Bill Bailey

Following on from last year's sell out shows at the Royal Albert Hall and the critically-acclaimed version on BBC2, Bill Bailey's surreal comic and musical imagination is let loose once more as he takes this show on the road, performing with some of the finest orchestras throughout Britain, accompanied by Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers.

A classically trained musician, Bill has for many years covered all kinds of music in his comedy and this show takes the form of an irreverent guide to the instruments of the orchestra, plus '70s cop show music, news themes, Bill's own songs, and some of Anne's specially written new works. Hear the trombo...

Following on from last year's sell out shows at the Royal Albert Hall and the critically-acclaimed version on BBC2, Bill Bailey's surreal comic and musical imagination is let loose once more as he takes this show on the road, performing with some of the finest orchestras throughout Britain, accompanied by Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers.

A classically trained musician, Bill has for many years covered all kinds of music in his comedy and this show takes the form of an irreverent guide to the instruments of the orchestra, plus '70s cop show music, news themes, Bill's own songs, and some of Anne's specially written new works. Hear the trombone's affection for Cockney music, and find out what bassoon players are secretly obsessed with. It's a unique show which The Times called ‘blissfully funny' and which Stephen Fry described as "wonderfully enjoyable... like driving a Rolls-Royce off-road'.

Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra will be released on DVD on Monday 23 November 2009.