Tuesday, November 4

PEP UP your Christmas! Stand Up Comedy SHORT Course

Stand Up Comedy SHORT Course Craft a comedy set and showcase your skills - and take them home with you!

By Maggie Irving Comedy

Date and time

Location

City Gate (Hotel)

North Street Exeter EX4 3EA United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Tuesday 4 Nov 2025 - Tuesday 25 Nov 2025: 7 - 9pm

Come along and experience a safe, supportive SHORT stand-up comedy course (4 weeks) with others, where you will learn the art of creating comedy.

Description

Get Christmas joke ready! Dazzle your family with material you create youself! Or perhaps you'd like to be the funny centre of attention on New Years Eve - whatever you are doing in your wonderful lives - try something fun to see out 2025!

This course is for performers and non-performers, and can particularly support public speaking skills, along with: Resilience, improve mental health, confidence and professional leadership, and it's fun - and funny!

You are given ongoing, supportive feedback to help you edit and hone your writing and speaking skills.

The festive-themed sessions will focus on:

Finding your stage persona and the ability to express your own point of view.
Obseravtional Comedy
Joke writing/structure and delivery
Comedy Characters
And of course, CRAFT a Christmas joke!

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Course runs dependent on sufficient numbers.

Contact: maggieirvingcomedy@gmail.com to pay direct and avoid fees (UK only)

18+ only

Please feel free to get in touch if you have preferred pro-nouns, disabilities or additional support-needs before/when signing up!

"I loved it even though I was out of my depth."

"I like the fact we all had to get up and have a go, as opposed to merely being told."

“I was lucky enough to be taught by Maggie Irving and would highly recommend her great fun and great energy. An amazing area and discipline of performance to experience and train in.” Charlie Boyle."

Loved the techniques. Maggie was lovely, relaxed and inspiring. Made me think."

"Didn’t ever feel ‘put on the spot’, which had been my only (minor) fear."

"Loved ALL of it. Really worked well." "Relaxed atmosphere – budding fame in the making. Maggie to do a session herself? Make it longer?"

"Lots of good ideas, nice having Maggie there supporting and explaining techniques. More practice? I don’t know – good for the first go!"

Organized by

Maggie Irving Comedy

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"

From £71.13

Nov 4 · 7:00 PM GMT