Oh, the wretched topic of death, such a frustrating interloper, especially at Christmas, damn you. Alas, there is no point in pretending that we improve with age. In his colossal autobiography, Ben Hecht expressed the ageing process thus: “the years diminish us, time rots our body, cools our blood, darkens our brain, and, like a…
The Malcolm Hardee Awards are getting a good rise out of their latest crop of nominees – or one of them in particular. The awards honour Hardee – one of the greatest festival pranksters and publicity magnets – by giving out semi-satirical awards. This year the committee chose to nominate US stand-up Bo Burnham for…
I have a Edinburgh Fringe client that is a genuine South African Sangoma or Witch Doctor. It seems that he feels the need to ritually slaughter a live chicken on stage on the full moon next week to bring The House of the Holy Afro theatre production at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh good fortune!…
Getting ink and free publicity is essential for any Edinburgh Fringe show; the much used stand bys like fly-posting and flyering are omnipresent come Festival-time. Every stunter tries to turn a trick to get noticed, but this year shock and outrage has taken a back seat because one comedian has broken the spell. Tonight Mark…
No nudity? Now that’s a scandal The Sunday Times – UK … “It’s become a deep cliché,” says Mark Borkowski, the publicist famous for his promotion of extreme acts such as Archaos and the Jim Rose Circus. … http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2289430,00.html
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Fringe Report Award London,London,UK Other notable recipients at the awards ceremony, which was held at the Canal Cafe Theatre, included Mark Borkowski, who received the Theatre of Publicity Award http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/11566/fringe-report-award-for-stage-party
PR stunts: an expert’s guide How do you sell tickets to your show? Make up a strange, tragic story and then sell it to the press. Mark Borkowski explains Myths and legends abound about who did what to promote which show at the Edinburgh Fringe. You can get away with things during these three weeks…
‘Me’ generation takes Fringe by storm Real-life tales of success, excess and misfortune are taking over this year, irking professional comics Other unlikely Fringe performers whose talks draw heavily on their own lives are Simon Donald, the co-creator of Viz comic, leading PR man Mark Borkowski, American news anchor Bob Wiltfong, and Colin Hay, the…
Ian Shuttleworth’s review of Taboo featuring Pink & Squeezy conceived by Dexter Augustus, August 1992 Gimmicks, gimmicks, gimmicks. Everyone needs gimmicks to get their show noticed among the 1100 here on the Fringe… and just about everyone has one. It might just be a good review blurb on their leaflet… “Nominated for the Independent Award,”…