Writing & Producing Comedy

This is a great introduction for those who are interested in comedy writing for television, radio or live performance. If you've ever wanted to write comedy and don't know where to start, this workshop is for you!

Facilitated by television producer Anna Coane the workshop will cover:

• Finding out how to write with your producer's head on.
• Exploring comic ideas and how to get your creative juices flowing.
• Developing structure and find your comedic style.
• Building confidence: if you've been scared to put pen to paper, this course will help you take the leap!

Anna Coane is a TV series producer with 20 years’ experience of making scripted and unscripted comedy, entertainment and fact/ent shows for all the major broadcasters (including BBC, C4, C5, ITV, Sky, Comedy Central, TLC, and Discovery). She is experienced in the studio, on location, and in the edit, and her credits include The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Kitchen, Live At The Electric, Celebrity Big Brother, Peep Show, and more. Anna has written, script edited, and overseen the script process on numerous series, most recently I Can Do It You Can Too (80 scripts for CBeebies). She has written with/for some of the biggest names in UK comedy and entertainment, including Julian Clary, Josh Widdecombe, Omid Djalili, Alexander Armstrong, Julie Walters, Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Lowe, Steph Todd and more…

Here’s what past participants say about our workshops:

“Thanks for a fabulous experience I had a wonderful two hours! I was also blown away by your lovely comments I really never expected anyone to think I had any talent!”

"Thank you so much for your inspiration and the confidence we gained from the workshop."

“Thank you for hosting a fabulous session on Saturday – the turn out and commitment to everything was great and demonstrates to me how invaluable Funny Women is in showcasing and developing female led comedy.”

This is a two hour in person workshop taking place at The Groucho Club, London.

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Half price for members of The Groucho Club and partner organisations.