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Bill Bailey

Source: Brian Marks

This evening I went to watch Bill Bailey at the Leicester Square Theatre. The venue only had ~400 seats, which served to make the whole thing a whole lot more fun. It was small enough that anyone in the audience could (and did) shout anything out that they felt like (including a comment about having Chives with Barnacles). At the end, I met him, although I forgot to shake his hand and have a picture taken with him. Fortunately, my friend didn’t, so the encounter wasn’t completely wasted.

Apparently, the show had a theme. A couple of things were mentioned about evolution, although, it seemed, a little incongruously. His act didn’t seem to be one that reacted well to being linearised into any kind of a story. The highlights were definitely the songs. One was a two-step remix based around the sounds of a Tesco self-service checkout, along with a video that was pure genius. There were sing-a-longs of ‘La Bamba‘ and ‘California Dreamin’ ’. Apparently, the call and response involved in the latter made us look like 60’s zombies. (See below)

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