Stand-up Comedy Writing & Performing Group

Hope you had a good Xmas. If you're not sick of the whole thing, you might like to have a look at this festive clip and blog I posted pre Xmas where I break down a Jack Dee clip to illustrate some classic stand-up writing tools. Watch and read

And if you fancy a stand-up course I have my classic Zoom stand-up writing course coming up in the new year plus weekend workshops in person in London and Stroud! Here are all my upcoming classes.

In 2026 I'm doing a series of (almost) monthly live stand-up workshops in London, Stroud and (I think) Bath.

The first three are announced in London, Stroud (both January) and London again (Februrary).

March in Stroud TBA and more soon...

Full info here

Next stand-up coaching options:

WRITING STAND-UP (ZOOM COURSE)Coming up in January is the latest round of my Writing Stand-up Zoom sessions. You're welcome to come if you're new or if you've been before (it's different each time). Info and booking

STAND-UP CROWD WORK SESSION (LONDON ONE DAY WORKSHOP)

And if you are in London or can get there, I'm running the crowd work session with Geoff Whiting (top MC and master of crowd work). The blog below also discusses persona games in crowd work.

Info and booking

ONE-TO-ONE ZOOM COACHING

Stand-up Persona Sessions – Week 2 Notes (Persona Games, Status, Archetypes, and Likeability)

In the second session of my Stand-up Persona classes, we explored four key areas:

Persona Games, Status, Archetypes, and Likeability.

In these notes I’m sharing more widely, here are tips on persona games and archetypes, looking at using these persona traits to inform writing.

• Persona Games: These are the key mechanisms for exploring a comedic persona, defined as the playful aspects of attitude, character [and] temperament.

1. Persona Games