PEP UP your Christmas! Stand Up Comedy SHORT Course

Schedule

Tue Nov 04 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

City Gate (Hotel) | Exeter, EN

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

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.


Would you like to be the kind of person that empowers others?

Do you want to experience and explore how humour and play can create lasting connections?

Are you looking to TAKEAWAY valuable techniques for life?


Maggie’s Workshop Outcomes:

· Make warm connections with your audience

· Explore non-verbal communication for memorable delivery

· Learn to create impactful jokes that generate smiles and laughter

· Develop skills in improvisation and ‘failure’ for long-term confidence and performance - for professional and personal use

· Takeaway valuable skills that have lasting benefits


In play and games, your truth and transformation begins.


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: [email protected] 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!"

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Where is it happening?

City Gate (Hotel), North Street, Exeter, United Kingdom

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Tickets

GBP 71.13 to GBP 87.38

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