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I should document that I went to see Bill Bailey's "Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra" last week. It was great fun! It basically consisted of Bill Bailey doing a gig but with the whole of the BBC Concert orchestra for him to mess with. Oh and just to put the icing on the bagel, it was in the Albert Hall.

Some of this boiled down to him playing some of his normal comedy songs but with extra orchestra oomph, but really that was just filling. The real fun was him playing around with the orchestra, getting them to do an orchestral score for an episode of east-enders or inserting cockney music into the "original" east end versions of classical music pieces.

Probably my favorite (but hardest to covey in text) sequences was him narrating the events of a 70's cop show whilst the orchestra backed him up with amazing 72 piece comic timing!

Also blog-worthy is the fantastic 80's curry that we enjoyed afterwards (well ok the music was 80's the curry was quite fresh). Can't remember the details but next time I find myself in the Albert Hall I must remember to go back there.

Oh he's got a tour going on early next month (tinselworm) so London people, we should get some tickets for that! (ahem).