Boss, striver and fool characters - here, in the comedy drama I just made up (okay ripped off from Sharon Horgan), entitled "3 Sisters" ,...

Lucy speaking at the Royal Television Society I am delighted to be run a unique (and uniquely authoritative) course for small groups of 4...

Here's what I offer as a unique speaking coach, live and on Zoom. A Zoom speaking session! My speaking training is unusual because it...

Here I am watching a writer/ performer ready to give feedback and notes after the show! Working with a director as a stand-up comedian,...

For beginners and intermediate level, receive highly practical and inspiring online coaching via Zoom. STAND-UP IMPROVERS SESSION (See...

Here I offer a model to help you get a strong, funny dynamic between the central characters in your sitcom or comedy drama script. The...

WRITE YOUR TV COMEDY SCRIPT Next sessions: 24th February - 31st March (5 x Tuesday nights - no session 17th March) 7pm-9pm UK time/ 8pm-10pm European time/ 11am-1pm Pacific time (PDT)/ 2pm-4pm Eastern time (EDT) BOOK YOUR PLACE This is one of my most popular blogs on comedy scriptwriting. So I have decided to update it with more detail and three example scripts you can look at. Read on for the new and improved version! As a writing coach and mentor, I read a lot of thirty-m

Here are the shows I worked on as director and dramaturge this year and I also decribe how I work on shows as a director. I directed a...

I run a comedy writing course at the British Library in London where you will see original Monty Python scripts! (See above for an...

5 Week Guided Process to Write Your TV Comedy Script "This is the best comedy writing course I've done. It was organised, incredibly thorough and well designed. I managed to complete my first draft of my sitcom in 5 weeks which I didn’t think was possible! Chris’ feedback was also very positive, encouraging and specific. I absolutely loved this course and I got a lot of value out of it. I highly recommend it!" Alya Soliman In this blog I talk about my Write Your TV Comedy Scr

"Chris was excellent (and very patient!) at showing me how to improve my comedy. I learnt a lot in a very short period of time. Friendly,...

They say a test of a podcast is if get to 100 episodes... well, I did 3... So yes I fell 97 short but here are the 3 inspiring episodes!...

I'm doing a series of short videos on stand-up comedy techniques. This one is about telling the audience what the problem is (and getting laughs there) but THEN setting out a surprising, absurd or counter-intuitive solution. It's this second step that can get the biggest laughs but a lot of acts only do the first part - the problem. In my video, see the technique in action with clips from Emily Heller and Joey Medina. In stand-up it's very common to talk about a PROBLEM - or

I can help you in a lot of different ways with your stand-up comedy writing - so many different ways in fact that I thought I'd write a...

About Lucy Lumsden: Lucy Lumsden is a producer and director. She runs her own production company Yellow Door Productions based in the UK...

5 x 2 hour sessions on Zoom Tuesday 14th April 2026 - 12th May 2026 7pm-9pm UK time 8pm-10pm European time 11am-1pm Pacific time (PDT) 2pm-4pm Eastern time (EDT) £135 (repeat fee £125) (see below for full info) BOOK A PLACE "Amazing. Just gotta say again. The class is fricken excellent. Definitely the best stand-up class I have been to." MS* * an act who has been going for 10 years "The highlight of my week! Trying out a different technique each week is really helpful and Chr

I'm running a two part workshop online for gigging comics to explore their persona. 7pm-9pm UK time, Monday 23rd February & 2nd March 2026 , £70 (On Zoom) BOOK YOUR PLACE A key session in my London stand-up comedy course is where we explore your persona (and in the video above you can hear me talking about persona in the class, where I discuss it from the comedy booker's point of view). Finding this persona is key. It’s your on-stage character; a simplified, exaggerated versi

The course has spawned a book! The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit "I can't speak highly enough of how positive I've found the sessions with Chris. The sessions have changed how I view comedy and have given me real insight into how to better turn ideas and funny thoughts into character driven narrative comedy. It's also great to learn remotely and know I can ask questions through the Trello board and rewatch sessions. If you've ever wondered should I give it a go the ans

My class in action in a room above a pub in Soho, London I ran beginners and intermediate stand-up courses in London for over 15 years and I am now running Stand-up Comedy Weekend Workshops for anyone who wants to develop stand-up material, learn comedy techniques and get inspiration. The sessions cover topics like joke writing, story-telling, compering and more. Here's the next one. STAND-UP STORYTELLING WORKSHOP 10.45am-3.45pm, Saturday 28th February 2026 @ Theatre Deli , L

Twenty-five years ago I got myself an open-spot at the venerable Bearcat comedy club in Twickenham, greater London. I was at university...