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Bill Bailey is to appear at the Eden Project's first ever Comedy Session on 11th July 2008. It will be an eclectic mix of music invention and surreal imagination featuring material from the recent sell out arena tour Tinselworm.

"I'm delighted to be playing the inaugural Comedy Session at the Eden Project. I hope this is the first of many. Let there be jokes among the Biomes!" - Bill Bailey

This is the first time a comic act has been on the bill at the Eden Sessions which are now in their seventh year, with their gigs now established as some of the country's most spectacular.

"We've been trying to get Bill Bailey to kick off our comedy Sessions for the past five years. It's a dream come true and will be well worth the wait when this great, family-friendly show comes to Eden." - Jane Montague, Eden's Head of Large Scale Events.

Tickets for Bill Bailey Live at Eden cost £25 plus booking fee and include free entrance to the project.

Tickets do not go on sale until 6pm on Wednesday May 14 2008 but we've been able to secure 2,000 pre-sale tickets exclusively for Bill's fans.

To book your tickets NOW, go to:

https://www.edenbookings.com/events/billbaileyfanclub/

The pre-sale will end as soon as the 2,000 tickets are sold.

General Sale

Should you miss out on the pre-sale tickets, you will have another chance on Wednesday (from 6pm) to get your tickets when they go on sale to the general public. You will then be able to call the Eden box office on 01726 811972 or visit www.edenbookings.com to get your tickets.

Many of you have been asking what has happened to Bill's planned tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The wait is nearly over!!!

We're currently finalising plans for the tour which will take place later this year (a little later than planned!). A further announcement with the full list of tour dates and information on booking tickets will be circulated this week to all newsletter subscribers. A link to sign-up to our newsletter is at the bottom of this page.

This Friday Bill will be returning to Have I Got News For You for his second stint in the coveted role of guest host. Bill is a long running, critically acclaimed, satirical comedian who should bring an air of respectability to the bewildered, babbling, bearded news quiz. Or something like that. It's on BBC1 at 9pm, and as usual there is an extended version on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday.

And in case you didn't know, 2008 is in fact the Year of Reading, and Bill has appeared in an advert for a government campaign to promote more reading. I could tell you more, but you don't want to read about it in a load of boring old words do you? Just watch the video, which has pictures and noises and stuff. You can see the advert here, and a making of which also features Bill here.

Don't forget to check out Bill's 'My Favourite Place' on The History Channel tonight.

Be sure to tune into Channel 4's Grand Designs Live tomorrow night, as Bill will be popping in for a chat. Tomorrow's show is the first of a week-long run which sees Kevin McCloud attempting to build a green home in six days, and starts at 8.05pm.

Later in the week, Bill will be exploring the myths around one of the grandest, and most mysterious designs of all, when he visits his spiritual (and some might claim actual) home, Stonehenge, in the first episode of new series My Favourite Place which goes out on The History Channel at 8pm on Thursday. Click here to read Bill's interview on the show in the Times.

Check out The Guardian newspaper this Saturday to find an exclusive article written by Bill.

The article is in the Travel section and is all about Bill's travels to North Sumatra and Los Angeles with his family.

Though spending time outdoors may be a slightly grim prospect at the moment, we must look forward to sunnier times and to this July, when Bill will be appearing at the Cannizaro Park open-air festival in Wimbledon. The festival is located in an idyllic Italian walled garden just outside of Wimbledon Village and features a number of other comedy acts, as well as music, theatre and other live events. It takes place in a specially constructed open-air theatre, with the audience located either in theatrical-style covered seating or a picnic area just in front of the stage.

Bill will be appearing on Tuesday 22nd July at 8pm. Tickets are priced at £26 for covered seating and £24 for the picnic area, and can be booked at the website. Several nights sold out last year, so book your tickets early.

Bill is currently supporting a campaign based on ActionAid's report "Who Pays? How British supermarkets are keeping women workers in poverty". The report looks at the impact that the supermarket price wars have had on the developing countries who supply them with products, and calls for supermarkets to publicly commit to international workers' rights and fairer buying practices. To find out more about the report visit the Action Aid website.

Bill has produced his own video for the campaign which you can watch here, with an opportunity for you to sign up at the end. You can even make your own campaign video using Bill's narration and prove to the big supermarkets that you really ain't gonna be their bitch.

If you still haven't got hold of tickets for next week's benefit gig Stand Up For Animals, then now's the time. Tickets are priced individually at £19.50, but if you buy 2 you get them for the reduced price of £30. To take advantage of this offer visit the Ticketmaster event page and enter the code SUFA08.

The show, which is in aid of animal charity WSPA, is compered by Robin Ince and the line-up features Bill, Chris Addison, Will Smith, Tim Vine, Tim Minchin, Norman Lovett, Lucy Porter, Howard Read with Little Howard, Phil Nichol and Jeremy Lion. The event takes place at the Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday the 24th, at 7.30pm. For more information on WSPA, visit their website.

If you like your laughs with a side helping of benefaction, then be sure to grab yourself a ticket for Stand Up For Animals, a comedy extravaganza in aid of animal welfare charity WSPA which takes place at London's Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday the 24th of February from 7.30pm.

Bill is of course on the line-up for the event, which is compered by organiser Robin Ince and also includes comics Chris Addison, Will Smith, Tim Vine, Tim Minchin, Norman Lovett, Lucy Porter, Howard Read with Little Howard, Phil Nichol and Jeremy Lion. Other acts may also be added at a later date, and the event promises to be a lively one.

Tickets can be booked online through Ticketmaster. For more information on the work done by WSPA, visit their website.

Ever been in a museum and found yourself disappointed that the exhibits didn't include the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, or the concept of silence? Then you've never visited the Museum of Curiosity.

Starting from February 20th, Radio 4 opens the doors on a brand new comedy panel game in which QI producer, and Professor of Curiosity, John Lloyd must determine what will be included among the museum exhibits. The Professor is ably assisted in this task by Bill, museum curator, who describes the museum as "a great big, hungry baby suckling on the teat of Knowledge."

Contributors will include experts and comedians alike, with the likes of Alan Davies and Sean Lock attempting to convince Bill and the Professor that their entry deserves a place among the exhibits. The museum will be open to the public from 6.30-7.00pm, Wednesdays, on Radio 4.