A TWO DAY PRACTICAL WORKSHOP ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FUNNY WHERE YOU
WILL: * LEARN PRACTICAL TIPS ON COMEDY WRITING, STOLEN FROM SOME OF
WORLD’S FINEST COMIC MINDS * ANALYSE SOME OF THE GREATEST COMEDY
MOMENTS WAY BEYOND THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE STILL FUNNY * DO
EXERCISES WHERE YOU GET TO EXPLORE YOUR OWN IDEAS AND PULL FAMOUS
PEOPLES’ SCRIPTS APART FOR FUN. WE WILL BE ADDRESSING ALL THE
BURNING QUESTIONS, SUCH AS: WHAT MAKES A CHARACTER COMICAL? WHERE WILL
YOU FIND THE FUNNY IN YOUR SCRIPT? HOW CAN YOU STRUCTURE STORIES TO BE
INNATELY HUMOROUS? HOW DO JOKES ACTUALLY WORK? AND WHY, IN THE BLESSED
NAME OF GOD, IS _MRS BROWN’S BOYS_ SO POPULAR? WHETHER YOU’RE
WRITING FOR STAGE, TV OR RADIO, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FUNNY ARE THE
SAME. SO IF YOU HAVE A BRAIN BUZZING WITH IDEAS, A HARD DRIVE JAMMED
WITH UNFINISHED SCRIPTS OR JUST A PATHOLOGICAL NEED TO MAKE PEOPLE
LAUGH, THEN THIS WORKSHOP COULD BE FOR YOU. HONESTLY - WE DON’T WANT
TO BLOW OUR OWN TRUMPET OR ANYTHING - BUT IF YOU DON’T LEAVE THESE
TWO DAYS KNOWING LOADS AND FEELING INSPIRED THEN WE'LL EAT FROGS - NOT
REALLY. WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOU.
SAM BRADY IS A STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND PLAYWRIGHT. HE SUCCESSFULLY SOLD
OUT A NATIONAL TOUR OF HIS ONE MAN SHOW, _KINDNESS_. HIS FIRST
PLAY, _THINGS I SAY WHEN I DON’T SAY I LOVE YOU_, WAS DEVELOPED
WITH THE LOWRY AND WILL TOUR NEXT YEAR. HE IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO
BBC RADIO MANCHESTER’S _THOUGHT FOR _ _THE WEEK_ AND _TRENDING
TODAY_, AND HAS APPEARED ON BBC RADIO 4 AND 5 LIVE.
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