I'm an Australian theatre maker. I'm currently living in London. I make theatre from home, with homegrown ingredients. I write, devise, direct and perform my own work.
In 2012 I premiered my third solo show The Beast in the Adelaide Fringe. I've performed The Beast in the Edinburgh Fringe, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Fringe, Belvoir Theatre Sydney and Auckland Comedy Festival.
Nominated
Melbourne Green Room Award - Independent Theatre 2012
Best Male Performer - Stuart Bowden
Best Writing - Stuart Bowden
In 2012 I also co-created The DIY Nativity with Bryony Kimmings and Sam Halmarack at The Junction Theatre, Cambridge.
Also in 2012/2011 I was busy collaborating with comedian Dr Brown in Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger (I'm the Tiger).
Winner
Best Presentation for Children (Adelaide Fringe 2012)
Directors Choice Award (Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012)
Best Kids Show (Melbourne Fringe 2012).
Back in 2011 I wrote and performed my second solo show The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us.
Nominated
Arches Brick Award (Edinburgh Fringe 2011)
Best Performer Award (Adelaide Fringe 2011)
Best Theatre Production Award (Adelaide Fringe 2011)
Underbelly Edinburgh Award (Adelaide Fringe 2011)
In 2010 I collaborated with Wil Greenway to create The Lounge Room Confabulators, a piece of intimate theatre performed in people’s homes. We travelled the world with this show visiting peoples homes, meeting friendly and open strangers, wiping our feet, singing songs, telling stories, packing our suitcase and saying goodbye.
Winner
Adelaide Fringe Award (Melbourne Fringe 2010)
Underbelly Edinburgh Award (Adelaide Fringe 2011).
Highly commended
Melbourne Fringe Performance Award (Melbourne Fringe 2010)
Nominated
Melbourne Green Room Award - Best Independent Theatre Production
The BankSA Innovation Award (Adelaide Fringe 2011).
Also in 2010 I made my very first solo show Dances with Worms, a very strange, surreal comedy about a man who was in love with a worm.
In 2010 I also co-created The Polar Bearings Songs in the Sea, Major? with Margaret Paul, we performed our nautical musical comedy in The Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
I've also performed with independent theatre company The Hayloft Project in The Nest (2010) and Yuri Wells (2009/2010)
Winner
Adelaide Fringe Award (Melbourne Fringe 2009).
In 2009 I went to Edinburgh for the first time. I appeared in the Edinburgh International Festival, as writer/performer for the singing-news installation, Hark! As part of The Enlightenments, we won a Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award.
Also, since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2007, I toured Australia with the Bell Shakespeare Company.
Here are some nice things that have been said about my work along the way.
She Was Probably Not A Robot
★★★★★
"he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world"
Three Weeks, UK
★★★★★
"utterly compelling from the start to finish"
Broadway Baby, UK
★★★★★
"Phenomenal one man wonder show... Stuart Bowden is an absolute genius... With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart"
Edinburgh Guide, UK
★★★★
"gorgeous notes of melancholia"
The Scotsman, UK
"a subliminal masterpiece"
The Stage, UK
★★★★
Exeunt, UK
The Beast
★★★★
'A story that'll work its way into your soul. Quietly beautiful, a gift'
The List, UK
'An enchanting and very different slice of storytelling'
The Stage, UK
★★★★
'laugh out loud humour, sparks of surreal brilliance and moments of touching melancholy. Unfolding like a dream, this is an off beat gem'
Three Weeks, UK
'effortlessly strong performer... He has us enraptured'
Fest, UK
'an hour of innocent, heartfelt fun with some truly inventive musical interludes... displaying a perfect gift for pathos'
Scotsman, UK
★★★★
'Touching in simplicity'
The Adelaide Advertiser, AUS
★★★★
'Unique and charming'
The Adelaide Theatre Guide, AUS
'Bowden confirms my opinion he is one of the most prepossessing and honest storytellers we have the pleasure of seeing once a year'
No Plain Jane, AUS
The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us
★★★★
'narrative ingenuity and boundless charm as a performer… casts a heady spell and for an entire hour, Bowden holds everyone together in silent reverie'
Metro, UK
★★★★
'This is an utterly charming one-man show, but it is not just an exercise in theatrical whimsy, it is thoughtful and thought-provoking… a glowing endorsement for DIY theatre-making…Bowden will be one to watch as his fusion of live music-making and storytelling is joyous and full of sparkle'
Fringe Review, UK
★★★★★
'Stuart Bowden creates a show of such beauty it will take your breath away… full of wit and charm, this is low-fi DIY storytelling theatre at it’s very best'
Three Weeks, UK
★★★★
What’s On Stage, UK
The Lounge Room Confabulators
‘the narrative ingenuity behind this performance — infinitely clever, insidious and beguiling — is a rare treat.’
The Age, AUS
★★★★
‘Awesomely talented’
The Herald Sun, AUS
★★★★
'Magical'
The List, UK
★★★★
'Masters of their craft'
Metro, UK
★★★★
'They are by turns funny, touching, macabre and ridiculous'
The Arts Desk, UK
Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger
★★★★★
Fest, UK
★★★★★
The List, UK
★★★★★
The Skinny, UK
★★★★
Three Weeks, UK
★★★★
Chortle, UK
★★★★
The Herald Sun, AUS
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