#Claire Dowie

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Writer/musician/comic John Dowie on his death, dentists and other Dowies...

Writer/musician/comic John 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.

He drank sparkling water. He wore a hat,

This is part of our…

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Excerpt from Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?, by Claire Dowie! This book is very special to me, because for the first time in my life, it made me feel like I wasn’t the only one who genuinely didn’t understand the difference between men and women, and who would just get confused every time I was expected to be “womanly”. I still go back to it whenever the world makes me feel inadequate for being a woman. Claire Dowie, you are a life-saver.

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Queen Lear

Chi penserebbe mai che ospizi e vecchiaia, malattia e morte possano avere a che fare con uno spettacolo di Drag Queen? (more…)

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All over lovely, al teatro Il sipario strappato di Arenzano (GE), recensione di Daniela Domenici

All over lovely, al teatro Il sipario strappato di Arenzano (GE), recensione di Daniela Domenici

Una prima assoluta ieri sera al sipario strappato ad Arenzano, uno dei luoghi teatrali di Genova e dintorni che mi accoglie e mi fa sentire apprezzata e amata come recensora.

Era di scena “All over lovely” della drammaturga inglese Claire Dowie, ottimamente tradotto in italiano da Carlo Scaccialuga e interpretato dalle formidabili Cristina Pasino ed Emanuela Rolla alle quali abbiamo tributato…

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Anche Queen LeaR parte da un classico e lo usa come lente per scrutare fra le pieghe della contemporaneità. Riletto in chiave drag queen da Claire Dowie.

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Hope.

Dziewczyna przyglądała się kobiecie stojącej przed nią dobre kilka minut. Niestety nie mogła sobie przypomnieć, kim ona była, tym bardziej dziwne było to, że weszła do środka rezydencji, zważywszy, że raczej nikt nie miał do niej dostępu oprócz bliskich i ich przyjaciół. Ciekawość zżerała ją od środka, kim była brunetka stojąca przed nią, a przede wszystkim, czego od niej chciała i skąd ją znała, choć mogła wiedzieć od plotek chodzących po świecie, że była córka wielkiego Klausa, który siał spustoszenie w obronie swojej, jak i swojej rodziny. Trybryda była jakąś częścią owego wampira, ale i też częścią swojej matki. Bardzo tęskniła za ojcem, rozstali się w nie najlepszych okolicznościach. Bolało ją to, że osoby, które tak bardzo kochała, oddały życie dla niej by ta żyła szczęśliwie i nadawała nowy początek rodziny Mikaelson. To nie był koniec, a raczej początek tego, co miało nadejść. Miała nadzieję, że obudzi się kiedyś pewnego dnia, a nad nią będzie czuwał Niklaus, który uśmiechnie się i powie, że rodzina jest znów cała i będzie dobrze. Powrót matki był nadzieją, że on również wrócił do życia, dlatego zostało tylko go znaleźć za pomocą zaklęcia.

────── Wcale się nie zgrywam i zupełnie nie wiem, o co ci chodzi. Nie znam, żadnej Daviny Claire… ────── powiedziała, zmierzając wzrokiem brunetkę. Z tego, co udało się zauważyć Hope to, to iż osoba ta była zbyt zdenerwowana i dość można byłoby rzec mało przyjazna. Młoda Mikaelson raczej nie przejęła się nią jakoś bardzo, od razu, gdy ją ujrzała, poczuła w niej magię, a oznaczało to, że była czarownicą. Była przygotowana na każdą taktykę kobiety, a nawet mogłaby posunąć się do rzeczy, o których niektórym by się nie śniło, nie tylko w obronie swojej, ale i reszty domowników. Cisza przepełniała pomieszczenie dość dłużą chwile.

Usunięcie wspomnień o Davinie, było jednym ze słusznych decyzji, jakie mogła zrobić nie tylko dlatego, że była zazdrosna o swojego wujka, ale dlatego, żeby nie cierpiał po tym, jak się rozstali, usunięcie wspomnień reszcie było tak naprawdę dodatkiem, aby tylko nigdy więcej o niej nie wspominano.

