You don’t need an Oxbridge degree to write comedy: all you need is a sense of the absurd and the willingness to get to grips with a few techniques. The basic building block of comedy is the short sketch. In this workshop with comedy writer Tony Kirwood you will brainstorm raw material, practise ways of transmuting it into comedy ideas and then be given the tools to write pithy, funny dialogue, memorable characters and a satisfying storyline. You will also be given advice on markets for your comedy material.