Spacehamster’s Blog

There are some moments in your life you want to capture for posterity.

Seeing Billy Connolly live on stage is definitely one of them. Billy has been one of my favourite comedians for ages now. And I finally got to see him live on stage!

And my god, he was good.

I’ve seen a lot of his stuff on DVD and TV before, but nothing prepared me for just how alive and charismatic he is on stage. There were 3000 people in that theatre, and he had them in the palm of his hand about five minutes in. As usual he covered just about everything - marital relations, 70km/h grannies, sharks, scuba diving - and the highlight of the evening was a recreation of an opera with a cast of thousands.

I don’t normally go out all that much, but I’m glad I took the plunge this time and saw him in concert. It’s probably the first and last time that I’ll ever see him in my little part of the world, and it’s an experience I’ll never forget.