Bill Bailey Tickets

British Comedy Award winner, Bill Bailey has enjoyed success on the live stage for many years. Having made his debut with 'Cosmic Jam' in 1995, like many comedians, Bill honed his live skills at the annual Edinburgh Fringe, earning a prestigious Perrier Award nomination for his 1996 follow up 'Bill Bailey Live'. The festival also enabled Bill to branch out as a dramatic actor, firstly in an extremely well-received production of 12 Angry Men and two years later as the slouchy, unkempt Oscar in the equally acclaimed, The Odd Couple.

Having played the first ever Comedy Session at the iconic Eden Project in Cornwall, Bill has always been a regular on the festival circuit with previous appearances at both Kew The Music and the Reading and Leeds Festival, to name but two. A personal festival highlight, in 2011 Bill was invited to perform at The Sonisphere Rock Festival in Knebworth. Headlining alongside rock gods Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, Bill rocked out with some 60,000 metal fans, in what was one of the biggest comedy gigs in the world.

Away from the live stage, Bill has always maintained a regular presence on the small screen. Taking over from Sean Hughes in 2002, Bill enjoyed eleven successful and enjoyable series as team captain on the long running music, comedy panel show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two). Bill’s TV portfolio also includes three series of the hit black comedy Black Books (C4) in which he played the increasingly deranged ex-accountant Manny Bianco opposite fellow comic Dylan Moran, acclaimed comedy Spaced (C4), Is It Bill Bailey? (BBC Two) and Bill Bailey Live (C4). Bill appeared in the comedy drama serial Jonathan Creek (BBC One), the edgy teen drama Skins (C4), Midsomer Murders (ITV1) and more recently Worzel Gummidge (BBC One). Bill was also in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe, in which he played Droxil, a Harvest Ranger from the Planet Androzani Major. Bill has guest hosted the satirical panel show, Have I Got News for You (BBC One) and has been a regular panelist on QI (BBC One) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4).