John Fleming (I)
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How to mess up a Fringe show and lose a review star
The Edinburgh Fringe Programme is published tomorrow - almost two months before the world's biggest arts festival actually starts. So here is my two happence on why some comedy shows will fail or will lose at least one star in reviews.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th June 2017Behind the scenes of Love Song For Jeremy Corbyn video
Yesterday's blog was about Ariane Sherine's comic music video of her Love Song For Jeremy Corbyn. I play the UK Labour Party leader. In just over a day, the YouTube video had been seen by over 2,000 people. There has been feedback.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd June 2017Why Londoners would rather pay than see free comedy
Martin and Vivienne Soan have been running Pull the Other One comedy nights in Nunhead, South London, for over ten years. The shows are monthly. You pay to enter; and, in my opinion, they are always value for money whoever is on the bill.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th April 2017April Fools jokes can rebound on jokers
April Fools jokes can turn and bite the begetter.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st April 2017John Fleming on Daily Mail blind date
Nicola, 59, is matched with comedian John, 66... but did they stay for a coffee or run for a cab?
Daily Mail, 29th March 2017Interview: David Mills
David Mills, chic gay comic with a nose for pussy, gets chatty about PrEP etc.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th March 2017The wreck of the Wibbley Wobbley
As a sad PS to several recent blogs about the removal and rumoured scrapping of comedian Malcolm Hardee's floating pub venue The Wibbley Wobbley, below is a photo taken by Stephen McCreadie.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd February 2017Interview: Thom Tuck
This week's guest on the increasingly prestigious Grouchy Club Podcast was comedy performer Thom Tuck, whose idea was to come on and plug the two new Penny Dreadfuls' audio book releases. This seemed perfectly simple. But, as always, comedy critic Kate Copstick and I got sidetracked. For example, in this section...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 27th January 2017Interview: Mr Twonkey
"Why are we meeting?" I asked Paul Vickers aka Mr Twonkey, surrealist performer and winner of the 2016 increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th January 2017Consignia: the anarchic post modernist comedy group
Consignia won last year's Alternative New Comedian of the Year title. The comedy group are Phil Jarvis, Andy Barr, Nathan Willcock and now "newcomer Jason Bridge".
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd January 2017