Comedy Masterclass

Danielle Krage interviews Stuart Laws.  

Stuart is a writer, director, actor and stand-up comedian. He also runs a production company, Turtle Canyon Comedy.

He brings all these sensibilities to his work, and in this interview Danielle asks him about the creative process for his play, The Journey (a break-up on a spaceship!) And how playing with surreality, reality and audience expectations has continued to be part of his comedy, from satire (Grave New World) to his latest stand-up show.

You can find Stuart and his work here:

https://linktr.ee/stuartlawscomedy 

https://www.instagram.com/stuartlawscomedy

https://twitter.com/thisstuartlaws

And from April 20th 2023 his special will be at:

https://800pgr.lnk.to/StuartLawsIsAllInPR 

You can find the transcript at:

https://comedymasterclass.com/

And Danielle’s socials here:

https://twitter.com/daniellekrage

https://www.instagram.com/dekrage/

Danielle Krage interviews writer and director Sherice Griffiths about writing and making her short film, a mockumentary featuring a household of assassins, called Killing for a Living. She shares advice for others who may way want to submit to festivals.

Sherice also takes us through the creative process of writing her pilot, The Big Three O, which won the BAFTA Rocliffe new writing competition. Plus what she has learned practically from her roles in production, including on commercials and music videos.

You can find out more about Sherice and her work here:

https://shericegriffiths.com/

https://twitter.com/Sherice_G

You can find the transcript at:

https://comedymasterclass.com/

And Danielle’s socials here:

https://twitter.com/daniellekrage

https://www.instagram.com/dekrage/

https://www.youtube.com/@comedymasterclassDK

Danielle Krage interviews John Vorhaus about his fun and practical approach to creating comedy. John is the author of The Comic Toolbox, The Little Book of Sitcom, and more. This masterclass includes tips and tools for: bringing comic characters to life; key questions for driving story; and strategies for increasing your creative output and failure tolerance.

You can find out more about John’s work here:

https://johnvorhaus.com/

https://amazon.com/author/jv

You can find the transcript at:

https://comedymasterclass.com/

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Danielle Krage interviews actor, writer and comedian Holly Hall about her comedy creation process.

Holly won BBC New Comedy Award’s Digital Comedian of the Year award in 2021, with her sketch ‘When podcasts go wrong.’

And as part of the award Holly received a commission from the BBC to write and star in a short film, ‘It’s what she would have wanted.’ 

This interview digs into the tools and approaches that Holly used to make these, including improvisation. Plus how improv plays a part in Holly’s current live solo comedy show, ‘You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.’

You can find Holly and her work at:

Instagram         Twitter       TikTok     YouTube

You can find the transcript at:

https://comedymasterclass.com/

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Danielle Krage interviews comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti about her Edinburgh show, ‘I Miss Amy Winehouse’ and her new WIP, ‘Doomscrolling’. With her background in journalism, and expertise in personal essay, Suchandrika has so many insights into how to bring personal story into a comedy hour, in ways that work for both the writer/performer and the audience.

You can find the show notes and transcript at comedymasterclass.com

You can also find Suchandrika on her Instagram, Twitter or TikTok

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Danielle Krage interviews comedy expert, Chris Head. Chris shares so many practical ways of creating comedy characters and worlds, and helps us to see these tools at work in examples from sitcoms and comedy dramas.

You can find more about Chris Head here: Website, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and here’s the blog post he mentioned about structuring your 30 minute script

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Hey comedy friends. Here's what I've been cooking up for you. If you love comedy - breaking it down, and building it back up - you're going to want to subscribe now and get the first episode, where I interview a truly fascinating comedy expert, and grill him on all things narrative comedy. I took so many notes, and have been applying his advice to my scenes all week! It's been seriously fun. Come join me. 

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