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Following a critically acclaimed, packed-house run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe where they received no fewer than 13 5-star rave reviews, pop comedy duo Frisky and Mannish are bringing their unique Twisted Pop Cabaret to bear on the festive season and making their West End debut - for one night only. The magic of Christmas has never been so tangible.

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The acclaimed international hit comedy with more than 500,000 satisfied fans, "A Guide To Sexual Misery"has now extended its West End debut season at Leicester Square Theatre due to overwhelming public demand until Friday 24 July.

"An hour and a half of laughter, astonishment & discovery" The Times

Star of BBC3's hugely popular THE REAL HUSTLE, Alexis Conran has turned the world of scamming into an entertaining art-form and is acknowledged both as a uniquely talented performer and someone you don't want to play cards with. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press and public relations.

An emerging talent, Alexis was chosen as one of the six acts to make it through to the live finals of BBC's YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU, the UK Eurovision finals. Down to the final two, he lost a closely contested phone vote, much to the disappointment of his fast-growing legion of fans. Undeterred, he is about to make his West End theatre debut as the title role in DIRTY WHITE BOY: TALES OF SOHO. Based on the acclaimed novel by Clayton Littlewood, the play recieves its world premiere at the Trafalgar Studuos from April 26 - May 23.

From headlining in Brit horror comedy flick SEVERANCE to directing Derren Brown and starring in E4's hit horror comedy DEAD SET. actor, writer Andy Nyman continues his steady rise to prominence. He will next be seen starring in Christopher Smith's new movie BLACK DEATH released in Feb 2010. He has also written GHOST STORIES with Jeremy Dyson - a stage play set for The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Feb - April 2010. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press and public relations.

Clout Communications is retained to provide PR services to both the Arts Theatre and the relaunch of the refurbished Leicester Square Theatre, due to open in August.

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE made great waves in New York. Now the celebrated playright's bold re-interpretation of the Greek myth of Orpheusand Eurydice makes its European premiere in a co-production between ATC, the Drum Theatre Plymouth and the Young Vic. For this new production, ATC artistic director Bijan Sheibani, fresh from his acclaimed National Theatre debut OUR CLASS, is reunited with the team who created the award-winning THE BROTHER'S SIZE.

With rave reviews internationally and several awards including the New York 2008 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret vocalist, Barb Jungr is renowned for her unique vocal and interpretative style. Her new national tour, MAN IN THE BLACK COAT, kicks off from January 13 2009. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press and public relations in the UK.

"Simply mesmerising" The Times. "Tantalisingly close to mass attention" - Indie on Sunday

17-year-old Bo Burnham recorded two of his self-penned comedy songs as videos, posted them on YouTube and the rest, as they say, is history. Two years and 13 songs later, Bo's videos have now been viewed 30 million times worldwide. On the eve of his European debut at The Big Joke comedy festival in October, Bo has just signed a deal to write comedy-songs and star in his first Hollywood movie. He was hailed this month by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 5 hottest new comedians.

"Supremely funny... an international superstar" Time Out, London

Boy George is back doing what he loves best - singing live… stripped down, acoustic, unplugged. From Sunday December 20 - Wednesday December 30, "Boy George in Concert Up Close and Personal" sees George in residency at the beautiful 400-seat Leicester Square Theatre, the former Venue where he first launched his West End and Tony-nominated Broadway musical, “Taboo”. Clout Communications is handling all publicity.

“Culture Club is a living soap opera and at times I have to pinch myself because it is beyond madness” Boy George, 1999

From the country that brought the world arch-improvisers Mike Myers, John Candy and Colin Mochrie and comic actor supremos Jim Carrey, Leslie Nielsen and Rick Moranis, comes Canadian Content, the latest crop of top comedy talent from the land of the moose. Winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards Best Sketch Group and Best Male Improviser, the company is recognised as Canada’s premier sketch and impro group.

Clout Communications is retained by Channel 4 to handle the programme publicity for Derren Brown's TV programmes. Recent titles include DERREN BROWN: TRICK OR TREAT (Series 2) and DERREN BROWN: THE SYSTEM.

This powerful and provocative Canadian play, about a neo-Nazi skinhead accused of a racially motivated murder and the liberal Jewish lawyer who reluctantly agrees to defend him, will receive its British premiere at the King’s Head Theatre from September 9.

‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’, ‘Let it Snow, Let it Snow’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ are on the play list as we drift back to a glamorous era where the Hollywood famous rubbed shoulders with White House politicians and partied hard... The West End production of Christmas With The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas will run at the Adelphi Theatre from Tuesday 24 November - Saturday 2 January. Press night is Thursday 26 November at 7.30pm

It's the coolest Yuletide party in town! ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’, ‘Let it Snow, Let it Snow’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ are on the play list as we drift back to a glamorous era where the Hollywood famous rubbed shoulders with White House politicians and partied hard... After several critically acclaimed national tours since 2000 and four years in the West End, ‘Christmas With The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas’ is embarking on a 23-date UK tour.

Author of 33 books and recipient of 12 awards, Christopher Fowler, the acclaimed master of dark urban fiction has written his first memoir. PAPERBOY brilliantly captures the inner world of a 10-year-old struggling to free his imagination and pursue his love of words. Clout Communications is retained to handle all press and pubic relations.

"The best pulp fiction writer this side of Stephen King - i-D

Doreen Mantle stars as Miss Barwick, a seemingly dotty and eccentric old lady who refuses all offers up to £1million to leave her rundown, crumbling home, that stands in the way of a massive new housing development. Jermyn Street Theatre presents its first ever in-house production as a tribute to Dan Crawford and Judy Campbell.

"Doreen Mantle is a joy. The evening feels like a gently dusted down and unmistakably priceless heirloom." The Daily Telegraph

After two years of standing ovations in the West End, "Dancing In The Streets", the acclaimed celebration of the greatest Motown hits, is currently on a 2008 British tour.

Celebrating Motown’s 50th anniversary year, hit West End hit  ‘Dancing In The Streets’ is embarking on a massive UK tour. More than 40 years after Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas and Stevie Wonder first arrived in the UK in 1965 with the Tamla Motown Revue Tour, ‘Dancing in the Streets’ celebrates the greatest Motown hits and recreates the energy, style and music of the greatest stars of the Motown stable.

‘All killer... no filler’ The Guardian   ‘One of if not the best show... ever!’ Capital Radio

Based on Sebastian Horsley's notorious memoir ''Dandy in the Underworld', this insane tale of modern-day dandyism comes to the Soho Theatre from the 10th June - 10th July. With a childhood surrounded by alcoholism and petty cruelty, an adolesence of rebellion and punkish anarchy and an adulthood peppered with heroin addiction, voluntary cruxifiction, failed suicide and a penchant for prostitution, Sebastian's life was always destined to become a work of art.  Sebastion is played by Milo Twomey (pictured).

Hundreds of heart-rending letters, which were returned unopened after WWII, are now a hit play.

"It’s a testament to the strength of the writing, the thoughtful direction and the compelling performances that the production left not a dry eye in the house." The Stage

Debbie Reynolds, MGM legend and star of ‘Singing in the Rain’, ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ and ‘That’s Entertainment!’, is celebrating more than 50 years in showbusiness by bringing her award-winning one-woman show, Debbie Reynolds Alive and Fabulous, to the West End for a 10-date season at the Apollo theatre, from Wednesday 28 April to Sunday 9 May. It will be her first London theatre performances for 34 years. As a pre-West End warm-up she will tour the UK, starting at Norwich Theatre Royal on Wednesday April 7.

From June 15 to July 18 Derren Brown will be performing his new show, DERREN BROWN: ENIGMA at the Adelphi Theatre. Be prepared for a theatrical roller-coaster ride. Tickets on sale now. 0844 579 0090.

"Enigma, once again, sees him climbing to artistic heights rarely, if ever, achieved by any other legends pf the magical arts" -  Time Out

From April 18 - June 5 2009, the master of psychological illusion returns to the stage with a brand new show DERREN BROWN: ENIGMA. With 44 dates across the UK, Derren will once again bewilder, baffle and bewitch - demonstrating why he is one of the country's most revered performers. 

"Hopefully, I'll be giving audiences an experience that they will never forget" - Derren Brown

Dick Whittington is London’s favourite rags to riches story, a magical tale of daring and courage. Dick is a poor boy who comes to London thinking the streets are paved with gold. But he quickly has to face up to the harsh reality of getting a job. He falls in love with his boss’s daughter... and that’s just the start of a fantastic adventure. After providing a Christmas home to London Bubble, the Unicorn Theatre, and English Pocket Opera Company, this is the first in-house produced pantomime at the Cochrane Theatre in many years. It follows a long tradition of providing great family entertainment at affordable prices.

Clayton Littlewood’s acclaimed book, “Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho” based on his bizarre experiences running an upmarket menswear shop in bohemian Old Compton Street, won acclaim from critics and celebrities alike. Now it comes to the West End in a brilliantly funny and insightful stage adaptation at the Trafalgar Studios, featuring the writer himself, award-winning solo performer David Benson and Alexis Gerred, singing torch songs as ”Dirty White Boy”.

