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HOW TO STRUCTURE A COMEDY SHOW with Martin Willis (11.05.22)
Wednesday 11th May
7 – 9pm
Location: Online
After a sell-out workshop in March, Martin is back! Book now to avoid disappointment.
Are you building an hour of stand-up, musical, clown or sketch comedy? Perhaps facing the Fringe for the first time? Do you worry about pacing, rhythm, audience engagement, story arcs or callbacks? This may just be the workshop for you.
With detailed reference to a handful of shows you can access publicly, this workshop aims to equip you with knowledge and critical awareness of show structure, to enable you to ask the right questions of your material, and allow you to make difficult decisions about the very serious matter of being silly. Whether you’ve been smashing out 20s in clubs, are new and writing towards your first hour, or have built a healthy stock of material but don’t know where to put it all, there’s plenty to gather in this workshop.
About Martin
Martin Willis is variably a dramaturg, director, producer, and stand-up comedian. In 2017 while comedy programmer at The Albany on Great Portland Street, he founded Objectively Funny, which soon got dubbed by the Guardian as “the art form’s cutting edge” for the 42-show festival it ran after the Fringe. Since then, he has programmed and run two more festivals, produced a dozen shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and six at Soho Theatre, and worked as a director and dramaturg on a number of projects. Most recently Objectively Funny have run mental health programmes for people at the Fringe and during lockdown, with the Guardian (again) saying in 2019 of the company’s “compassionate approach to creating shows.” He has also created four hour-long shows himself, three as half of double act Loose Brie, and one solo stand-up hour.
Bursaries
At Wildcard we believe everyone should have the chance to be creative. We want all our courses to be as open and inclusive as possible to anyone that wants to take part. We are aware that the cost of workshops and regular training is a key barrier in our industry for many people.
With this in mind, we are pleased to be able to offer 2 free places on each course.
If you are interested, please fill in this form where you can tell us a bit about yourself and let us know which course you are interested in:
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Bursary places will be offered out no later than 2 weeks before the course begins.
For further enquiries please email [email protected]
Payment Plans
We are pleased to be able to offer a bespoke payment plan on all of our courses. If you are interested setting one up, please contact Emily with which course you are interested in and we can get your place secured.