────── Powiem ci jedno, nie mam pojęcia, kim jesteś, ale radzę opuścić ci to pomieszczenie i nie mam bladego pojęcia, o czym ty w ogóle do mnie mówisz dziewczyno. Może i nawet lepiej, że nie wiem… ────── odparła lekko zdenerwowana, pewna jej część chciała się dowiedzieć, o co chodzi, druga natomiast nie koniecznie. Cała ta sytuacja była zagmatwana, może to ona wiedziała coś na temat pierwotnego. Rudowłosa tylko czekała na dalszy przebieg wydarzeń być może dowie się czegoś pożytecznego.

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W-league rosters so far 17/18

ADELAIDE UNITED

Grace ABBEY, Georgia CAMPAGNALE, Eliza CAMPBELL (gk), Emma CHECKER, Alex CHIDIAC, Emily CONDON, Emily HODGSON, Adriana JONES

BRISBANE ROAR

Mackenzie ARNOLD (gk), Celeste BOUREILLE (Portland Thorns), Amy CHAPMAN, Wai KI, Abbey LLOYD, Ayesha NORRIE, Summer O’BRIEN, Carson PICKETT (Seattle Reign), Clare POLKINGHORNE, Hayley RASO, Natalie TATHEM, Allira TOBY, Kaitlyn TORPEY, Georgina WORTH (gk) Katrina GORRY

CANBERRA UNITED

Laura BASSETT, Georgia BORIC, Ellie CARPENTER, Liana DANASKOS, Nicki FLANNERY, Michelle HEYMAN*, Clare HUNT, Grace MAHER, Haley KOPMEYER (Seattle Reign) (gk), Georgia PLESSAS, Toni PRESSLEY (Orlando Pride), Karly ROESTBAKKEN, Amy SAYER, Ashleigh SYKES

MELBOURNE CITY

Lauren BARNES (Seattle Reign), Steph CATLEY, Larissa CRUMMER, Rhali DOBSON, Jess FISHLOCK (Seattle Reign), Amy JACKSON, Alanna KENNEDY, Hayley RICHMOND, Sofia SAKALIS, Kyah SIMON, Rebekah STOTT*, Tyla-Jay VLAJNIC, Lydia WILLIAMS

MELBOURNE VICTORY

Laura ALLEWAY, Melina AYRES, Mindy BARBIERI, Angela BEARD, Kyra COONEY-CROSS, Natasha DOWIE (Boston Breakers), Casey DUMONT(gk), Tiffany ELIADIS, Christina GIBBONS (FC Kansas City), Alex GUMMER, Whitney KNIGHT, Gulcan KOCA, Annabel MARTIN, Beth MASON-JONES (gk), Kristen MCNABB (Seattle Reign), Lia PRIVITELLI, Laura SPIRANOVIC

NEWCASTLE JETS

Tara ANDREWS, Hannah BREWER, Claire COELHO (gk), Cassidy DAVIS, Britt ECKERSTROM (Portland Thorns), Arin GILLILAND (Chicago Red Stars), Tori HUSTER (Washington Spirit), Nikola ORGILL, Tash PRIOR, Gema SIMON, Katie STENGEL (Boston Breakers), Emily VAN EGMOND

PERTH GLORY

Shawn BILLIAM, Patricia CHARALAMBOUS, Nicola BOLGER, Danielle BROGAN, Sarah CARROLL, Roisin CONNOLLY, Caitlin DOEGLAS, Gabby DAL BUSCO (gk), Amanda FRISBIE (Boston Breakers), Jaymee GIBBONS, Rachel HILL (Orlando Pride), Samantha KERR (c), Melissa MAIZELS, Shannon MAY, Raquel RODRIGUEZ (Sky Blue FC), Nikki STANTON (Sky Blue FC), Marianna TABAIN

SYDNEY FC

Teigen ALLEN, Caitlin COOPER, LISA DE VANNA, Caitlin FOORD, Ally GREEN, Angelique HRISTODOULOU, Amy HARRISON, Princess IBINI, Leena KHAMIS, Sham KHAMIS (gk), Chloe LOGARZO, Teresa POLIAS, Liz RALSTON, Taylor RAY, Emma ROLSTON, Remy SIEMSEN, Rachael SOUTAR, Julia VIGNES, Georgia YEOMAN-DALE