Multi award-winning Prima Ballerina of the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Irina Kolesnikova will make her West End dancing debut in this British premiere by the Peter Schaufuss Company, which pays tribute to three of the world's greatest icons - Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. Choreographed and directed by Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award-winning Peter Schaufuss, DIVAS will have its West End premiere at the Apollo Theatre in a strictly limited season from June 19 - July 5.

Brutal, shambolic, savage and unpredictable, US comedian Doug Stanhope returns to Leicester Square Theatre for six nights - his only UK theatre dates this year. His last visit to his favourite UK comedy venue resulted in a bollocking for the BBC from the watchdog OFCOM following comments Doug made about the Republican VP-hopeful Sarah Palin's children on a live radio show.

"He's a brilliant stand-up: a poet of articulate disgust, unleashing fireballs of comedy from the hell of his imagination" - The Guardian 

Rock singer turned film director Federico Zampaglione takes terror to new heights with his debut horror film SHADOW, which is being defined as "the renaissance of Italian horror". Screened at Film4 FrightFest to huge critical and audiance acclaim, the film tells the tale of a young soldier returning from a tour of duty in Iraq: a dark and unnerving shock to the system. Clout is retained as press representative for UK and International.

"Blends survivalist horror, torture porn and surreal fairytales into a mad, malevolent mix...which will leave audiences shuddering in fear" - Total Film

On Fri 26 Feb & Sat 27 Feb, the UK's biggest horror & fantasy film festival returns to the Glasgow Film Festival for the 5th year running. In association with Play.com, this year's event boasts three world premieres, four UK premieres and the European premiere of FROZEN, the eagerly-awaited ski-lift shocker from Adam Green.

After playing over 1000 performances in the West End, numerous critically acclaimed UK national tours since 2000, playing all over Europe, to sell out audiences in Canada and standing ovations in America, FRANK, SAMMY & DEAN – THE RAT PACK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS launches a major 2008 UK tour.

"Absolutely superb... a 15-piece on-stage band, three glamorous backing singers and performers left me breathless with pleasure. A joy" - The Daily Telegraph

ATC and the Arcola Theatre join forces to present Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s new version of Ibsen’s "Ghosts". The collaboration brings together the producers of the acclaimed "The Brothers Size" and the theatre that presented the award-winning production of the Lenkiewicz translation of An Enemy of The People "

During his 40 years in show business, Glen Campbell has sold 40 million records, racked up 12 gold albums and made 75 trips up the charts, 27 of them into the Top 10. He is the best guitarist of his generation, has been awarded numerous accolades for his celebrated vocals and is an international star - in short, he is a living legend! Clout Communications are retained for his UK tour in April and May, 2010.

Clout is engaged to represent Britain's foremost disabled-led theatre company Graeae to build their corporate and artistic profile, to publicise their work and to oversee the publicity surrounding the capital funding for their architecturally ground-breaking accessible new offices in East London.

Broadway actress and celebrated impressionist and "Forbidden Broadway" star Christine Pedi is to premiere her one woman tour-de-force, Great Dames, in London. Great Dames is Pedi’s tribute to the dolls, broads, babes, bombshells and icons who have inspired her career. With great affection, she conjures up the likes of Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews and many more, as well as singing classic tunes first popularised by many a great dame (real or imagined).

1920s Germany: Hannah Arendt, a young Jewish student catches the eye of Professor Martin Heidegger, a brilliant philosopher. They begin an affair but as the Nazis rise to power, Hannah flees to America and becomes a political writer. Heidegger, meanwhile, uses his brilliance to further the goals of the party. Then Hannah returns to Germany to confront him.

Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett both starred as the face of Holly the Computer in different series of the BBC's hugely popular science fiction comedy Red Dwarf. Individually they are renowned comedians, each with their own distinctive style. Now, to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the series, they combine their comedy talents for their first ever national tour together with an evening of stand-up and spontaneous Q&A.

Following its sell out success at the Edinburgh Fringe and The Courtyard Theatre, this uncompromising celebration of a musical genius, starring Adrian Schiller as the poet laureate of punk,  comes to the Leicester Square Theatre from Jan 5 - Feb 15 2009.

"Go and see this fantastic show!" Bill Bailey

James Alexandrou, (Martin Fowler in "EastEnders") makes his West End stage debut in this visceral and terrifying dark comedy. On the day after London wins the bid for the Olympics the world suddenly felt a lot brighter. Then a bomb went off.. "In My Name" transfers to the Trafalgar Studios following a sold-out run at the Old Red Lion Theatre.

Certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as “The Fastest Dancer in the World,” James Devine clocks in at an astounding 38 taps per second. Now direct from sold out, record-breaking seasons on Broadway and at the Edinburgh Festival, he is to tour the UK with “TapEire”, an electrifying combination of dance, percussion, music and video in which punk rock collides with centuries of Irish dance.

"Phenomenal" ***** (5 stars) The Scotsman

"If hip-hop did tap, this would be it" The Herald

Author of PSYCHOSIS IN THE FAMILY, Janet is a trained Transpersonal psychotherapist (UKCP & MBACP), a qualified life coach and a member of Lapidus, an organisation that promotes the use of literary arts for personal development. She is also co-founder of the charity 'Loving Someone in Psychosis' - a support group for family and friends of anyone in psychosis.

PSYCHOSIS IN THE FAMILY is published on June 3 2009 by Karnac in association with the UKCP.

As part of the crack scamming team on BBC3's popular series THE REAL HUSTLE, TV presenter, actress & model Jessica-Jane Clement is making a name for herself as "the hottest swindler on Britsh TV". Clout Communications is retained to handle all press and public relations.

Acclaimed entertainer Jim Bailey is to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of the legendary Judy Garland with 6 spectacular West End shows. Judy would have been 87 on June 10, and Bailey, America’s foremost impersonator, is marking the occasion with an evening of song, anecdotes and MGM stories once told by the lady herself, Bailey will be singing all Judy’s greatest hits.

“In what remains one of the most astonishing acts ever to tread the boards, Jim Bailey IS Judy Garland” San Francisco Chronicle

US comedian and actor JIM GAFFIGAN is a major talent loved by a wide range of audiences for his stand-up, acting and writing. As approachable as he is edgy, Gaffigan's clever, quiet style has made his one of America's most current, popular comedians. Not seen live in the UK since 2004, Jim will be performing for one night only at the Shaw Theatre on March 20.

"I love food and I'm STILL excited to perform in England" - Jim Gaffigan

Comedy icon Joan Rivers made her acclaimed West End acting debut in the self-penned autobiographical play: JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS - the premiere production at Leicester Square Theatre.

"Conversational gold from a life lived under an artificial showbiz sun. She's a survivor, a trouper. We get all that, we applaud her for it, but it wouldn't matter a nickle if she didn't have one-liners that stick in the mind like perfume-tipped darts." - The Daily Telegraph

Critically-acclaimed actor & singer Julian Ovenden has donned cowboy hat and boots to star with Jane Horrocks in the Young Vic's revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, which previews from October 3 2009. Clout Communications is retained to handle all Julian's press & publicity in the UK.

Kate Robbins is an iconic, multi-faceted performer; a former pop star and current musical diva - equally at home impersonating the Queen as she is performing to a late-night cabaret crowd. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press and public relations.

"Brilliant...hilarious...one of the great traditional entertainers" The Daily Telegraph

Kerry Ellis recently returned to the role of Elphaba in the West End production of “Wicked”, having played it for six months at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. Clout Communications are retained to publicise her first major project when she leaves the production in May - 'Kerry Ellis Celebrates The Great British Songbook'.

“Kerry Ellis has the extraordinary ability to take on a part and make you think no-one else could ever have played it as well. It is only a matter of time until she gets to create a role and makes it her own forever.” Cameron Mackintosh, December 19, 2008

1829 Ireland and a bold and beautiful young country girl encounters the famous actor Edmund Kean. She decides to follow him and her destiny to the great city of London... "Kitty & Damnation", by award-winnng Joseph Crilly, is a most turbulent and adventurous drama of heartfelt love and human frailty, involving touching pathos andsporadic episodes of mirth and joviality. It features deceit, gallantry, honest righteousness - and some frightful villains.

It’s almost six decades since Hollywood funnymen Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy completed the last of a series of legendary UK theatre tours. But the boys are heading back to the West End, with Simon Lloyd and Neil Bromley delivering an uncanny portrayal of the most loved comedy duo of all time, in Tom McGrath’s acclaimed play.

The West End's newest theatre opened with The Big Joke Comedy Festival after a £600,000 three-month renovation. Clout Communications is retained as venue publicists. Recent clients represented at the venue by Clout include Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, Miss Polly Rae and Her Hurly Burly Girlys and the West End debut of Youtube internet comedy sensation, Bo Burnham.

Star of "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" and hugely popular comedian makes his West End acting debut at The Trafalgar Studios in Nick Reed's new play about a lifecoach who undergoes a personal crisis of his own.

