John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 28
Arthur 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 2016Fringe: where shows with no audience can get 4* reviews
I was already behind on six interesting blog chats which I had had last week and which I had been going to post in the days leading up to my arrival in Edinburgh.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd 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 20163 ways to publicise a show without using a PR person
From Lewis Schaffer, Ellis & Rose and Louise Reay.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th July 2016I am lazy. Comedy club crowdfunding continues.
On 3rd June, I had a chat with Barry Ferns and Dec Munro about the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign they had just started to help finance the new Angel Comedy 2.0 comedy club in London's Islington. The idea was that I could give their campaign a boost with a blog. What could go wrong?
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st July 2016James Ross on being successful with accessible comedy
The monthly-ish Quantum Leopard comedy show in London this Saturday is sold out in advance - as always. Organiser James Ross does not have a website for the shows. He thinks it would be a waste of time and money. He says: "The Quantum Leopard Facebook group is very much the key mechanism for publicity."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th May 2016Will Franken: "I am unable to create in moderation"
"I think a lot of sketches go on far too long. They don't know a clever way out. They don't know the Monty Python approach of Don't beat them over the head with a sledgehammer punchline, just find a nice segue into something else. Brevity!"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd April 2016John Dowie interview
John Dowie is difficult to describe. Wikipedia's current attempt is: "a British comedian, musician and writer. He began performing stand-up comedy in 1969."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th April 2016