| Bill played at The Comedy
Stop on a fortnightly basis until his involvement as a co-founder of The
Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh in early '95. Bill won the Paisley Arts
Festival competition "Do You Think You're Funny?" in June '95
and went on to support Harry Hill in Paisley. 1995 also saw Bill's
first performances at the Edinburgh Fringe (at The Stand) and The Gilded
Balloon.
In early '98 Bill and fellow stand up Brian Hennigan
developed the idea of a sketch based fringe show, revolving around the
history and culture of Scotland. After much debate, and fervent
last-minute rewrites, the show was christened The Useless Guide to
Scotland. It went on to sell out for the majority of it's fringe runs in
'98,'99, '00 and '01 as well as touring all over Scotland. The show
received a significant number of good reviews and was considered by BBC
Scotland for development. The show was featured in the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation TV show 'Correspondent' (Scottish Devolution
special) and on Radio 4, Talk Radio, Radio Scotland (Brian Morton show
& Fred MacAulay show), Scot FM, as well as BBC Scotland's (TV) 'Beat
Room'
Also in 1998 Bill developed the World of Comedy Quiz
Show which played every week at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh for two
years. In 2001, Bill began to scale down his appearances due to work
commitments outside the comedy industry. Having recently departed from his
job, Bill began to write new material and perform more widely again. He
can be seen at a wide variety of venues across Scotland and the North of
England. Bill has notched up around 2000+ appearances so far.
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| Reviews
"Naturally Funny…." The List
"Original, different and highly entertaining…"
The Scotsman
"Comedy Genius…" The Evening News
"Bathgate's only existentialist/fork lift
driver…" The Evening News
"Brilliant…" Glasgow Herald
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