The great British variety show returns to the heart of the West End in extremely rude health with LIVE FROM LEICESTER SQUARE, a dazzling extravaganza every Friday night at Leicester Square Theatre from Friday March 13. Starring the UK’s rising star of burlesque, Miss Polly Rae, “the Queen of Leicester Square”, and her award-winning Hurly Burly Girlys (“Best Troupe” Ministry of Burlesque Awards), it will showcase the very best international entertainers, together with the weird, the wonderful and the wildest guest artists, many of whom proved unforgettable at the critcally acclaimed freakshow, SIDESHOW.

Set up in 2005, Lost Tribe Productions in an emerging film production company run by Johnny Kevorkian and Neil Murphy. Their first full-length feature film is urban supernatural thriller THE DISAPPEARED, directed by Kevorkian and produced/writtenby Kevorkian and Murphy. The award-winning spine-chiller will be screening at the ICA Cinema from June 17 to June 30. Their second feature, SLEEP THIEF, will start production later on this year.

"The Disappeared highlights director Kevorkian as a talent to watch" - aintitcool.com

Triple Olivier Award winner, Maria Friedman is to launch The Great British Songbook series of concerts celebrating great British music from the worlds of theatre, film and pop.

“Friedman makes you feel as if you are hearing songs for the very first time. Her gift is to find the extraordinary in the very ordinary. When she sings, she is a 24-carat dazzler and queen of all she surveys.” The Guardian

This 19th full length dance musical from the Peter Schaufuss Company, stars Zara Deakin as the world's most famous sex symbol. MARILYN will open at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End on June 3.

"Zara Deakin is magnificent as Marilyn - a world class performance."  Holstebro Dagblad

"A gallop through time and space with wit and beauty while engaging our hearts with life's tragic undertow." Jefferey Taylor, Sunday Express

It is 1962 and Marilyn Monroe is in the midst of a photo shoot. She is 36 years old and while she still is beautiful, she has lost some of that little girl charm that made her Hollywood’s biggest star in the 20th Century Fox prime of her early twenties. Divorced for the third time and living alone, frustrated by Hollywood and tired of the label ‘sex symbol’, Marilyn longs to be respected for her talent and loved for who she really is rather than the character she has created for the silver screen. Award-winning actress and singer Sunny Thompson takes on the role of Marilyn.

"Breathtaking!" - Boston Globe  "A star is reborn" - Washington Record

Clout are retained for a second year to handle PR for the annual summer season of free theatre at The Scoop at More London amphitheatre, next to City Hall on the South Bank of the Thames. Winner of the 2006 Peter Brook Award for ‘up and coming theatre' and for the innovation of a season of free and accessible theatre, it has now firmly established itself as one of London’s unique theatregoing experiences. This season's productions are "Medea", a specially commissioned version of the celebrated Greek revenge drama, and a new family musical, "The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts".

Michelle McManus took the record industry by storm when, against the odds, she won Pop Idol in 2003, becoming the first Scottish female to debut at number 1. Since then she has publicly battled against her weight, become a radio presenter, a theatre performer and is currently recording a new album.

Award-winning comedian, TV presenter and extreme sports fanatic, WORLD RALLY host Neil Cole is the current face of laddish channel DAVE as well as being the weekday DJ for the newly-formed NME radio station. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press and public relations - and polish his skateboard...

Britain's funniest dance duo bring their 2009 Edinburgh Fringe triumph to Soho this February. In THIS IS NOW, Tom & Pete jump headlong into the dark days of 80's gunk. In the process they unearth funny dances and philisophical comedy about then, the future & now. Is there something Duran Duran should know? Has Limahl's mullett stopped growing yet? And will Phil Collins ever shut up?

Described as the bastard sons of Wayne Sleep and Michael Barrymore, comedians/dancers Tom Roden and Pete Shenton bring their acclaimed Edinburgh show to the Soho Theatre from 17 November to 22 November.

"One of the best things I've ever seen" comedian Phil Kay

Nicholas Hoult - Tony in E4’s acclaimed SKINS - is to make his West End debut alongside an all-star cast in the first West End production of William Sutcliffe’s NEW BOY.

“This show is very rude and very, very funny. It also rings true” The Times.

“New Boy’ has pace and punch...marked by sharp wit and painful surprise” The New York Post

The legendary soul singer is to tour the UK in an evening of gospel and Christmas classics in December 2008. In rare concert appearances outside of the US, this sensational, unforgettable artist will combine her biggest hits - including the hauntingly beautiful ‘Get Here’ from the platinum-selling CIRCLE OF ONE album. Clout Communications is retained to promote the tour.

A thrilling new production of Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist, adapted by Piers Beckley, is to get its world premiere production by Giant Olive Theatre Company at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre.

