Announcing the dates for our two Comedy School courses!

Two fantastic courses from the Comedy School and SLaM Recovery College, made possible by funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. Build your confidence with other beginners, while having fun!
 
If you'd like to take part in either or both, please choose on of the two taster sessions for each course and let us know (each course has two taster sessions with 16 places on each; then, from the 32 students, 16 will go forward onto the full seven-week course).

Venue:
SHARP Building
308 - 312 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6AA
N.B. The SHARP team are no longer there but everyone in that group of buildings still call it “the SHARP building”.

Stand-Up Comedy: taster session followed by a seven-week course
 
Over seven weeks, this course will guide you through the process of becoming a stand-up comedian - from writing your first piece of material to your debut performance! Topics covered include:

• Generating Material
• Developing Performance Skills
• Discovering Your Comic Attitude
• Examining Stage Persona
• Exploring Joke Structure

Sessions are run by sensitive professionals from the comedy circuit. The course culminates with an informal sharing, in which you perform a short comedy routine to a warm and friendly audience.

Stand Up Comedy: a taster session A
Two and a half-hour workshop
308-312 Brixton Road | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 05 March

Stand Up Comedy: a taster session B
Two and a half-hour workshop
308-312 Brixton Road | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 12 March

Stand Up: Full Seven week course
Seven week course | Two and a half-hour workshop each week
308-312 Brixton Road 1 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 19 March
308-312 Brixton Road 2 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 26 March
308-312 Brixton Road 3 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 02 April
308-312 Brixton Road 4 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 09 April
308-312 Brixton Road 5 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 16 April
308-312 Brixton Road 6 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 23 April |
308-312 Brixton Road 7 | 2pm-4:30pm | Tuesday 30 April

Improvisation: taster session followed by a seven-week course
 
The Comedy School’s expert tutors will guide you through the fundamentals of improv all the way to basic performance readiness. No previous experience of improvisation or performing is required. Topics covered include:

• Unblocking the imagination
• Making offers
• Positivity
• Listening
• Collaborating

The course culminates with an informal sharing, where the group performs an improv show together to a warm and friendly audience.

Improvisation: a taster session A
Two and a half-hour workshop
308-312 Brixton Road | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday 07 March

Improvisation: a taster session B
Two and a half-hour workshop
308-312 Brixton Road | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday 14 March

Improvisation: Full Seven week course
Seven week course | Two and a half-hour workshop each week
N.B. Please note that the second session is in the morning, not the afternoon
308-312 Brixton Road 1 | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday 21 March
308-312 Brixton Road 2 | 10:30am-1pm | Thursday 28 March
308-312 Brixton Road 3 | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday 04 April
308-312 Brixton Road 4 | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday 11 April
308-312 Brixton Road 5 | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday  18 April
308-312 Brixton Road 6 | 2pm-4:30pm
Thursday  25 April | 308-312 Brixton Road 7 | 2pm-4:30pm | Thursday  02 May