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS

Ellie BRUSH, Trudy BURKE (gk), Lee FALKON, Sunny FRANCO, Erica HALLOWAY, Kahlia HOGG, Talitha KRAMER, Lo’eau LABONTA (FC Kansas City), Katelyn LEADBEATTER, Rachel LOWE, Chloe O’BRIEN, Susan PHONSONGKHAM, Marlous PIEËTE, Alix ROBERTS, Olivia PRICE, Rosie SUTTON, Jada WHYMAN (gk), Maruschka WALDUS

Bold – international players (4 per squad maximum)

Italics– Matildas players named in 2017 squads

* – Dual citizen

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ENTREVISTA TRADUZIDA com Tim Dowie , ator que interpreta o Governador Tryon. ❤️Aviso: Este artigo contém spoilers da estréia da 5ª temporada de Outlander, “A Cruz de Fogo”. Os Frasers enfrentaram sua parte do mal em Outlander - desde o sadismo de Black Jack Randall até os modos bruxos de Geillis Duncan. Mas a vida nas colônias americanas traz uma série de novas ameaças para Claire (Caitriona Balfe) e Jamie (Sam Heughan), incluindo a revolução iminente e as maquinações dos partidos no poder britânicos de lá. Na quarta temporada, encontramos o governador Tryon (Tim Downie), o chefe da província da Carolina do Norte. Quando Jamie aceitou uma concessão de terras de 10.000 acres de Tryon, ele se abriu para chantagens políticas, ou pelo menos uma expectativa de que ele honrasse seu juramento e dever à coroa. Na estréia da 5ª temporada, “The Fiery Cross”, Tryon chega para cobrar essa dívida, no casamento de Brianna (Sophie Skelton) e Roger (Richard Rankin), nada menos - finalmente forçando a questão de quando Jamie embarcará em sua dívida, caçar o fugitivo / rebelde Murtagh Fitzgibbons (Duncan Lacroix). Jamie pelo menos terá que fingir fazer um esforço para manter sua terra, e talvez até sua vida, porque Tryon está cansado de esperar por ação. Antes da estreia, EW alcançou Downie para ter uma noção do que o governador reservava. Jamie já enfrentou vingativos Redcoats antes, mas Tryon pode ser diferente de qualquer força que já tenha contado. Abaixo, Downie fala sobre por que é bom ser ruim, as fraquezas e perigos de Tryon, e o que está por vir na quinta temporada. ENTRETENIMENTO SEMANAL: Você está pronto para ser a maior ameaça para Jamie e Claire nesta temporada - de certa forma, continuando o legado de Black Jack Randall e Geillis. Como você se sente sobre isso? Aprecia isso? Teme um pouco o ódio? TIM DOWNIE: Eu absolutamente aprecio isso. E, na verdade, os fãs foram incrivelmente generosos, considerando, para todos os efeitos, que eu sou o diabo encarnado. Ser inglês, ser um redcoat, ser um pouco ameaçador para Jamie, quero dizer, todas essas coisas os fará me jogar debaixo de um ônibus. CONTINUA NOS COMENTÁRIOS ABAIXO❤️👇🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8xIPQYhzir/?igshid=1l87z85bsepdm

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Psychic Dramaturgy: Marysia Trembecka @ Edfringe 2017

The Singing Psychic Game Show – Marysia Trembecka

Your deepest desires revealed in song

The Singing Psychic is back at the Edinburgh Fringe – she always knew she would be.

What was the inspiration for this performance?

I had the idea for the character about a decade ago when I had to write a comedy sketch for homework for a radio and tv show class I was doing. I came up with this idea of a psychic who could hear the songs in peoples hearts and even buildings sang to her (hence the singing psychic) and was always right.  

I dabbled with the idea for a few years, making a short sketch but then in 2014 I decided to fully develop the character, doing psychic readings for a 121 theatre experience at Lost Theatre, an 8 min then 20 min piece.  

The first full Singing Psychic show premiered in Feb 2015 and since then has toured, done readings at the Brit Awards 2016, and had a sell-out run at Ed Fringe in 2016 as well as being Best Show, Funny Women 2016 nominee. 

