John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 27
Becky Fury wants to 'go out with' another comedian
"I live on a boat and I work very little and I have a very nice life. I try not to hurt anybody or cause anyone any stress. People should be what they want to be. I am a free spirit. But why do I live on a boat? Because it's cheaper. I used to live in a squat, but you can't do that any more."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd October 2016The Kunt and The Gang monologues
I thought it would also be interesting to chat to him for a blog, but he told me: "I stopped doing face to face stuff as it never comes across in print quite as well as the email interviews." I told him: "I'm never very keen on written Q&A 'interviews' because they never sound like a lively conversation. Writing in grammatical perfection is always a killer." So, inevitably, we did do a Q&A email interview. This is it.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th September 2016Do Fringe acts screw themselves by advertising?
The target audience is not the punters. It is the advertising industry itself.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th September 2016Interview: John Flemming - Malcolm Hardee Awards
John Flemming interview.
Rosie Gillott, Fresh Air, 28th August 2016Malcolm Hardee Awards presented by John Fleming
There has never been an award for the ultimate Malcolm Hardee Award winner, but if there was, says John Fleming, it would go to Doktor CocaColaMcDonalds.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 16th August 2016Yesterday at the Fringe I saw the strangest things
At last year's Edinburgh Fringe, performer Cassie Atkinson and I seemed to be stalking each other. Almost every day, we seemed to bump into each other at least once. This year, she seems to have been replaced by Joz Norris and Scott Agnew. I keep meeting Joz in other people's shows and Scott on street corners.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th August 2016Arthur Smith and his socks and a duck jockstrap gift
"Are you doing your traditional late-night tour of the Royal Mile?" I asked comedian and national treasure Arthur Smith yesterday, beside his new exhibition of socks. "Yes," Arthur told me. "And I will be introducing the13ft Norwegian giantess Jadwiga."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th August 2016Fringe & Just For Laughs: the same but very different
"Well," said Luca Cupani, "the Fringe is all on the shoulders of the performers. You do your show and, among the punters, there might be some industry people. But the industry it is hidden; you don't see them. In Montreal it is more visible - the industry. The companies, they promote the shows, they invite people and then the punters come. It is on the same level as Edinburgh but different."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th August 2016How to win a Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award
Well, the best way to win an Award and to honour Malcolm's memory would be to lend me £500 and not expect to get it back but, if you are more vanilla in your Award approaches, the first thing is to know is what the fuck the awards actually are.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th August 2016The venue that doesn't know where its own entrance is
Yesterday, still zonked from my trip up to Edinburgh and not enlivened by six Red Bull drinks, I met Julie-Ann Laidlaw of Blond Ambition, who wanted me to plug her Vive La Variété show for the Cabaret vs Cancer charity this coming Sunday.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2016