“This is Dickens as Dickens intended, a thriller steeped in atmosphere with traces of black humour, where the stark characters that inhabit this world are brought vividly to life by an ensemble cast to die for” 5 stars ***** Whatsonstage

“Pure Dickens – dark and brilliantly twisted... a fantastic production” Camden New Journal

Climb aboard for a top-deck night of comedy featuring Paul Zenon, Harry Hill and Lee Mack. Created by Paul Zenon, this tour is in aid of The Wonderbus Organisation, which gives home-bound elderly people a chance to enjoy a day out and much needed companionship.

Major West End stars Daniel Boys, Sharon D. Clarke, Zubin Varla  and Oliver Tompsett have joined forces to record Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album, based on the international best-selling book by Terry Pratchett. Clout Communications are retained to handle PR for the album and UK theatre tour.

Clout Communications is retained as UK publicists by the Peter Schaufuss Company, led by Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award-winning choreographer Peter Schaufuss.

The debut season for one of London's top comedy events. Five hamper-sized evenings of top flight comedy as 25 of the world's most talented comedians took over one of London's best-loved parks for a week of open-air hilarity, picnics and partying. Produced by Festival Republic, Pimm's Summerfest - A Week of Laughter ran from August 27 to 31.

"Five brilliant nights of el fresco comedy" - Time Out

Private Thoughts, a new work by writer Alex Martinez that delves into the mind of a man haunted by fears that he may be a potential child abuser, is to receive its world premiere at Hackney Empire from Monday April 6 - Saturday April 25.

Star of long-runnning US lesbian drama THE L-WORD (in which she plays bad girl Helena Peabody),
Rachel is an actress who exudes class with an edgy, wild side. She is currently starring in the horror movie THE CHILDREN. Clout Communications are retained to handle all press and public relations in the UK.

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Quentin Crisp, Bette Bourne returns to the stage in his multi award-winning performance in Tim Fountain's "Resident Alien", telling the story of what happened to the Naked Civil Servant after he left Britain to live in New York in 1981.

"Thanks to Tim Fountain’s heartfelt production and Bette Bourne’s remarkable acting the text does not simply induce rueful laughter in performance. It achieves a stinging pathos, too… Fountain’s script and Bourne’s performance remind us Crisp was that rare thing– an authentic gay hero." London Evening Standard

This first-ever stage adaptation of the classic spy novel comes to Jermyn Street Theare following a sell-out regional tour by Chalkfoot, who earned four star reviews last year for their production of Tom McGraph's play Laurel and Hardy at the same venue.

"Based on Childers' surprisingly compelling tale of Edwardian, Buchan-esque derring-do and espionage in the Baltic Sea, Philip Dart's imaginatively directed adaptation is a neat bit of theatre...which really does evoke both period and nautical flavour" - The Stage

Twenty years since the debut of her mould-breaking TV sitcom, ROSEANNE, cultural and comedy legend Roseanne Barr is making her West End stand-up debut for two nights only as part of The Big Joke comedy festival at Leicester Square Theatre.

"She's the funniest disturber of peace that we have." - Entertainment Weekly

Sandra Bernhard has been combining comedy and rock 'n' roll and courting controversy for 25 years. Now the irreverent comedian, described by the New York Times as a "living, breathing bonfire", is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her breakthrough comedy show, “Without You I’m Nothing”, with a reworked West End version for 2009, backed by her band, The Rebellious Jezebels.

“Give the dame her due, it’s invigorating to be in the presence of a true original” New York Times

Smart, sharp, and hilariously catty, Scott Capurro is back to host London’s most uncensored chat show at the home of alternative performance, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT). Each Thursday in October, Scott will poke and prod his high-profile roster of guests in pursuit of the most personal revelations, the most intimate insights and two hours of guaranteed hilarity. The roster of guests include: Boy George, Matthew Wright, Matt Lucas, Alan Davies, Heather Small, Claudia Winkleman, human rights activist Peter Tatchell, Robin Ince, Shazia Mirza, Steven K Amos, and kabuki drag performance art-star, Dickie Beau.

Kicking off at the Soho Theatre, London from Feb 4, the multi-award winning stand up comedian and columnist hits the road this Spring with her latest show.

"Her laconic one-liners represent something quite unique in modern comedy" - The Guardian

Witty, articulate and insightful, Shelley Von Strunckel is regarded as the voice of reason in the often-confusing field of astrology. Her knowledge and mastered practise of philosophy, spirituality and psychology are anchored by a background in marketing and retail and she is acknowleged by instituations, corporations and the international media as a uniquely influential voice. Clout Communications are retained to handle her press & publicity worldwide.

