About Clout
Clout Communications Ltd is headed up by directors David Burns, Greg Day and Kevin Wilson. Our mission statement is simple: provide a bold, decisive, receptive and imaginative level of service for all our clients, and have lots of fun doing it!
David Burns has 20 years experience in arts and entertainment PR. His career has included senior roles at Avalon, MacLaurin Public Relations, Wall To Wall Television, The Really Useful Group and The Society of London Theatre. Before becoming part of Clout, he ran Burning Issues PR for five years, representing clients as diverse as The Goodies, Harry Shearer, Robin Ince, if.com winner David Doherty, BBC Scotland, Pathe Films, Graeae Theatre Company and Eclipse Theatre.
At Clout he specialises in theatre, comedy, arts and festival PR, working with such clients as Steven Berkoff, Harry Shearer, US gospel queen Oleta Adams, ATC's acclaimed production of 'The Brother's Size', Phil Jupitus in 'Lifecoach' and Pimms Summerfest - London's first and only outdoor comedy festival. David is also a key publicist at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Former actor and playwright Greg Day has over 20 years experience as a TV & film publicist, including roles as Senior Press Officer at Channel 4 from 1990 to 1998 and Head of Publicity, Drama & Entertainment for FIVE from 1998 to 2001. From 2001 to 2008 he ran Greg Day PR, where clients included Five, Channel 4, BBC, Objective Productions, Nickelodeon, Michelle Collins. Nick Knowles, Derren Brown and Open University.
At Clout Greg specialises in talent, TV, film & celebrity PR, handling such clients as Derren Brown, 'Real Hustle' presenters Alexis Conran and Jessica-Jane Clement, crime author Christopher Fowler and Film4 FrightFest, the UK's leading horror and fantasy film festival. Greg is also a practising psychotherapist, M.A.,Dip.
After 20 years as a showbusiness journalist, Kevin Wilson launched his own entertainment PR agency, KWPR, in 1994, and headed it until 2008. At Clout he specialises in theatre, music and celebrity clients.
His recent West End clients include 'Thriller - Live', 'The Rise and Fall of Little Voice', 'Debbie Reynolds: Alive and Fabulous', 'The 39 Steps', 'Frank, Sammy & Dean - The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas', 'Dancing in the Streets' and 'The Rocky Horror Show'. His personal clients include Joan Rivers for her play 'Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress By A Life in Progress', Roseanne Barr, Eartha Kitt, Sandra Bernhard, Macy Gray and Glen Campbell. He represented 'Skins' star Nicholas Hoult in his West End debut, 'New Boy'; Ruby Wax in Roald Dahl's 'The Witches', and the first Spanish-language West End musical, 'Peter Pan - El Musical'. He was named West End PR of The Year in 2007.