Tim Dowling: I'm revisiting my worst ever moment on stage " a Christmas panto by Tim Dowling

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 1:00am on February 25, 2023☆⚑

Oh yes I did! How I survived my buttock-clenching panto cameo by Tim Dowling

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 the Hack…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:36am on December 1, 2017☆⚑

Tim Dowling: 'I'm leaving you,' my wife says. 'I've had enough' by Tim Dowling

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 ab…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:36am on January 21, 2017☆⚑

Why Hamilton is music to the ears of London touts | Tim Dowling by Tim Dowling

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, whi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:48am on January 18, 2017☆⚑

Sam Shepard and the 30-year drama of my buried memories | Tim Dowling by Tim Dowling

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 of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:42pm on December 6, 2016☆⚑

I'm with the band: jamming with the kids from School of Rock by Tim Dowling

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 hopelessl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:42am on November 7, 2016☆⚑

Tim Dowling: the not so great Gatsby by Tim Dowling

'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 5:59pm on June 22, 2012☆⚑

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - review by Tim Dowling

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 7:47pm on February 22, 2012☆⚑

One Night with Joan Collins " review by Tim Dowling

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 9:38am on October 3, 2011☆⚑

Cowboy school with Tim Dowling - video by Tim Dowling

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 2:58am on June 14, 2011☆⚑

Yee-ha! How to become a cowboy in half a day by Tim Dowling

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 3:59pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

Have you heard the one about the comedy school? by Tim Dowling

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 3:00pm on May 16, 2011☆⚑

Golden Globes 2011: who'd be an awards show presenter? by Tim Dowling

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 3:30pm on January 17, 2011☆⚑