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Chortle Stand-up Comedy Conference 2012
20 students

Chortle Stand-up Comedy Conference 2012

Practical tips for getting started in comedy and how the industry works, from stand-up to sitcom
Created byChortle Comedy
Last updated 11/2012
English

Course content

1 section9 lectures5h 51m total length
  • Getting started: Chortle Conference 2012 Session 148:58

    Getting started on the stand-up comedy circuit - open-mic spots and beyond. With, from left, host comedian Stuart Goldsmith, Jill Edwards who runs a comedy course in Brighton, Julia Chamberlain from So You Think You're Funny? and Highlight, Hils Jago from Amused Moose Comedy, Pete Grahame from Downstairs At The Kings Head

  • An alternative view: Chortle Conference Session 229:05
    With Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkener

     

  • Doing Edinburgh: Chortle Conference Session 346:55

    Tips on performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with, from left, Peter Buckley Hill of PBH Free Fringe; critic Julian Hall; Evening Standard comedy reviewer Bruce Dessau (chair); Pleasance comedy programmer Ryan Taylor, Nigel Klarfeld from producers Bound & Gagged; and Barry Church-Woods, the Fringe's venues & companies manager

  • The Agents: Chortle Conference Session 4 39:28

    With, from left, Brett Vincet of Get Comedy; Christian Knowles of CKP; Alex Rochford of Time Out Live (chair); Chris Lander from Phil McIntyre; and Alice Russell from Avalon

  • Robert Popper: Chortle Conference Session 540:14
    Talking to Chortle editor Steve Bennett
  • The Business End, in association with Equity: Chortle Conference Session 637:38
  • TV and radio panel: Chortle Conference Session 743:43
    With (from left) Gary Reich MD of Brown-Eyed Boy;  Richard Allen-Turner joint MD of Avalon and exec producer of comedy shows;  Bruce Dessau (chariman, and London Evening Standard comedy reviews); Julia McKenize of BBC Radio Comedy; Chris Sussman comedy commissioner with the BBC; Nerys Evans, comedy commission editor of Channel 4
  • Harnessing the Internet: Chortle Conference Session 827:45
  • Richard Herring: Chortle Conference Session 938:11
    Talking to Chortle editor Steve Bennett

Description

 An introduction to the world of  comedy in the UK, from getting your first stand-up gigs, to pitching TV ideas: At the Chortle Conference, we gathered top agents, promoters, TV and radio types and experts on the practical stuff such as tax to offer a day's worth of vital information about the comedy course. This course offers you access to every session held that day