Jill Edwards International Comedy Course - Winter 2026
Dates/times - International Comedy Course Winter 2026:
November - Weds 4th, THURS 12th, Weds 18th, Weds 25th.
December - Weds 2nd & THURS 10th.
(6 consecutive weekly classes) at 6pm till 8:30pm (GMT/UK time)
About Jill...
Jill Edwards stand-up courses are the most established comedy courses in the UK since 1994. Jill's stand-up comedy courses have a proven and continuous track record of success. Over 30 years of teaching stand-up Jill has trained some of the UK's top award winning television comedians, including Jimmy Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Angela Barnes and Romesh Ranganathan. Jill's comedy classes are where they first started out.
Jill's exciting International comedy course is based on her highly acclaimed ground breaking stand-up comedy course. It was the first of it's kind in the UK and has been widely featured in the press and media. Jill's face to face stand-up courses are based at multiple award winning comedy venue the Komedia in Brighton. Jill's International comedy course has been creatively and specifically designed to be an online comedy course.
Jill runs her monthly Chortle Award winning (2024 & 2025) comedy club Comic Boom at Komedia Brighton. Jill has run comedy nights Internationally and for the Eindhoven Comedy Festival. Jill's chaired a panel at the International Comedy Conference and been a comedy industry expert panelist at the Chortle Comedy Conference in the UK. She regularly works online coaching comedians from all round the country and all across the World.
Jill Edwards' is a well-established Internationally acclaimed stand-up comedy coach. Her International comedy course offers you the opportunity to explore, play, experiment and discover your "inner comic." Whether your ambition is to be a professional stand-up comedian or you just fancy having a go at it, then this is the best starting point for you. It's highly regarded, practical, inspirational - and a lot of fun!
"I wouldn't be a professional comic if it wasn't for Jill Edwards." Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops Graduate Romesh Ranganathan, award winning comic and television regular
You already have the skills you need...
Jill believes if you've ever laughed you already have the skills you need to make others' laugh. All you need now are her unique range of practical comedy writing and performance techniques to access your latent comedy skills. The supportive, encouraging atmosphere of this well-structured online comedy course will teach you everything you need to know to get you started.
It's a lot of fun and it's not frightening...
Jill's comedy courses attract people from all walks of life, from all across the country and all round the World. You do not need to have something funny to say, or know how to write jokes, or feel confident speaking in front of people, to join this online comedy course. You will learn to do all of this in the classes, and at your own pace. The idea of stand-up comedy might frighten people, but this course is not frightening. Jill's experienced supportive teaching approach increases your self-confidence and self-belief, empowering you to enjoy discovering your own unique comedy voice.
"Above all the experience was immense fun and I would recommend it to anyone interested in comedy." Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops Graduate Shappi Khorsandi, award winning comic and tv regular
Jill Edwards International Comedy Course - Outline
The aim of this fun comedy course is to teach you how to start creating your own online comedy content and how to create, write and perform your own short stand-up comedy set i.e. an opening, a closing, a bit of material in the middle.
* Practical creative exercises to inspire, generate ideas and access your "inner comic;"
* Unique comedy writing techniques, formats, including straightforward joke writing;
* Performance skills including timing, conquering nerves, remembering material;
* How to deal with hecklers effectively, coping with and learning from "dying" on stage;
* Trying out your material in class with positive constructive feedback to develop your material/performance;
* Getting started as a stand-up comic and getting into comedy writing: advice, tips from a guest professional comedy writer Q + A;
* How to get started creating and filming your own online comedy content; guest professional - practical;
This course also includes key points online only (Google Doc) handouts. You will need a personal Google mail address to access them.
You will be encouraged to "see" what you are learning in class at comedy clubs and/or online. You will need to be able to join a private (just for the members of this course) Facebook group with your own Facebook account - even if it's just for the six weeks of this course.
The skills you'll acquire on Jill's stand-up comedy course also apply to other areas of your life, writing, performing, presentations and public speaking.
You will be given some work to do during the week for the following class. It's up to you how much work you choose to do in between classes and it's totally optional but you'll get the most out of the course if you're able to set aside a little comedy watching/writing time during the week.
Please note: you must be able to fully participate and have your screen on during each class. It's not possible to combine this class with other obligations/activities at the same time as participating in the class e.g. babysitting, child minding, working, travel etc.
"This comedy course can change your life, and I sincerely mean that." Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops Graduate Angela Barnes, award winning comic and television regular
"People say comedy can't be taught. They could learn a lot from Jill Edwards." Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops graduate comic Jimmy Carr, award winning television regular
Please book early; as the highly acclaimed original, Jill Edwards stand-up comedy courses are very popular and sell out well in advance.
Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops Refund Policy:
Please note £50.00 of your course fee is a non-refundable deposit to cover admin costs.
30 days before course start date - course fee refund (minus non-refundable £50);
Within 30 - 15 days of course start date - 50% course fee refund (minus non-refundable £50);
Within 14 days of course start date - no refund.
Places on this course are non-transferable and cannot be transferred to another course.
If you book a place on this stand-up comedy course you are agreeing to this refund policy.
Age Limit:
You need to be eighteen years old or over to join this online stand-up comedy course.
(c) Jill Edwards 2026