BIOGRAPHY

Tess Tickle has been performing to sell out audiences for many years now impersonating a variety of different musical and Hollywood Diva’s marrying them together with comedy and capturing them in the very best costumes and feathers. Tess Tickle is an award winning Drag Queen with an equally award winning cabaret show performing in venues all across the UK and abroad. 

The person behind the makeup… In 1986, on Saturday 21st June, late afternoon, Alison gave birth to a gorgeous baby, aka ‘Miss Tess Tickle’, weighing in at 6lbs 10oz. Both Mother and Father were so proud of their new arrival however, comedy, even in the labour room was at its best! Bryan, Tess’s father joked with the nurses and Alison that this baby would one day be a star as she was a miracle due to Alison’s Immaculate Conception!

Tess attended nursery where she was very popular with the children and staff alike and played the donkey in the nativity. As Alison said “after all love, you are an ass!”. She went on to Primary school where she attended until the age of 11. It was a small but quaint little school of 4 classes and again she proved to be very popular, however somewhat different. Once excluded for making up parodies and poems (not so nice) about the teachers. As you can imagine they weren’t very impressed by her creativity….

She then attended a Private secondary school for 4 whole weeks where in that time her parents were called to rethink Miss Tickle’s future as they didn’t think private education was for her. She was delighted! Attending the local secondary school is where Tess found her feet, meeting up with Miss Cara they instantly became friends while bunking P.E. She joined her local drama group and that’s where she first found her stage. Leaving after her exams Tess the toured the country performing with well known theatre production company, never missing a night, Alison Tess’s mother attended all of her local performances. Tess then went on to play parts in Pantomime and other small productions. However, her innate love for children soon brought an end to this short lived career and she decided to pursue her vocation and fulfil her passion for working with children. In 2008 Tess met her long term partner Mr Tickle, who she calls her husband, through a mutual friend where they struck up a friendship which naturally blossomed into a long term relationship. Mr Tickle has been her rock throughout the years and has continued to encourage and support her every move. Since the day they met they have only spent one day apart from one another. It was Mr Tickle who encouraged Tess back on to the stage. The rest is Herstory!