John Fleming (I)
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Edinburgh Fringe day 1
Good shows, a questionable director and a late disaster.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2017Simon Caine wants literal elevator pitches
"That sounds like something in a Woody Allen film," I told him. "A concept that could become a project that could become a..."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2017Nathan Lang lost 2 Edinburgh Fringe venues
Nathan Lang has lived in the UK for ten years now. He made his career debut as Pinhead in the Australian soap Neighbours.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd August 2017Malcolm Hardee and John Stonehouse
This blog is mostly just an excuse to run an extract from the late comedian Malcolm Hardee's autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake. Malcolm drowned in London in 2005.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st July 2017Ruby Wax's offspring - two Siblings on the Fringe
Maddy and Marina Bye are real-life sisters performing their show Siblings at the Edinburgh Fringe. They are the daughters of comedy actress Ruby Wax and legendary TV comedy director Ed Bye.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st July 2017Frank Carson was never himself
At this year's Edinburgh Fringe, comic Mike McCabe is performing a show about old school comedy legend Frank Carson.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th July 2017Becky Fury's mis-billed Fringe show is already a riot
Now her show time has been changed - She has now been told she is in an earlier slot - 10.00pm in the Black Market, 6th-26th August.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th July 2017Cally Beaton: How to recover an award nomination
A couple of days ago, I wrote the second of two blogs about Cally Beaton and others claiming to have won an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th July 2017Becky Fury banned by Facebook, going into wrestling
It never rains but it pours. Particularly in Edinburgh.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 27th July 2017How publicists can lose you an Fringe award nomination
The story was picked-up yesterday by comedy industry website Chortle - as part of a list of false publicity claims by various performers - which reported re Cally Beaton that: "The press release for her delightfully named show Super Cally Fragile Lipstick boasts that she won the 'Malcolm Hardee First Minute Award', last year. Today, Chortle has a piece which includes the suicidal lines: "Comedian Cally Beaton also felt that she had ended up on the list through no fault of her own... Her publicist said they were told Beaton had won a 'First Minute Award at the Malcolm Hardee Awards."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 26th July 2017