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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.

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.

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.

Dubbed the "best musical of the decade" by Christopher Hart of the Sunday Times, Avenue Q is set to mark its 5th year in the West End when it moves to the Wyndhams Theatre on March 19. Booking until Sept 2010 this "pant-wettingly funny" show remains as fresh and topical as ever. Clout Communications has been retained by Cameron Mackintosh to handle all press and publicity.

"Savagely funny..." - Evening Standard. "A musical for the ipod generation" - Radio 2 "The most lovsble musical in the West End" - London Paper

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.

After four critically acclaimed movies, CREEP, SEVERANCE,TRIANGLE and now BLACK DEATH, the award-winning horror director Chris Smith has elevated his position from a talent to watch to one of the leading lights of the British cinema scene. Clout Communications are retained to handle all press & public relations.

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

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

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.

A consummate showman who has pushed the boundaries of magic entertainment to a new level and gained a global reputation for his originality, versatility and daring. Clout Communications is retained to exclusively manage all press and pubic relations.

"Clearly the greatest dinner guest in history...or the scariest man in Britain" The Guardian.  "Brown is, without doubt, the finest psychological showman in Britain" Times.  "We know that he's really a warlord" Heat.

Derren Brown returns with the second leg of his latest live show ENIGMA. With 94 dates across the UK, Derren will demonstrate once more why he is the country's leading showman and a master of magic, mind control and psychological illusion.

"Utterly baffling and completely extraordinary" - Sunday Express. "Brilliant..." - Mail on Sunday. "You repeatedly find yourself retrieving your jaw from the floor" - Daily Telegraph. "Derren Brown, you put Merlin to shame" - Time Out

Described as "one of the iconic women of horror", actress, presenter and all-round movie buff Emily Booth has been scaring the hell out of her fans since she burst onto the screen in the title role of the demonic PERVIRELLA. Roles in CRADLE OF FEAR, EVIL ALIENS, GRINDHOUSE & the more recent DOGHOUSE mark her out as "the queen of screams". She is also a TV presenter of some note, credits including four series of BITS, THE BIG BREAKFAST, EUROTRASH, outTHERE & SHOCK MOVIE MASSACRE. Clout Communications is retained to manage all press & publicity relations.

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

FrightFest, currently headline-sponsored by Film 4, is the UK's premiere horror and fantasy film festival with an annual, talent packed, five day event at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square from Thurs Aug 27 to Mon Aug 31. Greg Day is a co-director and Clout Communications handles the publicity, marketing and sponsorship activity. FrightFest 2009 marked the festival's 10th anniversary and was attended by over 20,000 people.

"The Woodstock of gore" - Director Guillermo Del Toro.  "Bloody brilliant" - The Sun.  "So good it's scary" - The Guardian. "We love it" - Time Out.

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.

Celebrating 10 record-breaking years - including over 1000 performances in the West End, numerous critically acclaimed UK national tours and playing all over Europe, to sell out audiences in Canada and standing ovations in America - the Olivier Award-nominated Frank, Sammy & Dean – The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas is touring the UK following a West End Christmas season..

Clout Communications is retained by the legendary US star of "Spinal Tap" and "The Simpsons" to act as his PR representatives in the UK. Harry was recently in the UK to promote his new  musical satire CD SONGS OF THE BUSHMAN, a savage and hilarious indictment of the Bush administration. 

Jake West has cheekily hacked, slashed and gored his way into recognition as a highly talented writer & director of horror/comedy films. With the imminent release of his fourth film, DOGHOUSE (nationwide from June 12), his currency is set to rise and further establish him as one of a crop of emerging Brit filmmakers injecting new blood into the genre.

DOGHOUSE, released in the UK by Vertigo Films in assocation with Carnaby International, stars Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Stephen Graham & Emily Booth as 'The Snipper'.

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

Award-winning comedian Jo Caulfield hits the road with a 49-date national tour. Hot on the heels of her hugely popular Radio 4 comedy series, this is the chance to see Jo live on stage and at her acerbic best.

 "Fiesty, funny and wonderfully bitchy" - The Observer

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.

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

Clout Communications are retained to handle all publicity for Miss Polly Rae and her Hurly Burly Girlys, the UK’s leading burlesque troupe (Best Troupe, Ministry of Burlesque Awards, 2007). Polly Rae is now styled and directed by Kylie Minogue's Creative Director, William Baker, with musical direction from Steve Anderson.

"Burlesque has returned with a vengeance" Paul Vale, The Stage

"The Best of Burlesque" Alan Titchmarsh

In 1984, Eric Morecambe, Britain's best loved comedian, died suddenly at the age of 58. 25 years later his life is celebrated on the stage in one of the most acclaimed biographical plays of the last ten years. Hot on the heels of its critically-acclaimed West End run, Bob Golding takes his one-man show on the road on a major nationsl tour.

"Spectacularly wonderful. Bob Golding has hit the bullseye with this stunning portrayel of Eric" - Ronnie Corbett

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?

Nucleus Films, a DVD label, was sent up in 2005 by filmmaker JAKE WEST & writer/film researcher MARC MORRIS. They are devoted to bringing rare cult films to the UK as well as producing documentaries and featurettes for DVD.  In Nov 2009 Nucleus Films is realeasing GHOST STORY, the 1974 horror classic starring Marianne Faithfull, Barbara Shelley & Leigh Lawson. Also on the horizon are two Burlesque girlie flicks; TEASERAMA & VARIETEASE, starring Bettie Page.

Clout Communications is hired by Objective Productions to handle the press & publicity for Derren Brown's live shows, including sell-out national tours of DERREN BROWN MIND READER MIND READER - AN EVENING OF WONDERS, which enjoyed a critically acclaimed West End season at the Garrick Theatre, and Derren Brown:Enigma.

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.

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.

 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

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.

London's funniest comedy, the multi award-wnning "The 39 Steps" at the Criterion Theatre, is in its third year in the West End and on Broadway. Adapted by Patrick Barlow from John Buchan's classic spy story and directed by Maria Aitken, this gripping whodunnit - memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - sees just 4 actors playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of ingenious fun and thrilling action.

"A joyous version of the Hitchcock classic" The Sunday Times

The most talked about act of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival take their hit show to The Soho Theatre, London, this Christmas, performing from 7 Dec - 9 Jan. Not to be missed.

"Pina Bausch meets The Mighty Boosh. It's weird. And it's wonderful" - The Times.  "One of the most original and inventive things you are ever likely to see on a comedy stage,a joy from beginning to end" - Sarah Crompton, Daily Telegraph.

Thriller - Live is a spectacular, high-octane concert specially created to celebrate the career of the world's greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop - Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. The day after Tito, Marlon and Jackie Jackson - three original members of the Jackson 5 group - flew in from the USA to see “Thriller - Live”, the hit West End show anounced that it is extending its booking period by five months to Sunday May 9, 2010 due to phenomenal public demand.

"The energy levels are kept at fever pitch and the dance routines are spectacular" The Daily Telegraph

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.

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.