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This workshop is designed to help you put together your sitcom script. If you have a great idea for a sitcom and don’t know where to start – or if you’ve written your first script and don’t know what to do next – this will help you develop your work and move onto the next stage through analysis, discussion, and practical exercises.
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For 25 Years The Comedy School, under the direction of Keith Palmer MBE, has pursued it's mission to raise the profile of the many uses of comedy in the UK - from stimulating personal creativity to encouraging social skills and improving literacy.
We provide innovative performance courses and workshops in Stand-Up Comedy, Improvisation, Writing, Clown, Mime and much more. These are for individuals as well as corporate clients to foster authentic communication, leadership skills and teamwork.
Comedy School graduate, Axel Blake, gets The Golden Buzzer on 'Britain's Got Talent'
We also use comedy as an educational tool to work with young people to combat knife and gang crime in association with Youth Inclusion Projects, Youth Offending Teams and Safer Schools Teams. In the Mental Health sector our ground-breaking Wellbeing project initiative in Brixton, South London and has been hailed a 'life-saver' by mental health patients.
Here is an article in Mens Health about our COMEDY PERFORMANCE TRAINING FOR VETERANS who have previously experienced mental health difficulties. Click below for more...
The Comedy School Charitable Trust is a registered charity and we offer our Give with a Giggle programme to support our work in the community.
See the Comedians of the Future - The latest graduates of The Comedy School's Stand-Up Comedy course present a fantastic show of stand-up comedy in London - Sunday 8th June
See the Comedians of the Future - The latest graduates of The Comedy School's Six Week Intensive Stand-Up Comedy course present a fantastic show of stand-up comedy in Bristol -Saturday 31st May
Over six weeks, the course will guide you through the process of becoming a stand-up comedian, from writing your first piece of material to your debut performance. Sessions are run by professionals from the comedy circuit. The course culminates with a Showcase, in which you perform a comedy routine to a warm and friendly audience. Courses start; Wednesday 3rd September and Sunday 7th September
Over six weeks, the course will guide you through the process of becoming a stand-up comedian, from writing your first piece of material to your debut performance. Sessions are run by professionals from the comedy circuit. The course culminates with a Showcase, in which you perform a comedy routine to a warm and friendly audience. 1st November to 6th December 2025
with Luke Sorba - The best one day introduction to comedy improvisation available - for beginners as well as old hands who wish to brush up on their existing skills. SUNDAY 13TH JULY 2025
with Richard Knight (B.Ed.) This workshop sets out to teach the fundamental basics of illusionary mime principles - Sunday 9th November 2025
with Mick Barnfather (Complicité & École Philippe Gaulier). This workshop will look at what it is that makes us laugh and how we can be funny - Sunday 2nd November 2025
with Tim Eagle. Introducing the basic devices at work in physical comedy by exploring some of the classic gags and routines through a variety of fun exercises and scratch performances. The course is designed for people with little or no experience of performing physical comedy - New Date Coming Soon
Former-student and Comedy School Ambassador, comedian Dane Baptiste
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