Mike Holoway

Mike Holoway (born 28 January 1961 in Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series ''The Tomorrow People''.

Career

He was taught to play the drums at the age of five by his grandfather and, at eight, he joined a stage school to pursue an acting career. He gained his secondary school education at Erkenwald Comprehensive School in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He also studied music theory, percussion and drums at the Barking & Essex College of Music and played in the Essex Jazz Band. His first stage appearance was as Boy Babe in ''Babes in the Wood'' at the London Palladium with Edward Woodward and Derek Nimmo.

At ten, he made his first TV appearance with the Young Revivals – two years later they changed their name to Flintlock. Comprising Mike Holoway, Derek Pascoe, John Summerton, Bill Rice and Jamie Stone, the group made numerous TV appearances on programmes such as ''Blue Peter'', ''Magpie'', ''You Must Be Joking'', ''Pauline's Quirkes'', ''Fanfare'' and ''Top of the Pops''. Holoway was awarded the ''TV Times'' Personality of the Year award in 1976.

In 1984, he had a starring role in the ''Minder'' episode "A Star is Gorn" in which he played Zac Zolar, a pop star tired of his fame who fakes his death so as he may be rid of the corrupt influence of his agent.

From 1985, Holoway toured in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', one of the most successful runs of the musical. Since then, Holoway has appeared in a number of stories in ''The Tomorrow People'' audio series, released during the 2000s on CD. In 2007, Flintlock reunited for a one-off gig. In early 2018, Holoway announced the impending release of a new 13-track album. The lead single, "Tides of Love", was released on 9 February 2018.

He has two children.

Discography

Flintlock:

Solo singles:
*"Overnight" (June 1981)
*"Come Go With Me" (November 1981)
*"Here I Am" (August 1983)
*"Don't Let Life Get You Down" (November 1983)
*"Tides of Love" (February 2018)

Solo albums:
*''Fun City'' (1990)
*''In the Heat of the Moment'' (1991) (re-issued as ''Fun City'' on CD)
*''TBA'' (2018)

Album contributions:
*''Smike'' (1983)
*''Humpty Dumpty'' (December 1984)
*''Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (December 1986)
*''Stop The World, I Want To Get Off'' (1995)
*''Simply Musicals''(1995) performing "What Kind of Fool Am I"
*''Timeless Generations'' (1995) performing "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" with Paul Shane

Filmography

*''You Must Be Joking'' (Series 1: 28 May to 16 July 1975, participation from Mike Holoway and musical performances by Flintlock)
* ''The Tomorrow People'' (Holoway starred as Mike Bell; 28 January 1976 to 19 February 1979)
*''Arrows'' (Flintlock appeared on the edition broadcast 27 April 1976)
*''You Must Be Joking'' (Series 2: 23 April to 4 June 1976, participation from Mike Holoway and musical performances by Flintlock)
*''Top of the Pops'' (Flintlock, performing "Dawn"; 10 June 1976)
*''Pauline's Quirkes'' (Flintlock appeared in six episodes: 15 November - 20 December 1976)
*''Fanfare'' (Series 1: 5 August to 9 September 1977, presented by Flintlock who also gave musical performances)
*''The Basil Brush Show'' (with Flintlock; 3 December 1977)
*''Whodunnit?'' (Holoway appeared in the episode, ''Instant Coffee'', 5 June 1978)
*''Fanfare'' (Series 2: 16 June to 28 July 1978, presented by Flintlock who also gave musical performances)
*''Get It Together'' (Flintlock were musical guests on the programme; 1 December 1981)
*''Minder'' (Holoway appeared as Zac Zolar/Albert Trout/Alan Trent in the episode ''A Star is Gorn''; 22 February 1984)
*''T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set'' (Holoway appeared as Ricky Romero; 7 February 1989)

Theatre

* ''Babes in the Wood'' as Boy Babe
*1979, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as Joseph
*1980, ''Godspell'' as Jesus
*'' Grease'' as Danny Zuko
*1981, ''Dick Whittington'' as Dick
*1982–1983, ''The Pirates of Penzance'' as back-up singer and played Frederic with Oliver Tobias Gill Gascoine Ronald Frazer Pamela Stephenson
West End National Tour playing Joseph in Joseph and the Anazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and cast album 1980 1985 86 87 88 1996 1998 2000 2006,Record breaking Joseph having played the role more times than anyone, and over the longest period of time
*1984, ''Humpty Dumpty'' as Tommy Tucker
*1985–1988, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as Joseph ( West End and National tour)
*1988, ''One Careful Owner'' as Frankie Boyle
*1988, ''Dick Whittington'' as Dick
*1989, ''Hold Tight It's '60s Night'' as Rock Hard
*1989, ''The Pirates of Penzance'' as The Pirate King
*1989, ''Babes in the Wood'' as Robin
*1990, ''Hold Tight It's '60s Night'' as Rock Hard
*1990, ''Godspell'' as Jesus
*1990–1991, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' as The Prince
*1992, ''Robin – Prince of Sherwood'' as Robin Hood
*1992–1993, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' as Prince Danilo
*1993, ''Robin – Prince of Sherwood'' as Robin Hood
*1995 ''Twist and Shout'' as Steve
*1995–1996, ''Cinderella'' as Prince Charming
*1999, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as Joseph
*2000/2001, ''Rock 'N' Roll Rollercoaster''
*2004, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as Joseph
*2005–2006, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''
*2006–2007, ''Sleeping Beauty'' as The Prince
*2007, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' as The Prince
*2007, ''Stardust''
*2007, ''007 Bond in Heaven''
*2007–2008: ''Sleeping Beauty'' as Prince Galiant/Valiant
2014 Babes in the Wood Will Scarlet Canno and Ball
2017 Snow White Leeds open air Christmas show Directed
2018 one man show Crazy Coqs London
Presenter 2ndcityradio.net own show produced written by Mike Holoway Sunday's 8-11pm Mike Holoway Digital World Sunday Show with star guests
Simanagment.com artist and director with Simon Keenan
2020 Jack and the Beanstalk as King Crumble at the cresset cambridgeshire

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1961 births
Living people
People from Dagenham
English drummers
British male drummers
English male singers
English male musical theatre actors