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Sydney Comedy School

Stand-up comedy course

When

Sunday 12 January 2025 from 9:30am to 3pm Thursday 13 March 2025 from 6:30pm to 9pm Sunday 27 April 2025 from 9:30am to 3pm Thursday 12 June 2025 from 6:30pm to 9pm Thursday 24 July 2025 from 6:30pm to 9pm Thursday 2 October 2025 from 6:30pm to 9pm Thursday 13 November 2025 from 6:30pm to 9pm

Cost

Starting from: $165

This highly interactive stand-up comedy course will help you to master the art of storytelling, joke-writing and presenting on stage.

Learn comedy from the Sydney Comedy School, which has over 100 five-star Google Reviews.

Duration

Please note this is a 2 night course held 6:30pm-9pm or it is run as a full day course from 9:30am-3pm (with a lunch break).

Course overview

Master stand-up comedy and be a better storyteller on stage, at work, and socially!

This course is extremely practical and will give you a lot of tools to use straight away.

You will learn the science behind jokewriting, dive deep into your personal style of humour, learn a large number of joke structures and writing techniques, write a short set, practice with a mic, and learn the art to crowdwork.

Best of all, you will grow your stage presence, confidence, and ability to wow others in a range of settings.

As an added bonus, course participants can join our exclusive grad shows at no extra cost.

Topics

Joke-writing: We will teach you the structure of a joke and how you can maximise laughs.

Storytelling: You will become more confident in telling stories that resonate with audiences.

Stage presence: We will help you to improve your presence when on stage and in social situations.

Crowd work: Gain new skills in how to better interact with crowds.

Scriptwriting: Learn techniques that will improve your writing ability and creativity.

Public speaking: Gain new public speaking skills that will improve your timing, delivery and confidence when on stage and speaking with others.

Reviews

"I have had the best experience with Sydney Comedy School!" – Hannah

"Great fun! Dave is a really nice and supportive facilitator, and really knows his stuff." – Joshua

"What a fabulous experience to discover some ideas about myself that maybe useful in comedy. Thanks Dave." – Ruth

About us

The Sydney Comedy School runs corporate team-building workshopsimprovisation classesscience comedy programs, and run numerous weekly comedy shows in Sydney including the Improv Comedy Cagefight and the Sydney Stand-Up Comedy Championships.

All courses are developed by Dave Crisante, a former journalist and political speechwriter who runs comedy events and communication workshops.

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