2017 Edinburgh Fringe
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's The Grouchy Club With Kate Copstick & John Fleming - And It's Free!
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170: The Counting House
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"A talking shop for comics riding the emotional rollercoaster of the Edinburgh Fringe" (The Scotsman)... Kate Copstick - The Fringe's most-feared comedy critic - and John Fleming - "the Boswell of the alternative comedy scene" - with gossip, unprintable opinions and comedy chat. For, with and by the comedy industry. Special guests every day. WARNING: CONTAINS NUTS. Updates will appear on www.grouchyclub.co.uk
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Kate Copstick's diary: Eck the Entertainer
Last week we welcomed Alex Salmond to Slaughtered at the Abattoir bar. He was drinking a bespoke non-alcoholic cocktail, FYI.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 27th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 23
A takeover bid for the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 21
Tampons and how obscenity can be subjective.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 20, part 2
Bicycles, drugs, time travel, Ken Dodd.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 19
How to perform comedy to a tough audience.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 20th August 2017Kate Copstick's Festival Diary: Fringe taking its toll
I am sharing a flat - and offering up The Grouchy Club, daily - with the Boswell of comedy, John Fleming, who is having a dreadful Fringe.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 20th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 18
Today turned into very much a Spirit of The Fringe day: a spirit far too often submerged by giant posters and promoters/managers/agents/venues screwing their performers. As is often muttered, SOMEONE is making money, but it is rarely the performers.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 16
The comedy critic, the comic & the sado-masochism.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 15
Participation hell and real tears in a comedian's eyes
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 14
At the Grouchy Club this afternoon, Kate Copstick got worried about the fact Italian comic Luca Cupani has a new girlfriend. Copstick is of the opinion that happiness is not a good ingredient for a comedian's emotional make-up and that having children is worse. She lamented good, edgy comedians reduced to talking on-stage about their children's cuteness.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 13
I ended today soaked through with Irn Bru and rain.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 12
How to destroy a comedy career & other news.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 11
The gamut of comedy and The Grouchy Club's origins.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th August 2017Absent friends at this year's Fringe
This year, Edinburgh will miss some of its favourite stalwarts.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 7th August 2017Dick pic etiquette with Becky Fury
At The Grouchy Club both three months ago and two months ago, there was gossip about a Scottish male comedian who had allegedly sent offensive unsolicited text messages and photos - 'dick pics' - to various younger female comedians. The story was not discussed at this month's Grouchy Club, but resurfaced as a front-page story in the Scottish Daily Record and was then picked up by the English Daily Mirror and the English Sun last Saturday. Unconnected to the above, I know other female comedians who have received 'dick pics' from male comics. So I thought: Who do I know who is likely to talk about this subject ON the record? Well, obviously, Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award winning Becky Fury.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th June 2017Tit grabbing & throat-slitting at the Grouchy Club
Yesterday, performer Samantha Pressdee posted in Facebook: "Frenzied tit grabbing in Wetherspoons, all in the name of feminism, is where last night's Grouchy Club wound up."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th June 2017Performances
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| 14th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 15th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 16th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 17th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 18th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 19th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 20th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 21st Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 22nd Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 23rd Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 24th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 25th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 26th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |
| 27th Aug 2017 | 14:15 | The Counting House |