Concrete Playground

Billy Connolly, a man whose name is synonymous with the f-bomb, is returning to Australia after a six-year hiatus. What is he bringing with him, do you think?

Chances are Billy doesn't know yet himself. Now entering his fifth decade as a comic performer, Connolly has built his career using his preternatural ability to pull hilarity out of the proverbial bum of his life and observations of the world. Somehow the daily oddities that skim past us unnoticed are filtered through the Scot's mind and transformed into pure, gut-rupturing comedy.

But it isn't simply a funny joke that has buoyed Connolly's career. His observation marks a natural genius for relaying the human condition, which he has also used to great effect as a successful actor.

Whatever it is that he ends up bringing to our attention this year, it is guaranteed that Billy Connolly - the Man will deliver it with the right mix of panache, absurdity and four-lettered poetry.