Press clippings
Goodbye Baz: how stars celebrated the life of Barry Cryer
Friends, fans and family of Barry Cryer gathered in London's West End last night to remember the great gagsmith at a star-studded memorial gig.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th June 2022Tributes paid to late comedy writer John Langdon
Veteran comedy writer John Langdon has died. Langdon was one of the country's most experienced comedy writers, working on classic programmes including Not The Nine O'Clock News and with Kenny Everett. He also worked on The News Quiz and most regularly with Rory Bremner.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2020John Dowie on his death, dentists and other Dowies...
So I had a blog chat with poet/comedian/writer John Dowie. I was going to the dentist. We arranged to meet when I was finished. "You might as well come to the dentist in case he's over-running," I suggested. "Charming as your dentist's waiting room undoubtedly is," John Dowie replied, "I will be in this pub down the road." And he was.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th April 2019John Dowie: before comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe
Ahead of his appearance at Fringe by the Sea with his memoir, John Dowie speaks to The Skinny about being the first solo comedian in Edinburgh.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 27th July 2018John 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 2016