
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
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
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
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