Write Your Solo Show Course (fortnightly)
This is an 8-session, fortnightly evening class taught online via Zoom. Each week will tackle different approaches and styles to help you make* your solo show. You will be given homework assignments so that you are actively creating every week. Katy will give guidance and exercises and you will receive feedback from the class on the work you create. There is no prerequisite for this class, but any writing and/or improvisation experience will be useful.
The class runs on Tuesday nights 7-9pm London-time for eight sessions every other week. Class dates are 15th & 29th November, 13th December, 3rd, 17th, 31st January and 14th, 28th February (there is a break over the Winterval period).
*This is a writing course, though we will look at devising and improvisation as tools.
You will be sent a link and instructions on how to join the class online on the day it begins. You can contact me here anytime beforehand: katy@katyschutte.co.uk
Topics include:
- How to start
- Discovering your show
- Autobiography
- Comedy
- Satire
- Devising
- Storytelling
- Show structure
- Development & rehearsal
- Practical stuff (when, where and how to perform)
- Personal feedback
- Scratch night
Week 7 will be split into 1:1 time slots where you will get personal feedback and discuss your work.
Week 8 will be a 'Scratch Night' where all are invited to share a part of their show (though there is no obligation to do so).
The class is limited to 12 participants.
1:1s are available as an add-on.
This is the fifth iteration of this course. Many previous participants have gone on to produce their solo shows and/or make other work inspired by the course.
Your instructor:
Katy Schutte has written comedy for many different platforms. She is a contributing writer for card game Cards Against Humanity, was resident songwriter for Sean and Robot's Comedy Circuit podcast on Fun Kids digital radio, co-writer of Beth's Legacy, an augmented reality story game for Storyfutures and CreativeXR and one of two writers for The Galaxicle Implosions, a semi-improvised virtual reality, live and streaming show with Flipside and Fandco. Katy wrote and starred in sit com web series Sideliners which has won several Best Pilot awards and is nominated for more. She has written and performed in 5-star fringe shows including comedy musical Who Ya Gonna Call, folk horror Let's Summon Demons and storytelling stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic. Katy was a Brighton Fringe Best Comedy Show Finalist (2018). Katy's book, The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook is published by Nick Hern Books. She recently won Best Script Award's Feature Script Grand Prix and the WRPNSC Gold Script Writing award.
Katy is currently working on a play based on her experience as an artist in residence with The Arctic Circle Project 2022 and is a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Foundation Grant.
Katy tours globally, teaching and performing improvisation.