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BILLY CONNOLLY ANNOUNCES
HIGH HORSE TOUR
Billy Connolly
Newcastle City
Hall
Tuesday 15th &
Wednesday
16th November 2016
Tickets
on general sale Friday 15 July from 9am
Hailed as the UK’s most influential comedian of all time, voted best
comedian of all time by Channel 4, and included as one of the Huffington Post’s
favourite UK comedians.
Billy Connolly is a
stand-up comedian, actor, musician, TV presenter and artist. After an
apprenticeship as a welder in his hometown of Glasgow, he became a professional performer in 1962, forming The
Humblebums band with Gerry Rafferty, before pursuing a solo career as a
comedian.
Aside from starring in
numerous films and TV series, Billy has toured worldwide continuously for the
last 50 years, performing to an audience of over 10,000,000. Billy was
awarded a CBE in 2003, was given the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in 2010, and was named Britain’s most influential stand-up comic in 2012.
Perhaps best known for his
moving performance as the loyal servant John Brown in the highly acclaimed Mrs.
Brown, Connolly’s other film credits include Gulliver’s Travels, The
X-Files: I Want To Believe, Fido, Garfield 2, Lemony Snicket: A Sereis of
Unfortunate Events, The Last Samurai and Timeline. His previous film
credits include Peter Kosminsky’s White Orleander, Troy Duffy’s The
Boondock Saints and the sequel All Saint’s Day, Stephen Metcalfe’s
Beautiful Joe and Barry Levinson’s An Everlasting Piece, Stanley Tucci’s
The Impostors, Crossing The Line with Liam Neeson, the Muppet Movie
version of Treasure Island, Gabriel and Me. Gentleman’s Relish and
The Man Who Sued God, as well as the acclaimed BBC productions Down among the Big Bad Boys and The Life and Crimes of
Deacon Brodie. His voice is also featured on the animated films Pocahontas
and Open Season and the Disney Pixar animation Brave. Most
recently, he has appeared in Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, in the
three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, directed by Peter Jackson, and will be seen
in the upcoming What We Did On Our Holiday alongside David Tennant and
Rosamund Pike
On television, Billy
featured in Head Of The Class, which was later spun off into his own
series, Billy. Connolly has also made various television guest
appearances, most notably in the U.S. series House M.D. as well as Columbo, Third
Rock From The Sun and Veronica’s Closet.
He hosted Billy Connolly’s
World Tour of Scotland, a six-part series documenting a tour of his homeland, a theme
continued later in his World Tours of New Zealand, Australia and England, Ireland and Wales. Billy has hosted television series Journey To The
Edge Of The World and Route 66, as well as other specials such as Pale
Blue Scottish Person, A Scot in The Arctic, The Bigger Picture and An Audience with
Billy Connolly. More recently he has presented the two-part series Billy
Connolly’s Big Send Off.
Billy is now also
recognised as an artist, as original artwork by Billy has been displayed in
various exhibitions throughout the UK since 2012.
Tickets:
Billy Connolly plays at Newcastle City Hall on Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th November
2016 Tickets are £38.50 and can
be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box office on 08448 11 21
21 (Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge.
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