London Comedy Writers' Festival

London Comedy Writers' Festival

30 March, 2011
by: Spoonfedcomedy

Line-ups, updates and news for London Comedy Writers' Festival 2011.

When: Saturday 9th April-Sunday 10th April 2011
How much: £149
Where?: The London College of Film, Media and Performance at Regent's College.

Think you could write the next Peep Show? Is Graham Linehan your hero? Could your sketch show be that little bit better? Then you might want to pop down to the London Comedy Writers' Festival. Over 50 of the biggest names in comedy witing, producing, directing and performance are taking part, giving talks and round-the-table sessions on how to write better comedy.

Speakers include:

Jessica Hynes, co-writer of Spaced; writer, actor and presenter, Griff Rhys-Jones; Green Wing's Stephen Mangan; fomer head of BBC Comedy, Jon Plowman; leading scriptwriter John Langdon; script editor of Peep Show and The Inbetweeners, Robert Popper; co-writer of Borat!, Dan Mazer and many, many more.

On Friday night there is a pre-registration and networking party, while Saturday is the big day. From 9am till 7:30pm over 30 sessions will take place with titles such as:

 - The Rules of Comedy Sub Genres
 - Your Script: From Writer to Producer to Broadcaster
 - What They Don't Teach You At Comedy Writing School with Robert Popper
 - TV Comedy Drama: What the Broadcasters Want
 - Are You Writing For The BIGGEST Audience?
 - Why You Need To Break Into Radio Comedy (and how to do it)
 - Writing Political Comedy And Satire

The last day of the festival - Sunday, will be an informal networking day, with an 11am start. Here you can mingle and get the chance to have more relaxed chats with writers and producers.

A must for anyone interested in comedy writing, this festival is a great opportunity to develop your talent and get ahead in the industry.

A ticket for the whole weekend costs £149 but we've got a special £25 discount code to offer our readers. To apply for the discount when booking tickets, just enter the word 'Spoonfed' into the discount code box.

For more information about the festival and to book a ticket visit: www.londoncomedywritersfestival.com

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