Joke Writing Course
There are no plans at present to repeat this course.The information that follows relates to the course running from in the autumn of 2005 which is likely to be repeated from October 06.
About the course
StandUp & Deliver's annual Comedy Writing course includes initial Joke Writing sessions. Those who do not wish to embark on the entire Comedy Writing course but just focus on Joke Writing, can attend the first three sessions of that course, then attend three more Joke Writing sessions as an extension.
These six sessions will be led by Sally Holloway who is "exceptional for making uninspired writers pick up their pen, free their minds and get something down on paper". The first session will briefly recap how to variously structure gags, as well as the unexpected twist, callbacks and all the other tricks of the trade ... plus explaining and demonstrating what makes stuff accessible, and then moves onto topical one-liners (more demanding than the observational). These sessions develop into how to amalgamate, stretch and link those into two or three minutes of oneliners and short pieces around the same subject, as a way of building them into a really strong stand-up set for example or radio piece which may - or quite likely may not - end up being topical throughout or predominantly topical, but has used that as a starting point. Short on-line submission and feedback between the sessions.
Sally Holloway was very recently comedy writing mentor on I Want 2B Comedy, topical writer for The 11 O'Clock Show, regular panellist on BBC radio's The Treatment and many other radio shows/stations covering wacky news stories.
Enrolling
Venue: Upstairs at The Enterprise (home of AmusedMooseCamden), opposite
Chalk Farm tube
For details of this course in 2006
or
FOR ONE-TO-ONE JOKE WRITING SUPPORT, please e-mail courses@standupanddeliver.com
