Live Comedy
Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier
With his trademark musical stylings and characteristic wit, Bill returns to the live stage in...
Thoughtifier
noun
1. an intriguing device that can amplify the thoughts of a curious mind using music, channelled through a human instrument, known as Bill Bailey.2. (colloquial) a person resembling Bill Bailey.
The show's blurb says: "At a point in our evolution when it seems as if we're sleepwalking into a world where humans might be redundant, and much of what we do can be done better and more efficiently by machines, what better time to celebrate our own flawed humanity. And who better a guide to lead us than Bill... To take us on a jaunt through the error-strewn, distracted, crumb-festooned, sometimes magnificent history of human thought and how it might help us survive in this brave new world. A magical, musical mystery tour of the human mind, along with some other pressing matters about whales, biophilia, unrequited love and other thoughts. Amplified With Music. Welcome to Thoughtifier!"
2024 dates
Friday 09 February: DUBLIN 3 Arena
Saturday 10 February: BELFAST SSE Arena
Monday 12 February: DERBY Derby Arena
Tuesday 13 February: BIRMINGHAM Resorts World Arena
Thursday 15 February: ABERDEEN P&J Arena
Friday 16 February: GLASGOW SEC Armadillo
Saturday 17 February: NEWCASTLE Utilita Arena
Sunday 18 February: LEEDS First Direct Arena
Tuesday 20 February: BOURNEMOUTH BIC
Wednesday 21 February: BRIGHTON Brighton Centre
Thursday 22 February: PLYMOUTH Pavilions
Saturday 24 February :CARDIFF Utilita Arena
Tuesday 27 February: SHEFFIELD Utilita Arena
Wednesday 28 February: HULL Connexin Live Arena
Thursday 29 February: MANCHESTER AO Arena
Friday 01 March: NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Saturday 02 March: LIVERPOOL M & S Arena
Monday 04 March: LONDON O2 Arena
2025 dates
Friday 22nd August: Glasgow, SEC
Saturday 23rd August: Edinburgh, Playhouse
Sunday 24th August: Edinburgh, Playhouse
Sunday 24th August: Edinburgh, Playhouse
Tuesday 26th August: Stockton, The Globe
Wednesday 27th August: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Thursday 28th August: Stoke, Regent Theatre
Friday 29th August: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Sunday 31st August: Salford, Lowry
Press
- 9th January: Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier review (Theatre & Tonic)
- 30th December: Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier review (Chortle)
- 9th October: Bill Bailey: "After being mocked by my cockatoos, I drew the line at adopting a wallaby" (The Times)
- 9th March: Bill Bailey: "I've made fun of royalty. But it's a difficult life" (The Times)
- 6th March: Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier review (The List)
- 22nd February: Bill Bailey review (The Arts Desk)
- 22nd February: Bill Bailey: a comic maestro of bits, bobs and barbs at the Tories (The Guardian)
- 10th February: Bill Bailey review (The Telegraph)
- 9th February: Bill Bailey interview (Narc Magazine)
- 25th September: Bill Bailey announces Thoughtifier arena tour