FINAL sessions September-October 2024 at Theatre Deli, City of London.
Full info below.
STAND-UP COMEDY WRITING COURSE
UPDATE! This is the last time I'll do a weekly stand-up workshop. I moved out of London 13 years ago but kept the classes going as I enjoy doing them. But it's time to focus on other comedy things that don't involve weekly travel into London. There will be the occasional Saturday workshop I think, but this is the last time for the weekly sessions so if you're interested seize the opportunity!
LIVE IN LONDON
7 x Mondays, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, 9th September - 21st October 2024 New material showcase on Saturday 26th October, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
@ Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 4AF
A vibrant venue full of creative activity - and a bar!
Plus follow up Zoom session 4th November 7pm-8pm (for post gig feedback and discussion of the circuit and gigs)
EARLY BIRD FEE = £200 IF BOOKED BEFORE END AUGUST BOOK A PLACE
£250 for the 7 sessions, plus the show
£225 repeat fee (maximum group size = 15) Please note, I can offer instalment payments. Please contact me: chris@chrishead.com
I ran beginners and intermediate stand-up courses in London for over 15 year and am now running these Stand-up Comedy Writing courses for anyone who wants to develop stand-up material, learn comedy techniques and get inspiration. I am a comedy writing specialist and work one-to-one on material with all sorts of comics, and students who have attended other stand-up courses often then come to me for a deeper focus on writing. We also work on delivering the material so it lands (you get on the mic every week) and you get to showcase your material in a gig at the end of the course.
PLUS: Included in the course, exclusive Q&A with Geoff Whiting of Mirth Control who books acts for clubs all over the country and internationally and manages acts., as well as being an act and an acclaimed compere himself with over 5000 gigs to his name. 6.30pm-7.30pm in the 16th September session. He will answer all your questions on the comedy circuit and more.
For more info read on...
Or contact Chris.
MORE INFO:
My Stand-up Comedy Writing Workshops are friendly, supportive and inspiring. The sessions are for you if like to create new material and develop your stand-up writing skills. The course is for:
* Gigging acts,
* stand-up course graduates
* anyone with other kinds of comedy experience
* or anyone who'd like to start stand-up with a real focus on the material. (And is really works for the one or two newbies being amongst people who are gigging already.)
I am a comedy writing specialist and a director so from me you will receive:
* writing techniques, inspiration and a forensic eye on the writing, homing in on how to make material work.
* and a director's perspective on your performance of your material - for the material to really land you need to deliver it well and bring it to life.
"Hadn't been on stage for a while. Chris's course was a great way to get my creative wheels turning again. Covered a load of ways to create and present your material. Sign up for a Chris Head course NOW. You know you want to." Marco Bellini
Across seven Monday evenings you will be guided through a series of inspiring writing exercises and creative prompts. Everyone will get up on the microphone every week, and we'll also look at developing your persona and delivering your material so it works. Plus at the end of the course you'll do a new material showcase so you can get your work from the course in front of an audience.
You'll become a sharper, funnier performer, your creativity will be expanded, you'll meet some great people and will have a truly memorable experience.
On the course you will have a weekly forum to try out stuff in front of a friendly and supportive audience of fellow comics who will give you constructive feedback and you will receive notes and direction from leading comedy director and coach Chris Head. You will explore your comedy persona and develop your voice, in order to inspire material that works for YOU. You'll learn explore fresh angles for coming at material, you'll work with a range of proven techniques for generating ideas and you'll get clear and practical feedback for how to improve your work. Plus you will get to do an exclusive Q&A with stand-up booker, manager and act Geoff Whiting of Mirth Control.
And you can return to the course and do it again as I am always refreshing the content and you will be working on new material.
MORE INFO:
It's a friendly, supportive space where you'll feel comfortable trying stuff. Each week works like this:
- Everyone gets up on the mic to do an inspiring creative exercise and then later to share material you have been working - so there is no question of being left to just watch (unless you actually wanted to one week).
- often the session begins with a quick writing exercise where you're given a subject, an angle and a technique to play with and you have 5 minutes to write something. Believe it or not, this does produce the beginnings of some good material. Alternatively we do exercises that are more improv in basis that again get you started on ideas.
- then you bring in the material you have been working on outside the class want to share to get feedback from Chris and the group (up to 3 mins each week). There is time to discuss the material with other groups members and Chris writes notes post sessoin.
- then at the end you come up on the mic and do a quick exercise to sow the seeds of new material to work on.
Between the sessions you will be working on a mix of material you started to develop in the sessions and other material you are working on - and as you'll be learning writing techniques you will be drawing on the class even when working on ideas that didn't begin there.
At the end in the showcase, you perform up to 7 minutes of new material.
"Such an excellent stand up course! It's obvious that Chris has been fine tuning it, because the whole thing just works so well. It is very practical, Chris has you on the mic every week, so it's much, much more than just a weekly chat about jokes. A different aspect or style of stand up is covered every week, and the weekly writing homework builds up nicely to the final showcase and the improv games make so much sense! If you're after new material, this course is a brilliant place to turn." Carwyn Blayney
(Carwyn is pictured performing in the end-of-course showcase at the Museum of Comedy)
My style of coaching is particularly suited to enhancing your writing toolkit, inspiring ideas and material, and creating a safe, supportive environment for trying stuff out. (Pictured is student Tallulah Haddon performing at a course showcase gig).
PRESS Note these articles relate to my beginners stand-up class that I ran for over 15 years. The former BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz (then Tate Media director) did my previous beginners stand-up course over 10 years ago and wrote about it in the Guardian and here is an article about the beginners stand-up course and climactic showcase gig from 2019 in the London Evening Standard.
"Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that following your stand up comedy course - I've gone from “where on earth am I going to get gigs in Peterborough … or anywhere…” to “OMFG!! I’m a semi finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ at the Edinburgh Fringe …!!??!!#*!" Meena Dhokia
Since the pandemic I have also been running Zoom stand-up writing workshops with comics from all over the world, so I'm delighted to also offer an in person version in London, which runs as a series of sessions leading up to a showcase of the new material produced.
If you are new to my coaching and want a flavour of my approach, I offer stand-up (and other kinds of comedy writing) inspiration on my podcast Q&HA! The Question Tools of Comedy and I occasional make inspiring videos like this one.
7 x Mondays, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, 9th September - 21st October 2024 New material showcase on Saturday 26th October, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Any queries, please contact me.
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