Falling Upwards: Scenes from a Life

by Tim Dry

Overview

Tim Dry's memoir of a life in arts, rises and falls through the worlds of art school, mime and pop, where he tours with Gary Numan and makes a high-wire appearance on stage with Duran Duran. He plays monsters in Return of the Jedi and Xtro, makes a globetrottery of expensive commercials, works with Joan Collins, Rutger Hauer and Mick Jagger, presents a food programme on Channel 4, and experiments with drugs to channel the ghost of Baudelaire as he begins a literary career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781999723163
Publisher:	Buffalo Books
Publication date:	04/01/2020
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Tim Dry is a mime artist, writer, photographic artist,musician and actor, best known for appearing in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and for being half of a duo, Tik and Tok, who emerged out of 'Shock' the dance troupe at the forefront of the New Romantic pop movement, and who played shows with Gary Numan, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and Adam Ant.
Tim Dry's career in the arts continued into film and theatre (where he worked with Ann-Margaret and Steven Berkoff); photography (his continually selling portfolio includes Mick Jagger); and more recently literature. He is a contributor to Forbes.

Table of Contents

Acting in Decadence with Joan Collins and Steven Berkoff, seeing a UFO as a child, playing the alien in Xtro; seeing The Beatles at Hammersmith Odeon; learning the guitar; half-brother designs The Marquee Club in London, allowing Tim to see and meet The Who, The Yardbirds, etc; bullied at school and losing virginity; Art School in Brighton; Steely Dan inspires; goes to London to learn Mime from Lindsay Kemp; publishing The Cosmic Colouring Book, and is invited to work with Angie Bowie; tours as a Mime with Barbie Wilde; performs in videos for Vangelis, Jon Anderson, Nina Hagen; as part of Shock gets a residency in Bangkok, a record contract, and two support acts tours with Gary Numan, including Wembley Arena. As Tik and Tik become a pop star. Plays two monsters in Star Wars Return of the Jedi and becomes a regular guest at Star Wars conventions worldwide from Japan and London to the States; stars in blockbuster commercials; gets married; as s photographer works with Mick Jagger and has exhibitions in Germany and the UK; returns to music with ex-Sailor frontman Georg Kajanus, with whom he also presents a food programme on TV; acts with Ann-Margret and Rutger Hauer; inspired by Baudelaire strives to become a writer; revives Tik and Tok in Japan and London; loses family members; suffers from mental health; reconnects with art; stars in Son of Nosferatu

Editorial Reviews

"Waspishly funny, bizarre, self-deprecating, painfully honest, touching, intelligent, sharply-focused and fresh, Tim Dry's totally original take on his personal journey through fifty years of outrageous living in Britain is a must-read for those who enjoy autobiographies." Barbie Wilde

"Mime artist, photographer, writer, actor - you name it and he does it...and very well indeed! Tim has decided to commit the first fifty years of his life to paper, and he does so in a style that is humorous to read and easy to follow. His gently self-deprecating style is a joy to behold and you find yourself sucked into his world." James McCarraher, author

"I've just finished Tim Dry 's Falling Upwards Scenes from a Life. And suddenly I feel bereft. So many emotions wrapped up in 385 pages. It's like you're living the book." Caz Fox

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