British comedian Bill Bailey performed his stand up act Qualmpeddler in Adelaide this week, which I was incredibly fortunate to have attended. Surprisingly there wasn't really much advertising for it; I stumbled across one poster completely by accident and made plans to go instantaneously.
My trusty sidekick James accompanied me on the night (I use the word "accompanied", when really "chauffeured" is more appropriate). I had actually bought James a boxed set of Bill Bailey's shows for Christmas, so he was just as excited as I was! Bill's unique music and comedy combination left me smiling and laughing more than I had done in years. Plus he called us "one of the strangest audiences" he'd ever had which made me giggle more than it really ought to...
The following day I noticed a picture of Bill Bailey with one of my friends. Devastated that we missed an opportunity to meet such a fantastic man, James and I drove down to Thebarton Theatre after his show on the off chance that he had organised another unofficial signing.
I posted the following Facebook status before leaving home:
And oh, it was pulled off fantastically. Bill is such a charismatic person, and for the first time in my life I was incredibly starstruck! He was nice enough to sign my ticket and Part Troll DVD cover, as well as have our photograph taken together. But what really made him special was that when I asked him to record a father's day message for my dad, he did!James and I were in awe yesterday after seeing Bill Bailey live. We only found out today that he does stage door signings after his shows. We see this as our opportunity to go down after today's show and try to meet him since we didn't yesterday. This plan will either be pulled off fantastically or fail disastrously. Fingers crossed!
Call us groupies if you like, but I'd do it all over again if I could!
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Bill Bailey & I
Bill Bailey wishes my dad a Happy Father's Day (video)
