John Fleming (I)
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Amy Howerska, sassy comedian raised by trained killers
Comedian Amy Howerska's Edinburgh Fringe show in August will be called Sasspot. The publicity blurb for it says she was "raised by a pack of trained killers". This understates the truth quite considerably.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th June 2015Fringe act quits PBH Free Fringe over the Cowgatehead
So I received an e-mail from Mark Davison. "You mentioned a few blog entries ago that you weren't sure if anyone would withdraw from PBH as a result of the Cowgatehead fiasco, so I wanted to give you first refusal on publishing my own statement of withdrawal."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th June 2015Cowgatehead casualty Christian Talbot and his daughter
He told me: "There are a load of people - I was talking to them this morning - they've re-applied to the PBH Free Fringe and haven't heard anything back and they're waiting on Freestival stuff and it's just... I mean, it's really heartbreaking to... I know about ten or twelve people very personally, really good friends, who are... they just have no venue now... They've really become very, very disillusioned."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th June 2015Cowgatehead chaos: the unseen emails
The basic highly-simplified situation is that both organisations claim to have had rights to the Cowgatehead venue. The PBH Free Fringe now have a written contract; the Freestival claim to have had an earlier oral contract. Under Scots law, oral contracts are legally binding.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th June 2015Acts cut from Cowgatehead venue speak out
Leo Kearse has told me this: "Short answer - I'm currently down about £1,200. I had two shows booked in. They are both great shows. They will be replaced by some shit from the PBH z-list. I shudder to think how shit that'll be."
John Fleming, 4th June 2015'Free' Fringe performers could lose around £77,000
PBH had previously seen Alex Petty and the Free Festival as (my words) The Great Satan. Now Freestival became The Great Satan.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd June 2015Philip Simon notices a Jewish change in the UK
A few weeks ago, I was a judge on the Last Minute Comedy Comedian of the Year awards. The winner was Philip Simon. "You mentioned in your act at the Awards," I told him in Borehamwood this week, "that you look a bit like David Mitchell." "I don't get mistaken for him in the street but, when I say it in gigs, there's enough people who go: Ah! That's what it is!"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th May 2015Cowgatehead chaos: Free Fringe rejections start
Continuing on from yesterday's blog about the still unresolved chaos surrounding the Cowgatehead venue at this year's Edinburgh Fringe ...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th May 2015Cowgatehead Update - 1403 Monday 25th May
Freestival board member Jools Constant met with the licensee of Cowgatehead, Kenny Waugh, this afternoon and has hammered out a compromise agreement under which Freestival would retain the lower 3 floors which are already booked in.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th May 2015Russell Brand supports Comedy Cafe owners charity
"Yes," he told me. "He's going to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Comedy Cafe by doing a gig on Wednesday 3rd June for the orphanage in Nepal."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd May 2015