TIM DRY is an eclectic, contradictory, inconsistent artist with a very low boredom threshold. But in spite of these disabilities he has managed over the last thirty years to carve out careers as an actor, award-winning photographer, pop musician, famous mime artist and now writer. His saving graces are charm, a questioning mind and a legendary sense of humour.
He
moved up to London in the summer of 1976 to study Mime and Physical Theatre
with Desmond Jones and Lindsay Kemp (tutor to David Bowie and Kate Bush).
Throughout 1978
and 1979, Tim and fellow artiste Barbie Wilde toured their own Mime show
in leading 'Is That The West End I See In The Distance?' venues and festivals
throughout the UK. In 1980 Tim and Barbie joined a rock/mime/burlesque/music
troupe named SHOCK. They travelled the world, made some records, got a
lot of press and found themselves in the vanguard of the New Romantic
cult of the early '80's, alongside Boy George, Duran Duran, Adam Ant and
Spandau Ballet. Tim then created a robotic mime and music duo called TIK & TOK with Sean Crawford (also a member of Shock). They toured with
Gary Numan on his UK "Warriors" tour in '83, worked with Vangelis,
were supported by a fledgling Depeche Mode, got a lot more press coverage
and released 5 singles and a well received album "Intolerance". They appeared on innumerable
TV shows (including The Royal Variety Show 1983) and had featured roles
in Episode VI of the STAR WARS saga "Return Of The Jedi", and a cheesy
horror/ /sci fi flick entitled "Xtro".
After
Tik & Tok disconnected from each other in 1984, Tim moved into mainstream
acting. He has been featured in over 90 TV Commercials in the UK and Europe,
as well roles in film, TV and Theatre'. An odd twist of
fate led to him co-presenting a food and drink series for Channel 4 named
"Feast" in 1997, proving that there really is such a thing as a 'free
lunch'. Tim is also an award winning photographer/digital image maker,
whose work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Berlin, New York, The National
Portrait Gallery in London and The Royal Photographic Society in Bath.
Tim
continues to write and record music, and worked extensively with composer
Georg Kajanus (ex-Sailor) under the name NOIR from '94 to '97. "Strange Desire", the only Noir album, was
officially re-released by Angel Air
Records in Sept.2007. Reaching
the age of 50 seemed a good place for Tim to write his autobiography entitled
"FALLING UPWARDS". Which is available
to purchase now on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and from Exposure Publishing. Tim,
alongside his ex Tik & Tok partner Sean, is currently appearing at
"STAR WARS" autograph conventions in the UK, Europe and the
USA.
In 2005 Tik & Tok came back together for a golden moment to create a new album "Dream Orphans". Available now from the official T&T site.
In December 2007 Tim exhibited six pieces of original photographic art at the prestigous Gallery 286 in West London. And sold 3 of them!