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THE ONE AND MANY... ALISTAIR MCGOWAN

"Wickedly funny mimicry"
Sunday Mirror

The nation’s favourite impressionist, Alistair McGowan (The Big Impression), is set to embark on his first solo stand-up tour in ten years.

Alistair will take to the road (and the rails) this autumn with a brand new one-man show, resurrecting his legendary celebrity impressions and introducing audiences to a host of new never-before-heard voices along the way. However, Alistair’s stand-up is about much more than impersonation – expect sharp observations, poetry and romance, animals and surrealism, love and anger, wordplay and ‘greenery’ as well as footballers and film stars.

No make-up or costume changes … just one man, a microphone and an amazing multitude of voices – including most importantly, his own.

Alistair will be taking this brand new show to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he will be playing nightly at 7.20pm from 6–31st August (excluding the 17th) at the Rainy Hall (the Assembly Hall).

He is also taking a second show to the festival titled Cocktails With Coward co-starring Charlotte Page. Running daily at 4.40pm from August 6-31st (excluding the 17th) at the Edinburgh Suite (the Assembly Rooms), Cocktails with Coward will showcase a selection of Noel Coward’s ‘Master-ful’ songs and poems.

2009 Tour Dates (Oct,Nov,Dec)

A Matter Of Life And Death: Or How To Wean Your Man Off Football by Ronnie Ancona & Alistair Mcgowan

Part-memoir of a football addict, part-comedy self-help manual, A Matter of Life and Death is a brilliant, banter-fuelled book about the differences between men and women.

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Although best known for the BAFTA winning 'The Big Impression', Alistair is also a highly-acclaimed actor whose theatre work includes : 'Little Shop of Horrors' (Duke of York's Theatre - for which he received an Olivier nomination) 'Merry Wives: The Musical' (RSC), Measure For Measure (for Thelma Holt) and 'Cabaret' (Lyric Theatre). Television Appearances include 'Bleak House' (BBC One), 'Mayo' (BBC One) 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (BBC One) and 'Have I Got News For You' (BBC One). A passionate campaigner for a number of environmental issues, Alistair serves as an ambassador for WWF-UK and was pivotal in the 2009 Greenpeace attempt to prevent a third runway being built at Heathrow. Alistair has a busy year ahead. As well as the stand-up tour and Edinburgh shows, he releases a new book, co-written with Ronni Ancona, entitled A Matter of Life and Death (or 'How to Wean Your Man Off Football) due out in December and published by Faber and Faber; His self-penned play 'Heavy Pencil' will be premiering at The King's Head in Islington for six weeks in October and this May sees the US release of his brand new film 'My Life in Ruins' staring Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Richard Dreyfuss. Alistair can also be heard on Radio 4 this May in the new, six-part, comedy drama series Elvenquest, alongside Stephen Mangan and Kevin Eldon. For all press enquiries, interview requests and images please contact Alison Peters at: Alison Peters PR, alison@alisonpeterspr.com, 020 8690 5658/07810 238 851