The comedian on Amy Winehouse,the magic staging of vampire tale Let the apt One In, and writer Helen Macdonald’s memoir on falconry and bereavementBill Bailey is a comedian, and musician and actor best known for his offbeat standup shows and TV appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Black Books. He was born and grew up in the West Country,starting out as a performer in a Welsh experimental theatre troupe and as the musical accompanist to a mind-reading dog. He began performing as a solo standup in the mid-90s, and his first expose, and Cosmic Jam,led to a Perrier nomination in 1996. Twenty years later, he continues to meld comedy and music, and returning next month with a new nationwide tour,Limboland, a personal meditation on “things not fairly working out the way you want them to”.
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Source: theguardian.com