James Dowdeswell
Stand-up Comedian & Actor
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James is a headline act at most UK comedy clubs and has been a professional comedian since winning the Jongleurs Best New Act Award in 2000. His TV appearances include Ricky Gervais’ “Extras” and “Russell Howard’s Good News.” He also has a TV show about pubs in development.
Dowdeswell’s solo stand-up shows have concentrated on drinks and pub culture in recent years with the following shows:
2007: Wine – Edinburgh Fringe
2008-11: James Dowdeswell Sticks His Nose In – A Comedy Show About Wine – Various including Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival and various private corporate shows
2012: The Grape and The Grain – Regional UK Tour and Adelaide Fringe
2013-14: Wine Ale and I – Camden and Edinburgh Fringe
2015-16 James Dowdeswell’s Perfect Pub – Perth Fringe (Australia), Edinburgh Fringe, Ram Brewery & RAF Valley in Anglesea
Highlights
James creates a virtual Perfect Pub from scratch. He starts with the location, followed by the fixtures and fittings, before adding drinks, food and other entertainment. It is the opposite of the comedy TV programme Room 101: James dissects every sinew of the British pub and decides what to keep.
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James Dowdeswell is here to talk booze. He grew up in a pub so has a lifelong relationship with the hard stuff and plenty to say about it. As a topic for humour, it’s solid, reliable source material, and while occasionally things get a bit hackneyed—people drink a lot in Scotland, don’t you know?—he’s done his homework for this, plying us with facts, figures and George Orwell references and then riffing off them.