Bill Bailey was struggling to be a comedian since he left school, but he only hit the big time in 1995 when he won a Time Out comedy award. He described his 22-year rise to fame as a meteoric hit, if a meteor was being pulled by an arthritic donkey across a ploughed field in Northern Poland.
After he was nominated for the Perrier Comedy award in 1996 (he narrowly lost to Dylan Moran) he moved into the world of comedic acting with his show "Is it Bill Bailey?" He also appeared in shows such as Black Books, QI and became a team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
His sell out tour Part Troll raised his stand up profile immensely. He now returns with Tinselworm.
So let's start with the biological field notes. In the words of Bill Bailey his hair hangs down his back like a shower curtain and he is a large creature who can be seen at dusk scurrying towards the buffet table.
With the aid of musical instruments, in particulars a keyboard, Iranian lute, and a collection of his beloved guitars, which he uses throughout the evening to he brings comedy into the world of music. These clever props allows the audience to feel engaged as there are opportunities for a sing-a-long.His adaptations of classic songs his hilarious, a version of Get Higher in the form of west-country hip-hop is a brilliant example of this.
His comedy is well thought out and goes beyond that of observational comedy into the realm of surrealism, which is further added to his exit from stage in a giant rocket.
He talks of his boredom whilst watching I'm a Celebrity and is forced to place a bucket on his head to make the process of eating Revels all the more exciting. Whist choosing a plant in Homebase he is told by the sales assistant "yeah, that'll give you something to stand next to". Is it Bill Bailey or some foliage?
The audience is treated to a video of his little adventures with his bucket, bag of revels and his plant whilst he roams the street shouting at ducks and traffic, as you do.
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