This new show, the Game Show version was inspired by my Ed Fringe run of 2016. My venue The Street had a weekly game show themselves which ran after my show and they had asked me to help out as the main compere was feeling ill. 

I became their official glamorous assistant and loved not speaking but watching the audience have fun with picture rounds, quizzes etc was such a joy and about the audience not about watching the main performer.

Wendy and Ryan who ran and developed the game show became great friends and actually suggested I did a SINGING PSYCHIC Game Show. I trialled a few game show ideas in London, even being nominated as a Time Out recommended night out. 

I also run weekly pub quizzes for a company in London. However for this new Edinburgh show I wanted to put more narrative in it, and have an arc rather than just games.

In my main Singing Psychic show, she herself talks about going to medium school and the lessons she learnt on opening herself up psychically (it is a comedy/cabaret piece). 

So I have now put the games I play with the audience all through the lens of them coming to my medium school, suggesting that the games ranging from psychic bingo, psychic jenga and musical statues all are played to open themselves up to their own psychic ability. The most psychic team with the most points wins ;)

Is performance still a good space for the public discussion of ideas?

The main Singing Psychic show is all about listening to yourself and pursuing your own dreams, no matter they may be, choosing to live the way that feels right for you. Live performance, as opposed to watching a film, still can touch the heart of an audience deeper as you are in front of them and thy not only see your emotional journey and responses but also can viscerally feel it, in the atmosphere. 

Plus the discussion with those in the space afterwards and feeling how an entire room can be switched on and off by what is happening on stage can make live theatre more dangerous and interesting. 

My Singing Psychic improvises live reading throughout her shows, so in the interaction of performer and audience member, there is laughter and an immediate response that the whole room feels.

How did you become interested in making performance?

Having been trained as a musician, singer and actor I started hosting cabaret nights where I would sing and have guests from poets to opera singers. My audience would always enjoy the bits of chat in-between the most (my singing has improved a lot since then), so I went on a ten week stand up comedy course to work on the dialogue. 

Somehow that then transitioned to mw writing my first full solo theatre cabaret show MARYSIA’S SLIGHTLY BITTER & TWISTED LESSONS IN LOVE which I took to Ed fringe IN 2006.

Each show since then has become more ambitious and toured more, I have taken various shows of mine to Montreal, Prague and various UK Fringes.

Is there any particular approach to the making of the show?

The Singing Psychic original show was the first I worked with solo theatre director, Colin Watkeys (Ken Campbell and Claire Dowie) to look at the narrative arc of the work. Using various devising techniques, I listened to the character and the characters around them in their life. 

I do not feel that I write the characters, more that they come through me and tell their stories, I just let them run riot and then choose which parts fit the story. 

What emerges though is the spine of their story.

I always knew that the Singing Psychic walked through a world of music, that every building and heart sang to her, what I needed to know though was who she was, how she got there and the inevitable consequences of such a gift.  However when it came to devising the Game Show version, I trialled different games, deciding what worked best. 

Does the show fit with your usual productions?

This is the first game show and although my work is always interactive, this show is the most audience dependent I have tried. There is a risk of course that a ‘quiet audience’ may not play the way I ‘want’ but that is the joy of live performance and why I spent time ensuring I had a narrative and an arc so it works under most circumstances. The show will change inevitably every night and I will be changing the games around depending on how it goes!

What do you hope the audience will experience?

Laughter, random dancing, live readings and a feeling of being the show rather than just watching one. Also I noticed in my previews that some people seem to know the answers to my psychic queries, be it name that psychic tune and the star signs attached to the psychic bingo numbers. 

The show is ostensibly to increase the audiences psychic abilities in a comedy setting, but it seems some teams really are more psychic!

What strategies did you consider towards shaping this audiences experiences?

Looking at my music choices, getting people on their feet dancing, being able to play in teams, the competitive spirit, fun prizes. I have a selection of games which I fine-tuned to be ‘psychic’ chosen for maximum audience involvement, laughter and general fun. The live audience readings the Singing Psychic does are still in the show, as people love a reading.

I have also reclaimed the word fortune back, as four-tunes, so I do a four card reading where the audience member tells me a problem and then picks four cards – all have different songs on the back. 

