John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 58
Matt Price interview
When I met comic Matt Price for tea last week in London, I did not know his partner is Glasgow comedian Martha McBrier. "Martha got attacked," he told me, "and then, about a year later, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour."
John Fleming, 29th March 2013Interview: Steve Bennett, editor of Chortle
Steve Bennett, the Editor of comedy website Chortle says: "I'm not just a reviewer. The website is used as a resource and has news on it. That's mine. I made that. I'm proud of that."
John Fleming, 24th March 2013Matt Roper in a wheelchair in a hospital in Saigon
Matt Roper says: "I am hospitalised in Saigon. God giveth but he doesn't piss about when he takes it away again... But I thank him for Cuban trained nurses and free wi-fi!"
John Fleming, 4th March 2013How budgets have affected the type of comedy we see
I was at the London School of Economics last night for an event called Comedy As Commentary, in which a panel of writers and producers discussed the way in which "much comedy writing can be read as a kind of commentary on social life." But economics came into it too.
John Fleming, 3rd March 2013Why one British comedian will not perform in Edinburgh
I also received an e-mail from a young-ish British comedian who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. He or she has performed their own show at the Edinburgh Fringe before and he or she would like to perform again. But this is what he or she told me...
John Fleming, 23rd February 2013Opinion: Is the future of British comedy online?
A look at comedy moving onto the internet.
John Fleming, Giggle Beats, 10th February 2013Bob Slayer interview
It is worth remembering that, as well as being a comedian, promoter and, at the Edinburgh Fringe, a venue-runner, Bob Slayer used to be a tour manager for and a manager of rock bands.
John Fleming, 1st February 2013The catastrophic TV comedy show pilot I saw recorded
The least said about the show itself, the better. It was a horrible dog's dinner of a slight idea expanded with irrelevant side-formats into a rambling half-hearted mess.
John Fleming, 12th December 2012Crowd funding "Forgotten Heroes of Comedy"
Robert Ross has written books on the Carry On films, Fawlty Towers, Marty Feldman, The Goodies, Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Monty Python - the list goes on and on and on. But his latest book Forgotten Heroes of Comedy is not being handled by a 'traditional' publisher. It is being 'crowd-funded' by Unbound.
John Fleming, The Huffington Post, 28th October 2012Chris Dangerfield spent £200k+ on Chinese prostitutes
Chris Dangerfield says: "My show at the Edinburgh Fringe next year is going to be based on the fact that in around eighteen months I spent in excess of £200,000 on Chinese prostitutes."
John Fleming, 12th October 2012