John Fleming (I)
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Press clippings Page 56
Tablecloth maestro Mat Ricardo on comedy club barriers
Since February this year, Mat Ricardo has been performing monthly shows - Mat Ricardo's London Varieties - with a full bill of genuinely top acts at the Leicester Square Theatre.
John Fleming, 29th May 2013Why the 'free' shows at Edinburgh Fringe are not free
Why the 'free' shows at the Edinburgh Fringe are not free and why I prefer to see cheap comedy shows by unknowns.
John Fleming, 28th May 2013A daily club for comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe
Back in July 2011, I blogged about the vague idea of setting up a club for comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe catering (as I possibly unwisely phrased it) "not for the VIP top-of-the-billers but for the ordinary riff-raff of comedy".
John Fleming, 28th May 2013BBC News crisis comedy - and without Jimmy Savile!
At the Edinburgh Fringe in August, there will be a play titled Making News about a newly-installed female Head of News at the BBC who has to handle a breaking story about the corporation itself.
John Fleming, 23rd May 2013The end of the UK's Greatest Show On Legs?
Last night I went to see Martin Soan perform as part of The Greatest Show On Legs, the comedy troupe he created years ago.
John Fleming, 19th May 20139 more questions asked by virgin Ed Fringe comedians
Questions asked by first time performers in Edinburgh.
John Fleming, 15th May 2013Questions asked by first-time Fringe performers
Answers to nine questions asked by first-time Edinburgh Fringe performers.
John Fleming, 13th May 2013Interview with Make Me Laugh study's Dr Brett Mills
The University of East Anglia (UEA) got a £300,000 grant for a three-year study into "the nature of creativity within the British television comedy industry." The study is called Make Me Laugh. It started in January 2012 and ends in December 2014. The 'Principal Investigator' is Dr Brett Mills.
John Fleming, 11th May 2013James Hamilton interview
James Hamilton tries and fails to persuade me he is not weird.
John Fleming, 9th May 2013Juliette Burton - comedian who battled anorexia
The British comedian who battled anorexia and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act - and what God said.
John Fleming, 8th May 2013