 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 two day course, or a longer four week courses. Alongside these courses we also
offer an advanced comedy course, compering course, personal
tuition and corporate training. All of our courses have been running for several years now, with a number of
performers progressing to become full-time stand-ups, competition finalists and be signed
by agents - Imran Yusuf completed one of our courses and
is now a Edinburgh Award Nominee with a national tour
and TV appearances under his belt; 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.
THREE WEEKS REVIEW (2
Day Course at the Edinburgh Fringe):
"This
course, led by Kevin McCarron, has to be one of the best on offer. The students, including
a policeman and a Dutch porn addict (if his act is to be believed), had all travelled into
Edinburgh especially for the course. Notable was the relaxed and uncompetitive atmosphere,
in no small part down to Kevin, who focused on helping each participant to find a personal
style, coached them on how to edit their material and explained how not to fall out with
comperes (particularly by not bumping into them on their way on and off the stage). The
course culminated in impressive performances that night at a Free Festival venue with
radically improved acts... Everyone seemed delighted with the experience. Highly
recommended.
 " THREE WEEKS 12/8/09
All of our courses (except the advanced comedy course) are
suitable for complete novices, along with new stand-ups wishing to hone
their 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 courses, please email us on info@aboutcomedy.co.uk
to discuss details.
Review of Trying 2B
Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009 - all of the students had completed a 2 day About
Comedy course with Jay Sodagar prior to the Fringe, with some additional tuition from
Kevin McCarron - and all teenagers with no previous comedy experience: "Let's not lie. The title of this show is in no way
comforting. As Michael our first teenage comic pointed out, trying to be funny indicates
that these kids aren't funny. Which is very far from the truth. They were 100% hilarious.
Heatham House is a youth centre for children in Twickenham and surrounding areas, and boy
has it done these kids proud. There were a couple of blunders, and not every gag went down
well, but I laughed all the way through. Special mention has to go to Esther, rightly the
headline act. She was a natural comic, in a way that was refreshing. This was serious
talent, watch them now or pay for it later. " - THREE WEEKS 31/08/09
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