2015 Edinburgh Fringe
The Grouchy Club
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170: The Counting House
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Reprising what they did at the Fringe in 2014, Kate Copstick (doyenne of Fringe comedy critics) and daily blogger John Fleming ("The Boswell of the Alternative Comedy scene" - Chortle) will host a daily hour-long chat to which all Fringe comedians and showbiz people are invited. There are no specially-invited guests. Everyone who turns up is a guest. The Grouchy Club. You don't have to be a member to join. Anyone can come along. Anyone who does come along is part of the show.
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Awards and a very offensive act at the Fringe
At yesterday's Grouchy Club the star of the previous show in the room, gentlemanly Peter Michael Marino, gallantly went to kiss our Jewish comedy princess Arlene Greenhouse's hand. Unfortunately, her hand twitched and hit him in the face. Late last night, he was still nursing a bruised lip.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th August 2015The trauma of a 5* review & why I don't like fauning
Maybe absurdism and 'outa left field' comedians are starting to make inroads into mainstream media consciousness. Even if I have no idea what 'outa left field' actually specifically means.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd August 2015Comedian and comedy critic in fist fight at Fringe
Comedians and critics tend to have a love-hate relationship. Critics tend to love comedy and comics tend to hate critics.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd August 2015"If the street is clean, your show is a failure."
Yesterday morning started with me sitting in Fringe Central and 82-year-old Lynn Ruth Miller coming up to me.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st August 2015When is a cunning stunt not cunning?
One agent/promoter was telling me he had a stunt to publicise one of his acts which he reckoned was going to put all the traffic in Edinburgh into gridlock and he was trying to persuade me this would be worthy of an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award nomination. But this would be more likely to get the act thrown out of their venue, him prosecuted and the show loathed by locals rather than an award nomination.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st August 2015Fringe bog blog, toilet humour, replacing crystal balls
Yesterday's Grouchy Club was fairly full and, on the audio recording, not perfect with the sound of a fan - well, we actually had two fans, something the Laughing Horse Free Festival is very good at providing for stuffy Fringe rooms.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2015Bad signs at the Fringe & Lewis Schaffer kisses me
I used to have a beard for 25 years, then cut it off. I think I am going to grow one again but have not yet figured how I can explain this as anything other than laziness.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th August 2015The unavoidable Lewis Schaffer & the African President
Yesterday, I was talking to critic Kate Copstick and I think we came to the conclusion that, this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, there is no one 'hot' act whom everyone is talking about.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2015Naked ballet dancers, pigeons and Egg Roulette shock
More pigeon news. On Thursday in this blog, I mentioned the tussle performer Adrienne Truscott had with pigeons inside her flat. Yesterday, Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards judge Claire Smith of The Scotsman told me she had seen last year's Malcolm Hardee Award winner Candy Gigi running out of a sandwich shop.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 16th August 2015Jaw droppers of the Edinburgh Fringe
"You should consider Lewis Schaffer for the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for comic originality," Lewis Schaffer told me yesterday. "I'm so original people are starting to imitate me."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2015Cunning Stunt obsessed comic steals three awards
And so the insanity has begun. The Edinburgh Fringe has started.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th August 2015Kate Copstick on what makes a good Fringe show
There was a high percentage of comedians in the audience at yesterday's live show and one asked: "What makes a good Edinburgh Fringe show?"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd February 2015Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
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| 15th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 16th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 17th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 18th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 20th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 21st Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 22nd Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 23rd Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 24th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 25th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 26th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 27th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 28th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |
| 29th Aug 2015 | 15:45 | The Counting House |