STAND UP / CLOWNING WORKSHOP

M﻿aggie's pioneering workshops aim to raise confidence levels, generate humour; improve performance skills and become better improvisers.Maggie’s classes teach people to take risks and connect with others through playful activities. She asks that you remain open to experience the absurd and the ridiculous, embrace chaos and silence – and engage with your own physicality and self-awareness.This is a brilliant opportunity for people to up-skill and engage positively with self-awareness, their own physicality and lived experiences. The best thing about the workshops is that they are suitable for anybody: Actors, teachers, bankers, the butcher the baker, the candlestick maker - and it's a lot of fun.Who are they for?Absolutely anyone who would like to give stand up comedy a go, or for those wanting to write/update material and improve their set; anyone who wants to bring more humour into their lives - professionally or personally or both!What can you expect?Group and individual activities that encourage openness and playfulness.Learning how comedians create comedy.Discovering your personal and preferred style of comedy.A build in professional humour-making skills.I love these classes!! Can't believe I stood up and sang a song and it was funny. Credit to Maggie and her incredibly warm and kind and inspirational energy and teaching style.""Thank you for all the fun, embarrassment, stress, confidence building and TLC. I’m a new person! You rock!  - love Shakti xx""Thank you for helping me face my fear. Josh xox"

Maggie Irving

STAND UP / CLOWNING WORKSHOP
Humour is one of the most important keys to supporting mental wellness.

Exeter Phoenix

Humour is one of the most important keys to supporting mental wellness. It is also one of the most attractive human traits, acting as social glue and helping us make warm and relatable relationships.

This workshop aims to help you understand how clowning and stand-up comedy can work together to help you be funnier; bring humour into your life, encourage you to flip pain and use comedy to support wellness.

Work with improvisation, writing, comedy techniques in dialogue with clowning to produce material that is all about your unique way of being in the world
Introduce you to concepts of stand-up AND clowning including – playful incongruity; spontaneous/crafted comedy; exaggeration and you
Optimise your physical/vocal/visual humour
Build confidence to be seen, engage actively and humorously with others
Get you thinking outside-the-box to generate new concepts, and brainstorm solutions to problems
Dr Maggie Irving guides you to develop your own style.Testimonials&quot;Loved the techniques. Maggie was lovely, relaxed and inspiring. Made me think”&quot;I loved it even though I was out of my depth – never have done this before. You are amazing. Thank you!!!&quot;&quot;Maggie is always supportive, non judgemental and lets me express myself. Love the character development and new techniques she has taught me which I can use for future gigs! Ryan&quot;

COURSE TUTOR
Dr Maggie Irving is a lecturer, writer, performer and researcher. PhD: The Female Clown Plymouth University. Lectured in comedy at, Winchester University. Runs various workshops from: stand-up, physical comedy, contemporary clowning, and public speaking in the South West.

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