We got tickets to see Bill Bailey for Marjory and Forrest’s joint Christmas present - in 2020! Needless to say the event was postponed at least twice due to Covid restrictions, but last night the event finally arrived. I have always enjoyed Bill Bailey’s eccentric mix of music and comedy but I had forgotten just how good he is. It’s really hard to describe; he tells really rambling stories - the one about snails in Indonesia springs to mind - and then segues into one of a huge variety of musical genres. For example a Kraftwerk-style German version of The Wheels on the Bus, which by verse 3 reflects on the futility of life. Or a song by a Cockney Sherpa. Or a flight of fancy about a classist Victorian version of Love Island where most of the contestants die of diseases such as typhoid or cholera. He played rock and classical music, using keyboard, guitars, bells, horns and even the spooky sounding theremin. There’s no point in looking for a theme to all this because it’s more like a musical stream of consciousness, but it was highly entertaining. Anyway, we all enjoyed it, even more so thanks to the excellent seats that James had booked for us very near the front of the stalls.
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