John Fleming (I)
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Why you should always seek out and watch bad live shows
"Saw my first really terrible show yesterday. What a relief after so much brilliance." That is what Claire Smith, esteemed comedy critic and Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards judge, posted on her Facebook page this morning.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2019How to create a Fringe award in less than a fortnight
With the Malcolm Hardee Awards revived after a short hiatus, new trophies had to be made. So the BCG asked John Ward to make more with (this year at least) the same design AND also to design and make a new-style trophy for their Comedians' Choice Awards.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2019How Michael Livesley is coping or not with the chaos
It is performer Michael Livesley's first Edinburgh Fringe. In London last month, he talked to me about his show for a blog before the true madness all started. He is now staying in Leith, the port part of Edinburgh. So how is he faring? Well.... Here he is with an update...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th August 2019Jonathan Hansler on being Basil Fawlty AND Peter Cook
This month, he is involved in two separate productions featuring comedy icons - he performs the John Cleese role in Fawlty Towers Live: The Themed Dinner Show throughout the Edinburgh Fringe... and his play about Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Goodbye: The (After) Life of Cook & Moore - plays six dates at Dingwalls in London, starting this Friday.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th August 2019A rail accident, Malcolm Hardee & #JusticeForObonjo
Some insights into the lives of three comedy performers at the Edinburgh Fringe...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th August 2019Malcolm Hardee Awards return
The Hardees - The Malcolm Hardee Awards - are being revived after their demise in 2017. The awards aim to recognise a spirit of madcap anarchy in comedy performers at the Edinburgh Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 6th August 2019Sexual & sectarian attacks on female comics at Fringe
Yesterday's blog mentioned Samantha Pressdee and her show Covered (in PQA Venues @ Riddle's Court), which is largely about mental health. Last night, she posted this on her Facebook page:
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th August 2019BBC Studios slag-off live comedy + a secret gig
I am not up at the Edinburgh Fringe, but feedback is starting to trickle in.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th August 2019Becky Fury finds spirit of comedy may have Alzheimer's
I am not going to be in Edinburgh for the Fringe but, already, people are telling me what is happening up there. For example, Malcolm Hardee Award winning Becky Fury, who is up there 3rd-25th August performing Becky Fury's One Hour to Save the World (in 55 Minutes)...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2019Juliette Burton interiew
Juliette Burton's new show Defined has just opened at the Edinburgh Fringe. So...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st July 2019