Big Smoke Writing Factory
There's no fire without smoke...... Big Smoke Writing Factory offers creative writing classes, workshops and resources at 7 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Course list spring 2010
Next open day: February 16th, 5.30-8pm.
-- Courses starting soon: Beginning To Write; Line Production; Stand-up Comedy.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Stand-up Comedy
From ‘Open Spot’ to One-Person Show
Whether you are a complete beginner looking to write your first ‘club set’, or a more experienced comedian hoping to tour a successful one-person show, this course is for you. The course will cover such elements as structure, rapport and joke-rate, as they relate to individual students’ style and delivery. The class will be light on theory and heavy on practice, with the majority of time spent critiquing students’ own writing and performance.
Considerable attention will also be given to the practical side of successfully performing at comedy clubs/festivals and touring a one-person show: finance, contacts, selecting venues, handling the press and marketing strategies. There will be specific advice on surviving and succeeding at the world’s biggest and most competitive arts festival: the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as touring on the Irish comedy/theatre circuit and further abroad.
BIG SMOKE class/workshop policies
Length: 10 weeks
Fee: €220
Guest Teacher: Abie Philbin Bowman
About the teacher
Abie Philbin Bowman has taught creative writing in Trinity College Dublin and at the Irish Centre for Talented Youth. He is also the writer and performer of one of the most successful Irish one-man comedy shows of the decade. ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ – his debut – took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm. It got rave reviews, completely sold out and was reported by over 30 media outlets, including BBC News, Le Monde and the New York Times. The show then sold out throughout Ireland, as well as touring London’s West End, the USA and Pakistan. (Abie is the only Western stand-up stupid enough to have performed a religious, political comedy in Pakistan during the 2007 State of Emergency). ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ has since become a top 10 hit on iTunes in Japan and across Europe. Along with his second show, ‘Eco-Friendly Jihad’, Abie has sold out and turned a profit at Edinburgh for three years running. He was dubbed “a rising star” by Time magazine, given his own radio show by i105-107, and boycotted by Ian Paisley’s DUP.
Autumn/winter 2009
FRIDAY, 6.30pm-8.30pm, starting October 16, 2009.
Whether you are a complete beginner looking to write your first ‘club set’, or a more experienced comedian hoping to tour a successful one-person show, this course is for you. The course will cover such elements as structure, rapport and joke-rate, as they relate to individual students’ style and delivery. The class will be light on theory and heavy on practice, with the majority of time spent critiquing students’ own writing and performance.
Considerable attention will also be given to the practical side of successfully performing at comedy clubs/festivals and touring a one-person show: finance, contacts, selecting venues, handling the press and marketing strategies. There will be specific advice on surviving and succeeding at the world’s biggest and most competitive arts festival: the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as touring on the Irish comedy/theatre circuit and further abroad.
BIG SMOKE class/workshop policies
Length: 10 weeks
Fee: €220
Guest Teacher: Abie Philbin Bowman
About the teacher
Abie Philbin Bowman has taught creative writing in Trinity College Dublin and at the Irish Centre for Talented Youth. He is also the writer and performer of one of the most successful Irish one-man comedy shows of the decade. ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ – his debut – took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm. It got rave reviews, completely sold out and was reported by over 30 media outlets, including BBC News, Le Monde and the New York Times. The show then sold out throughout Ireland, as well as touring London’s West End, the USA and Pakistan. (Abie is the only Western stand-up stupid enough to have performed a religious, political comedy in Pakistan during the 2007 State of Emergency). ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ has since become a top 10 hit on iTunes in Japan and across Europe. Along with his second show, ‘Eco-Friendly Jihad’, Abie has sold out and turned a profit at Edinburgh for three years running. He was dubbed “a rising star” by Time magazine, given his own radio show by i105-107, and boycotted by Ian Paisley’s DUP.
Autumn/winter 2009
FRIDAY, 6.30pm-8.30pm, starting October 16, 2009.
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