This is a game I invented and whether the obstacle is career issues or the school having lost their hamster it always seems to work. I have also done it on live radio, most notably to Adrian Stout of The Tiger Lilies where The Singing Psychic gave him advice on his touring issues.

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This time the amazing Polish visionary unveils her brand spanking new game show packed with songs, 70s-style team games (including Fourtunes) and prizes.

Part of the PBH Free Fringe, Marysia Trembecka’s Singing Psychic Game Show is brilliantly bananas. It’s an hour of fun that builds on last year’s four and five star Edinburgh Fringe reviews, a Funny Women Best Show nomination, a European tour and a special appearance at the official BRIT Awards after-party.

But the biggest attraction, as ever, will be her spookily accurate (if utterly bonkers) audience readings. She’ll reveal and perform the songs in your heart, give relationship and life advice, and answer your deepest questions – is that man really right for you?

The Singing Psychic, who is flying in from her Białowieża Forest yurt, says: “I return here to sort out your problems and also for us to have fun. I can see inside your heart and will sing the songs locked up there – I will reveal your innermost longings and desires. My powers are true and incredible, come and see.”

But remember, the Singing Psychic has two strict rules – one is that the secrets she reveals in the room, stay in the room and the other is that she is ALWAYS right.

Her musical second sight is extraordinary, she even reads the songs of your birth. She explains: “I walk in a world of music – even the buildings sing to me. The power is so strong that I no longer can go to weddings because I will see your fiancé’s true desires.”

After the show there will be free private readings and everyone gets a card with the title of song that will guide them through the month. She also plans to release YouTube performances of the songs locked in the stones of Edinburgh’s greatest buildings.

You can already see the Singing Psychic Songs of the Zodiac on YouTube and learn about her advice sessions, including helping Donald Trump with his relationship issues.

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Domani e giovedì La Maschia di Claire Dowie con Olga Durano diretta da Andrea Adriatico https://bit.ly/2JkbDSp

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'Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?' By Claire Dowie

‘Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?’ By Claire Dowie

My friends Chloe Richardson and Darcey Graham are producing ‘Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?’ as a part of the In-House Season at The Nottingham New Theatre, and I had the pleasure of designing their poster! Find info about the show and book tickets using the following link: http://newtheatre.org.uk/  

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John Dowie on Bowie, Bolan, bicycles, drinking, drugs, poetry, prose and book

John Dowie on Bowie, Bolan, bicycles, drinking, drugs, poetry, prose and book

John Dowie is not an easy man to describe even without a hat

I worked on the children’s TV series Tiswas with John Dowie’s sister Helga.

His other sister is writer/director/actor Claire Dowie.

John wrote an original short story for the Sit-Down Comedy book which I compiled/edited with late comedian Malcolm Hardee.

But John Dowie is not an easy man to describe. 

He is a man of many hats.

Wikiped…

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Anyone here familiar with Claire Dowie’s “Leaking Frim Every Oriface” BECAUSE ALL YOU GAYS SHOULD

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Fondazione Metastasio. Stagione 2018/19

Fondazione Metastasio. Stagione 2018/19

A Palazzo Pretorio, presentato il Cartellone 2018/19 dei teatri di Prato – Met, Fabbricone, Fabbrichino e Magnolfi. (more…)

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all over lovely, al teatro Il Sipario Strappato di Arenzano (GE), comunicato stampa

all over lovely, al teatro Il Sipario Strappato di Arenzano (GE), comunicato stampa

sabato 5 maggio ore 21, Teatro Grande Il Sipario Strappato, via Mrconi 165, Arenzano (GE)  

ALL OVER LOVELY di Claire Dowie Traduzione di Carlo Sciaccaluga Regia: Cristina Pasino e Emanuela Rolla Interpreti: Cristina Pasino e Emanuela Rolla All Over Lovely è un gioco a due personaggi, che fa da cornice a un acceso dibattito sulla politicizzazione del femminismo e della sessualità e dei dardi tra…

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Upfront Theatre: Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt?; Arsehammers; The Year of the Monkey; Hard Working Families, Claire Dowie, Designed by AP Designers