Professional Comedy Skills
Workshops

Story Structure for Festival Shows
2-4pm Sunday 23 September, Southbank

How to put together a memorable hour long show.

Course description:

Questions comedians often ask themselves when preparing a festival show are 1) how can I put together enough material, 2) how will I be able to remember it all, and 3) how do I make my show as memorable and buzz-worthy as possible? With a better grasp of story structure you will be able to address all these concerns, just add your own funny.

You will learn structure for:

• one-liner and observational humour
• anecdotal humour
• sketches
• theatrical shows

Katherine Phelps
Katherine has a PhD in storytelling for interactive media and has lectured at both RMIT and Victoria University. She has had several books published by Reed Books and distributed by Random House. One of her favourite jobs was writing for Nickelodeon Cartoons. Her screenplays have won awards. Her comedy blog Katherine Phelps in Search of LOLitanium has an international readership of over 60,000.