Online-workshop: "Comedy Writing" with Becky Johnson (Toronto)

An introduction to sketch comedy and narrative writing, this sampler course will cover premise development and its growth into full sketches and even toward fuller screen and stage plays.

Students will tackle satire, situation, rhythm and more to hone in on their unique comedic voices. We will also jump into improvised writing exercises to surprise ourselves and look towards narrative structuring from a sketch comedy foundation.

BECKY JOHNSON
is a Canadian Screen Award winning writer and comedian. An alumna of the Toronto Second City Mainstage, Becky has performed internationally with her influential improv projects including Catch23 Improv, The Sufferettes and IRON COBRA. As a writer, Becky has contributed to Baroness von Sketch Show, The Hour Has 22 Minutes and CBC’s Because News. Becky has also been a panelist for Canadian pitches at JFL Comedy Pro’s Stand Up and Pitch competition. As an actor, Becky has been featured on Baroness von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC), What We Do in the Shadows (FX), Odd Squad (PBS/TVOKids), Workin’ Moms (CBC/Netflix) and more. Becky has won two Canadian Comedy Awards for her work in improvisation and two Canadian Screen Awards for writing on Baroness von Sketch Show. She is developing a metaphysical comedy show for television, a surreal stage play and is working on her first collection of poetry.

You may also like the following events from Nowhere - Akademie für Schauspiel und Improvisation:

• Next month, 6th September, 05:00 am, Zweijährige Ausbildung zum*zur professionellen Improvisations-Schauspieler*in in Hamburg
• Next month, 19th September, 05:00 pm, Duo-Format-Labor mit Nadine Antler in Melsungen
• This November, 7th November, 07:00 pm, Workshop: Anleiten von Impro-Workshops & -Proben mit Nadine Antler & Christoph Röseler in Würzburg

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