"Thoroughly enjoyed the
weekend. As a former (head) teacher I have to say Kevin McCarron was superb. He was gentle
yet harsh and got to the root of the issues and really helped develop the style and
delivery required. I was very impressed and please pass on my thanks." - Tim
DIngle, Course Graduate, February 2007
STAND-UP COURSES IN LONDON AND EDINBURGH
2009 Dates for London and Edinburgh are now online - dates from
January to August 2009
All of our courses have been running for several years now, with a number of
performers profressing to become full-time stand-ups, competition finalists and be signed
by agents - Nat Luurtsema, only a year after her beginners course was signed by Avalon,
the UK's biggest stand-up agency and is now performing stand-up full time.
All of our courses (except the advanced comedy course) are
suitable for complete novices, along with new stand-ups wishing to hone thier skills. Over
the last few years a number of presenters and actors have also taken these courses, and
found them useful for increasing their range of performance skills, and helping with
stage-manner and performance skills.
Each course offers time with a tutor, practice
sessions and the opportunity of taking part in a series of open spots either across
the Laughing Horse's London Comedy clubs, or at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The courses are led by experienced comedy teachers Kevin
McCarron (Comedian, Compere, Comedy promoter and University or Surrey and comedy
Tutor/Lecturer) and Jay Sodagar (Comedian, and Comedy School Comedy Tutor) - for more
information in the tutors, click here.
All of our courses can be packaged to be run at other comedy
venues or locations, and if you have a comedy venue or festival that would benefit from
comedy coursess, please email us on info@aboutcomedy.co.uk
to discuss details.
An Ideal
Christmas or Birthday present -Comedy Course Vouchers... Buy
a voucher redeamable at any of our comedy courses for your friends or family for a really
interesting and original Christmas Present!
Click here for a
2-day course voucher (£89) valid on any scheduled About Comedy 2-day stand-up or
compering course in London or Edinburgh
Click here for a 4-week course
voucher (£129) valid on any scheduled About Comedy 4-week stand-up course in London
or Edinburgh
Click Here for a
1/2 day personal Tuition voucher (£150) vouchers can be redeemed at a time and place
to be arranged with student - valid in London M25 region only, for other locations please contact us
for price
Click Here for a Full day personal
Tuition voucher (£250) vouchers can be redeemed at a time and place to be arranged
with student - valid in London M25 region only, for other locations please contact us for price
2 Day
Intensive - available over a weekend in Londonand Edinburgh, plus right through the
Edinburgh Fringe - with the graduation show after the teaching on the second day.Click here for dates & details
4 Week Beginers -
available Tuesday evenings in London,
with the graduation show after the teaching on the final Tuesday. Click here for dates & details
6 Week Advanced -
available on Monday evenings in London,
aimed at graduates of our beginner courses or more experienced newer comics aiming to
develop thier routine further. Graduation shows are after the course and organised with
the students as they progress. Click here
for dates & details
Compering - weekend
courses in 2008 for learning compering skills, available in London. Click
here for dates & details
Personal Tuition - Click here for details of Personal Tuition from
our tutors.
Corporate Training -
Create bonding experiences for your team, motivate and inspire your employees and
re-invigorate presentation and meeting skills in the unique experience of company
training. Click here for details.
Teaching: An Improvisors Art
- only the teacher and the stand-up comedian rely on the continuous interaction of their
respective audiences - what can teachers learn from the stand-up comedian? Dr. Kevin
McCarron presents a lively interactive presentation - Click
here for more information.
Graduatiom
Show, March 2007 at Laughing Horse Camden
Testimonials
"friendly,
informative and well-structured. A supportive environment allows wannabe stand-ups to
develop material quickly, and the course even offers opportunities to perform on stage...
A no-brainer for anyone interested in the business, and a fun experience for any weekend
wonder whose always wanted to know what it was like behind the mic stand." -Paul Doncaster, graduate of the 2005 courses
"It's improved
my confidence and the open spot I performed went down really well! And it's pretty cheap
too! If you've got funny bones, you can do no better" -
Duncan Hart,
graduate of the 2005 courses.
"I
just wanted to thank you and Kevin for this weekend's course. I found it very helpful and
informative." - Jeremy Leverton, graduate of the 2007 Courses.
"I
have found the course immensely helpful, as an actor for a number of years with the tutor
very supportive and helpful. I have now managed to learn a whole new way to perform in
just a couple of days, and will be able to use a lot of teh techniques I learnt in my
work" - David Watson, graduate of the 2007 Course
Nationwide comedy club Laughing Horse Comedy
and About Comedy present a series of comedy courses to learn or
improve stand-up comedy performance, over either an intensive period with our 
Each course offers time with a tutor, practice
sessions and the opportunity of taking part in a series of open spots either across
the Laughing Horse's London Comedy clubs, or at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