SHOUT! is a feel-good musical packed with more than 30 of the biggest pop hits of the 60s. Celebrating the fabulous, hazy days of swinging London, it’s an affectionate reminder of the time when hippies were in the news, students took part in sit-ins, the Beatles conquered the world, the first man walked on the moon, the birth of Top of the Pops, Carnaby Street, England’s World Cup triumph, the Twist, incredibly short skirts, beehive hair-dos, and laughable TV ads. 

"Su Pollard is our own Bette Midler - see this legend in Shout!, a pure theatrical gem"
Neil Sean, Metro

Join The Bloody Ringmaster and his cohorts as they offer up a generous helping of freaks, outcasts, and attention seekers - a cabaret on the outskirts of theatrical society! Currently playing at The Arts Theatre every Friday and transferring to the Underbelly at the Edinburgh Festival in August.

Starring Bette Rinse as Sinderfella and Big Brother’s Kat (the Cookie Monster) as Fairy Gone Wong, adults-only pantomime Sinderfella is to get a West End season at Leicester Square Theatre from Thursday December 3 to Wednesday December 30. Sinderfella is a bawdy mix of cross-dressng near-knuckle comedy, audience participation and festive cheer, and features such feel-good party anthem as “It’s Raining Men”, “Time Of My Life”, “Like A Virgin”, “Amarillo” and Abba’s “Dancing Queen”.

 On DVD from Mon 1 March 2010, SOUTHERN SOFTIES is the eagerly-awaited sequel to the critically-acclaimed spoof documentary IT'S NICE UP NORTH, in which John Shuttleworth, Sheffield's most versatile singer/organist, investigated whether the further north you go, the nicer people get. In SOUTHERN SOFTIES we follow the intrepid Shuutleworth as he traverses the Channel Islands in an attempt to decipher whether the further south you go the softer people are.

"Utterly inspired" - Daily Telegraph. "Hilarious" - Metro. "Very funny - well worth seeking out" - Time Out

Politics and cutting-edge dance collide in the world premiere of the controversial "My Friend Robert" by award-winning Zimbabwean-born choreographer Bawren Tavaziva. Clout Communications are retained as publicists for Tavaziva Dance.

"A great company... their seamless blend of contemporary and traditional African movement, strikingly costumed and lit." The independent

Wild Dog, a fierce new muscular work by Tavaziva Dance about the beauty and elegance of one of Africa’s most endangered species, is to start a 20-date UK tour on January 28. There were once 500,000 African Wild Dogs and packs of 100 or more were not uncommon. Now there are fewer than 5,000. Wild Dog, the follow up to the company’s highly successful Heart of Darkness, features seven high-octane dancers, and delves deep into the unknown and articulation of the beast. Tavaziva implores audiences to join the dramatic dancers as their bodies pulsate and vibrate against the mind-blowing soundtrack cut and arranged by award-winning Zimbabwean-born choreographer and composer Bawren Tavaziva.

Newly-released on DVD on Nov 23 2009, TEASERAMA was made in 1955 by glamour-girl photographer Irvig Klaw and stars America's legendary pin-up queen, cult icon Bettie Page and superstar stripper Tempest Storm. This delightful jamboree of saucy variety also boasts appearences by leggy Chris La Chris, and contortionist Twinnie Wallen. Plus an all-new featurette starring some of the UK's current top Burlesque acts. A must-have for all fans of the genre.

Dianne Pilkington, currently starring in “Wicked”  as good witch Glinda, is joining the new cast of the multi award-winning “The 39 Steps”, the West End’s longest-running comedy, that sees  4 actors between them play more than 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action. "The 39 Steps” celebrates its 1,500th performance in the West End on Wednesday May 5.

Clout are retained for a second year to handle PR for the annual summer season of free theatre at The Scoop at More London amphitheatre, next to City Hall on the South Bank of the Thames. Winner of the 2006 Peter Brook Award for ‘up and coming theatre' and for the innovation of a season of free and accessible theatre, it has now firmly established itself as one of London’s unique theatregoing experiences. This season's productions are "Medea", a specially commissioned version of the celebrated Greek revenge drama, and a new family musical, "The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts". 

The Big Chill has engaged Clout Communications to publicise its exceptionally strong comedy line up at this year's festival from August 6th - 9th at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire. Acts include Dylan Moran, Noel Fielding, Russell Howard, Tim Minchin and Sean Hughes.

London’s biggest, most star-studded comedy festival is to launch at the Leicester Square Theatre with American heavyweights Roseanne Barr, Joan Rivers and Doug Stanhope plus Youtube internet sensation Bo Burnham and a host of top talent and exciting up and coming stars of the future.

