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ComedyClasses-online

Contact: comedywithRob@gmail.com

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Events

Wednesday as from 1st Sept

Weekly comedy improvisation classes for Wimbledon Drama Club, Buckleigh Ave, London SW20 9JZ

6.30pm

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7.45 pm

In person (Adults)

Wednesday as from 1st Sept

Weekly comedy improvisation classes for Wimbledon Drama Club, Buckleigh Ave, London SW20 9JZ

6.30pm

-

7.45 pm

In person (Adults)

Saturdays as from 4th Sept

Stand-up class (full)

8.45am

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10.30 am

On-line

Saturdays as from 4th Sept

Stand-up class (full)

8.45am

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10.30 am

On-line

Sundays as from 5th Sept

Stand-up class (full)

9:30 am

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11.15 am

On-line

Sundays as from 5th Sept

Stand-up class (full)

9:30 am

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11.15 am

On-line

Tuesday evenings

Stand-up class. (spaces available)

6.300pm

-

8.45 pm

On-line

Tuesday evenings

Stand-up class. (spaces available)

6.300pm

-

8.45 pm

On-line

Monday afternoons

Improvisation class (full)

2.30pm

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4.15 pm

£8 per class. On-line

Monday afternoons

Improvisation class (full)

2.30pm

-

4.15 pm

£8 per class. On-line

Teaching stand-up since 1990

Rob Hitchmough

Rob is an established stand-up who has had professional engagements at just about every comedy club in the UK, as well as a fair few overseas.

Teaching Stand-up

 Rob has taught stand-up at The City Lit Adult Education College since 2002. Since March 2020, he has hosted over 250 classes on-line.


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About Rob

Stand up

I have performed over 5,000 professional stand-up gigs at just about every major venue in the UK and Ireland, including The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Up The Creek, The Banana Cabaret and The Hot Water Comedy Club. Engagements overseas include: Guinness Comedy Club (Bahrain), The Comedy Store (San Diego), Cobbs Comedy Club San Francisco and The Brass Monkey, Perth (Australia.)

Writing credits include:  Children’s television dramas: ‘Billy & Layla’ and ‘Time Travel.’  Stage plays: ‘Campsite’ & ‘One Step Ahead’ (which was shortlisted for The Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize.)

Acting credits include: Spooks, Watching (sit-com), three of the soaps, Absent (Woman's Hour series on Radio 4) and about 10 short films.

https://www.spotlight.com/2511-1275-7620

Career Highlight: I am a very keen rugby player (at least I was when I was a bit younger) and have been lucky enough to do several adverts with The England Rugby Team.

The one I did for Powerade was the most full on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmvSTZFDphc

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Teaching CV

CURRENT: Regular teacher at The City Lit (Adult Ed’ College) Stand up comedy

2002-2021. Dept graded ‘Outstanding’  (Beginners & Advanced)

in 2 previous O.F.S.T.E.D. inspections.  Sight Reading for auditions

(Currently teaching evening classes online)  (Beginners & Advanced)

Weekly drop in Acting Class.

CURRENT: The Sylvia Young Theatre School, main school supply  Sight reading, audition technique (Key stages 2-4) Saturday & Summer School tutor, 1999-2021   & improvisation

CURRENT: Tunbridge Wells G.P. Vocational training scheme ‘Improvisation for Doctors’

Annual guest tutor 2008-2021.   

CURRENT: Medway G.P. Vocational training scheme ‘Improvisation for Doctors’

Guest tutor 2009-2021.  

CURRENT: Ringerike Folk High School (Norwegian students)  Comedy improvisation

2014 - 2021

CURRENT: Private groups (Zoom classes) Stand up comedy 

March 2020 – to date (over 300 on-line sessions)  Comedy improvisation

https://comedyclasses-online.co.uk     Drama

CURRENT: Regular supply work with Zen Educate Class cover & TA

 Key stages 1,2,3 & 4

CURRENT: Regular supply work with Vibe Teaching Agency Class cover & TA

 Key stages 1,2,3 & 4

Regular teacher at The Actor’s Centre,  Stand up comedy, sketch

(A drama school for professional actors), 1994-2016        writing & improvisation

