John Dowie
- Composer and writer
Press clippings Page 2
John Dowie interview
John Dowie on Bowie, Bolan, bicycles, drinking, drugs, poetry, prose and book.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd July 2018The Freewheeling John Dowie book review
He'll spend just as long talking about a mechanical failure on his bike as he will these showbiz anecdotes, just to reiterate the point this is definitely not a memoir.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th May 2018How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 3
In the third part of our Fringe history, two long-forgotten venues put comedy before theatre with the help of Austin Powers and a Wonder Dog.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 11th July 2017How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 1
In the first of a series of articles to celebrate the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's 70th anniversary, we look back at the remarkable rise of stand-up comedy and how it came to dominate the once theatre-heavy programme.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 9th May 2017Dave Cohen & John Dowie: interview
Writer/performers Dave Cohen and John Dowie are one gig away from the end of their current world tour.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th November 2016John Dowie at the Poetry Cafe review
This is John Dowie's first gig in 14 years, and it's a low-key affair in the basement of a Central London poetry cafe.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th May 2016John Dowie interview
John Dowie is difficult to describe. Wikipedia's current attempt is: "a British comedian, musician and writer. He began performing stand-up comedy in 1969."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th April 2016Alternative comedian John Dowie is back
Alternative comedy pioneer John Dowie is to perform his first live show in 14 years. The comic was performing satirical songs with humorous monologues before the alternative comedy boom of the late 1970s, and is probably most famous for writing the stage play Jesus - My Boy, which enjoyed a West End run with Tom Conti in the starring role
Chortle, 10th March 2016