Produced by Martin Witts for Leicester Square Productions and Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live.

The highly acclaimed, Olivier-nominated THE BROTHERS SIZE is back this autumn in a newly reworked version with a brand new cast. The play, which wowed audiences and critics alike on its first outing last year, has undergone a restaging and and opened to sell out houses at the Grec Festival in Barcelona this summer. The tour includes a four-week run at the Young Vic from Wednesday October 8 - Saturday November 8.

The London Folies, a spectacular West End summer variety show at Leicester Square Theatre, featuring glamorous, sexy showgirls, exotic Chinese acrobats and Irish sensation James Devine - Guinness World Records' the fastest tap dancer on the planet - is to celebrate London’s fantastic melting pot of culture and diversity.

Recapturing the sounds and memories of a bygone era, the Classic Big Band Sound of the Glenn Miller Era, The Nick Ross Orchestra presents an unmissable evening of music and song at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End on Sunday October 18. With a line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm section and singers, the Nick Ross Orchestra faithfully recreate the classic Big Band sound of the 1940s.

Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and Diana Vickers are to star in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright’s multi award-winning play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Producer Nica Burns said: “With this wonderful play, you have to find your Little Voice first. To find someone of the right age – just 18 – who is as special as Diana Vickers is a gift. Having found our perfect Little Voice, I was delighted that the outstanding actress Lesley Sharp agreed to play her mother Mari and the charismatic actor Marc Warren, Ray Say. When Marc and Lesley first walked on stage together, the chemistry between them was instant. Clout Communications has been engaged by Nica to handle press for the production.

January 9: The producers of Thriller - Live, the acclaimed West End concert spectacular that’s been touring the UK since 2006, today announced that the show will embark on a 12-month worldwide tour, starting in Munich, Germany, from July 21. Additional dates have also been confirmed in Barcelona, Cologne, Zurich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Berlin. The production will then tour most other European countries as well as embarking on an extensive American tour within the next 12 months.

A storming success in the West End, Thriller - Live returns to the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from September 14 - 19.

"What turned it from a mere entertainment into an event was director/choreographer Gary Lloyd’s impressive and exuberant dance routines brought to life by the exceptionally gifted young cast." Edinburgh Evening News

Thriller - Live, the acclaimed West End concert spectacular, will embark on a 10-date UK arena tour, starting at Nottingham Trent FM Arena on Tuesday 24 November. Other dates are Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, Cardiff, Sheffield, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Direct from a Broadway season, Australia’s sensational Tom Tom Crew arrives in London with its super-charged collision of circus, heart pumping music and 21st Century spectacle. Combining Australia’s freshest acrobats, champion beat-boxer Tom Thum, drumming sensation Ben Walsh and master record scratcher DJ Dizz1, Tom Tom Crew is an extraordinary mix of Asian-inspired drumming, extreme circus acrobatics and raw, contemporary music.

“If you're not applauding, stomping, cheering, whistling and kickin' to the beats by the end, you've missed the point.”  The Advertiser

From punk princess to high priestess of TV, Toyah Willcox is a uniquely gifted performer. Charismatic, outspoken and impossible to categorise, she is one of Britain's iconic household names - an award-winning rock legend as well as a much-loved actress and music composer. Clout Communications is retained to handle all press and publicity enquiries.

From the men behind rock legends 'Spinal Tap' amd the folk trio 'A Mighty Wind', comes the live concert DVD of their hit 2009 US tour, UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED - AN EVENING WITH CHRISTOPHER GUEST, MICHAEL MCKEAN AND HARRY SHEARER. This two-hour special has the legendary comedic threesome performimg music from heavy metal's loudest band and songs from folk's most lyrical group.

The Whatsonstage.com's Theatregoers’ Choice Awards are the only major theatre prize-giving decided by members of the public, and a record 32,000 have voted in 2009. The results were announced on Sunday 15 February at a West End ceremony and concert at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Clout Communications have been retained for the 2009 & 2010 10th anniversary awards.

"Every year the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards grow in  importance... I predict that in the near future these will be the most coveted of all." Trevor Nunn

Former Steps singer Lee Latchford-Evans and “Hollyoaks” pin-up Paul Holowaty are making their Edinburgh Fringe acting debuts in the world premiere of this psycho-sexual musical thriller. Director/adaptor Russell Labey wrote and directed "New Boy" with Nicholas Hoult at the Trafalgar Studios. Composer Leon Parris won The Vivian Ellis Award for Best Musical: "Going Once", also The Really Useful Group Award for Most Promising Writer, The Warner Chappell and The Mercury Workshops Awards and the Cameron Mackintosh Bursary.