Bill Bailey returns with 'Vaudevillean', a show that celebrates the tradition of vaudeville with comedy, songs and musical skills.
Bill Bailey is back at Connexin Live on Friday 4 December, with a new show called Vaudevillean. The title isn't just for show — the whole thing is a nod to the old vaudeville tradition, the kind of prime-time variety entertainment that used to fill theatres with a mix of comedy, songs and a fair few different skills all on one bill. Bailey's taking that same variety-hall approach and bringing it into a single set.
What that looks like in practice is a bit of a hybrid: comedy and music sitting side by side, with songs and stand-up woven together rather than kept in separate boxes. The material draws on tales of showbiz and the city, and a good deal of the strange and unusual, all aimed at a broad audience. It's Bailey doing what he's always done — blending the comic with the musical — but framed here as a deliberate look back at the variety tradition.
He fits the part well enough, too. He's a multi-instrumentalist and a multi-lingual performer, and his live shows are known for drawing crowds from across the UK. He's described as perhaps the foremost practitioner of the vaudeville tradition still working, which is a fair way of saying he's one of the few people still putting this kind of multi-disciplinary act together.
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It's a one-man show, so it's just Bailey on stage. The performance starts at 19:00 at Connexin Live, Myton Street, Hull, HU1 2PS.
