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I was dressed as a series of comic book characters while the ugly sisters sang Holding Out for a Hero
I was recently given an award at an event organised by the Americana Music Association U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, December 1, 2017
When our writer asked Hackney Empire’s Ugly Sisters for a humiliating, innuendo-laden experience, they said they’d give him one. Here’s what happened nextIn this year’s pantomime at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMSaturday, January 21, 2017
When I wake up the next morning, I decide not to mention our impending divorce, in case my wife has forgotten all about itMy wife and I are going to see our friend Juliet’s one-woman show …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMWednesday, January 18, 2017
The first US treasury secretary, on whom the hit musical is based, would understand why tickets for the British shows are already reselling for £2,500Tickets for the musical Hamilton, which…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMTuesday, December 6, 2016
For a play I was seeing for a second time, there was something very unfamiliar about Buried Child, starring Ed Harris. And, I was to discover, for good reasonI don’t get to the theatre as …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMMonday, November 7, 2016
School of Rock, the Broadway hit based on the smash film, is blasting into Britain. Tim Dowling grabs his Fender and challenges its cast to a battle of the axes – but finds himself hopeles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMFriday, June 22, 2012
'Within minutes of the lights going down, my left eyelid starts to droop'When I first met my wife, she had a way of expressing her distaste for a certain branch of the arts that sat une…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Kings Theatre, PortsmouthPaul Daniels' show is ostensibly not much different to the version he toured with all autumn. However this is his first return to the stage in 2012, and the first si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47PMMonday, October 3, 2011
Leicester Square Theatre, London"I hope she's wearing shoulder pads!" says a woman behind me as we await the first glimpse of super-diva Joan Collins. We were to be disappointed.When Collins…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMTuesday, June 14, 2011
Tim Dowling visits Circus Space in east London to master the cowboy skills of lassoin', whipcrackin' and knife-throwin'Tim Dowling
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58AMMonday, June 13, 2011
Tim Dowling, who hadn't even watched a western until he was 30, tries to master lassoin', whipcrackin' and knife-throwin'The medical waiver I have to sign before my cowboy lesson gives…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PMMonday, May 16, 2011
Who said being a comedian is just for the grownups? Tim Dowling takes his son to the School of Comedy to help him hone his budding comic skillsWhen I was a child comedy was an overwhelmingly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMMonday, January 17, 2011
Ricky Gervais's gags at the Golden Globe awards upset some of the stars. But no presenter can please everyoneWho would be an awards show presenter? It's like hosting a rubbish party, with mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PM 