Guest Tutor for Welsh EQUITY May 2009   Stand up comedy

& improvisation

Guest Tutor EQUITY conference May 2008   Stand up comedy

Regular guest tutor at The Northern Actor’s      Stand up comedy, sketch

Centre, Manchester, 2001-2010      writing & improvisation

The Comedy Club, Athens    Stand up comedy

(Through The British Council), 2007

Regular guest tutor at The North East Stand up comedy

Actor’s Centre, Newcastle, since 2002

Cardboard Citizens (Homeless People's   Stand up comedy

Theatre Company), guest tutor 2006  & improvisation 

Hatfield University Annual Guest Lecturer  Classroom Control 

Lecturer in classroom control, 2005-2011

N.T.C. Touring Theatre Company  Comedy improvisation

Annual guest tutor, 2003-2012 

Spread The Word Stand up comedy

Regular guest tutor since 2004 

The Arden School of Theatre, Manchester   Stand up comedy

Guest tutor, 2003

Raw Hide Comedy Club    Improvisation 

Guest tutor, 2003

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2003      Improvisation

The Theatre Royal, Bath    Stand up comedy

Guest tutor, 2002 (ages 14 to 16)    & improvisation 

Wandsworth Prison   Stand up comedy

Guest tutor, 2001  writing & improvisation

We have classes for all levels & everyone is welcome.

For more info or to book a place please contact me on:     comedywithRob@gmail.com

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Stand-up on-line

Learning the tools of stand-up works remarkably well on-line.

A Rough Guide and What to Expect

A good comedian is essentially a good performer and a good writer. Just about every component that goes into making a good comic can be bracketed under those two headings.

At the start of the course we will be looking at where our ideas come from and how we determine which ones have the potential to be developed into routines. Then, as a group we will try and develop an idea and see where the comedy potential lies.

There are many different ways to write stand-up and comedy, formulas and patterns crop up, time and time again. We will examine when and where certain patterns may fit into our own stories.

At the end of each session homework will be set, tasks will include:

· Stories told in a fraction of the number of words.

· Writing with attitude.

· Writing from the point of view you don’t agree with.

· Writing tragedy.

· Moaning exercises.

· Bafflement exercises.

· One-liners.

· Fairy Tale Week.

· Writing in character.

· Improvisation.

With regard to performance, we will be getting a little technical.

Areas covered will include:

· Developing a comedic persona.

· Speech patterns.

· Anticipation moments.

· Variations in mood.

· Variations in pace.

· Variations in volume.

· Physical performances.

· Microphone technique.

· Performing as an emcee.

· Dealing with hecklers.

· Status.

Though lots of exercises and tasks will be set, please do more off your own bat; be pro-active! There are a few comedy books on the reading list, all of which suggest various ways of writing. If you are serious about your comedy you will read at least one, ideally more. The main two that I recommend are Sally Holloway’s and Greg Dean’s.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR NOTES, EVERY EXERCISE IS DONE FOR A REASON 

Cost

£80 per course (4 weeks).

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F.A.Q.


How much do they cost?

Stand-up:         £80 for 4 classes

Impro:              £9 per class


How big are the classes?
Between 6 and 8 students, (though the introduction class, which is non interactive may be much larger.)

Why are the classes so small?
I have found that groups with between 6 and 8, allow everyone to perform and have their work reviewed.

How long does each session last?
1 hour 45 mins, though we do occasionally over run, if we are on a roll.

What are the advantages of learning in a group?
Part of each session will take the form of a writers meeting. If you have an idea that is 'almost there' there will be around 6 other brains helping you to make it work.

Am I expected to do homework?
The group will be assigned a new exercise at the end of each session, which they can choose to do if they wish.

Can I just bring material I am working on?
Yes.

Do I do private sessions?
Yes (cost £45 p/h)
How do I pay?
Please email me at        comedywithRob@gmail.com
and I will send details.

Can you teach stand up?
Yes.


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Suggested Comedy Reading List

The Serious Guide to Joke Writing:                             Published by Book Shaker*
How To Say Something Funny About Anything
By Sally Holloway
(I have several copies of this book if anyone would like one)
Step by Step Stand up Comedy                  Published by Heinemann Publishing*
By Greg Dean
Teach Yourself Stand Up Comedy                                Published by McGraw-Hill*
By Logan Murray
Attitude (Wanna make something of it?)                Published by Gothic Image*
By Tony Allen
Impro                                                                                         Published by Methuen*
By Keith Johnstone
Impro for Storytellers .                                                  Published by Faber & Faber
By Keith Johnstone
Brilliant Presentation                                       Published by Pearson Prentice Hall
By Richard Hall                 (Business)
Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy                              Published by Routledge
By Jay Sankey
True Story (this is a novel about stand-up)               Published by Random House
By Bill Maher
Successful Television Writing                                                      Published by Wiley
By Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin
(this is a book about writing tv dramas)
Save The Cat                                                Published by Michael Wise Productions
By Blake Snyder
It is not a Runner Bean: (Dispatches from a slightly Successful Comedian)  
By Mark Steel (Comedy biog)                                  Published by The Do-Not Press*
Reasons to be Cheerful                                                         Published by Scribner*
By Mark Steel (Political Comedy biog)
*Strongly recommended. 

 

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