in Sweden (Växjö 16/4, Malmö 18/4, Gothenburg 23/4 and Karlstad 3/5) as part of a tour of Scandinavia and the Baltics.
