Six Week Stand Up Comedy Course at Exeter's Citygate Hotel

Tuesday 20 January 2026 - Tuesday 24 February 2026: 7 - 9pm

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.

Come along and experience a safe, supportive stand-up comedy course with others, where you will learn the art of creating and performing comedy at your pace, and in your own unique style.

Description

During this stand up comedy course, you will develop material and learn how to maximise its comic potential.

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 sessions will focus on finding your stage persona and the ability to express your own point of view.
• We will explore storytelling and improv to maximise comic potential.
• You will be encouraged to find the funny in everything and anything.
• We work on listening and developing a rapport with your audience, and concentrate on various comedy techniques used by many professional comedians and speakers.
• You will investigate creating and using characters within your set.

So come along and be involved with lots of laughter, learning and very valuable life skills.

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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Host or Publisher I am a trained clown, comedy performer and teacher of performance and comedy skills. I am passionate about laughter and the benefits it brings to people and create workshops and event where people can come together laugh, play and make friends.