John Fleming (I)
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Kate Cook - potential Lady Macbeth with a pipe
"I did comedy for two years and then I stopped because my sister died and I stopped finding anything funny," actress and comedian Kate Cook told me.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th January 2015Kate Copstick: what she likes & giving bad reviews
"Initially, I wanted to be an actress," Copstick told me this week, "because then I would never need to be myself. But I have never wanted to be a stand-up comic."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th January 2015Lewis Schaffer on madness, his mother and himself
"Honestly!" I said to Lewis Schaffer's official stalker Blanche Cameron at the end of last night's show, "It's so frustrating! The things I can't blog about!"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th January 2015Elf Lyons: duck flu, Barbarella & a dog in a gimp suit
"I came up with this world..." she told me. "This sitcom idea. I got really excited, then realised all the tangents and all the character layers couldn't really exist in a one hour play, so I've written lots of different episodes. And I'm doing the first 45-minute pilot, as it were, next Thursday for three nights at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th January 2015What do you say to the organiser of a Jewish comedy day
The organiser of this fine upcoming Jewish Comedy Day is Arlene Greenhouse. We met when she came to see a couple of Grouchy Club shows in Edinburgh last August.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th January 2015Malcolm Hardee: born 65 years ago today
R.I.P Malcolm Hardee, godfather of alternative comedy. Born 65 years ago today, drowned 10 years ago this month. (5th January 1950 - 31st January 2005).
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th January 2015Comedies can get standing ovations but fail as blogs
I thought I was onto a winner for today's blog. Seeing a show AND comedy news from Germany. It was not to be.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th December 2014Interview: Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson on being "racist, sexist, homophobic" - and Operation Yewtree.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th December 2014The improvisers who ended up with scripted success
"I'm not sure it can get much better than this," Charlie Russell told me yesterday. "We're all very early on in our careers and to perform in a show where we have artistic input... AND it's in the West End... AND it's your best mates... That is good. I'm enjoying it while I've got it."
The Play That Goes Wrong opened at The Duchess Theatre this September and has now had its run extended until at least next September.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th December 2014Comedians: humorous or humorless? Me: terrible audience
I always tend to say all comedians are barking mad. If I were more PC, I might say they were "psychologically interesting". Which they certainly are.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd December 2014