Writing Sketch Comedy With Kim Fuller

Writing sketch comedy
A 2-day intensive course for anyone interested in comedy writing.The course tutor is the award-winning comedy writer Kim Fuller whose career spans four decades and who has worked across radio, theatre, TV and film.His credits are wide-ranging and include iconic shows such as Not the Nine o'clock News, Spitting Image, Red Dwarf and the cult film: Spice World the Movie.The sketch is the quintessential comedy format. Quick, immediate, with only one purpose: to make you laugh. It is the penalty shoot-out of comedy. Who doesn't remember Monty Python's Dead Parrot Sketch? Or The Two Ronnies Four Candles? Or the Fast Show's Ted and Ralph?
Learn the secrets of sketch writing so that you can create ideas which break through into the zeitgeist to become cultural touchstones.COURSE OVERVIEW Finding the comic idea Creating a comedic character Writing funny dialogue Structuring the sketch The punchline How to lay out the scriptWe will look at different genres of short-form comedy writing including sketches, character monologues, parodies, songs and standup, and explore the market for sketch comedy on TV, Youtube and social media which is where most short-form comedy can be seen.Finally, all participants will produce a sketch of their own and we will organise the group into a writers' room to critique everyone's work.Course times: 10am to 5pm on 18th-19th November 2026