2018 was the year of the very first See The Funny Side project with comedian Georgie Morrell. The RNIB initiative gave participants with sight loss the ability to take to the comedy stage and perform a full routine after a week of workshops with a professional stand-up comedian. Before applications close for See The Funny Side 2019 on February 24th listen as RNIB's Kris Wallace chats to two of the participants Lee Ewen and Claire Rush - as well as their mentor for the project, stand-up comedian Georgie Morrell.

RNIB’s See the Funny Side is back! It’ll take place in 2019 in the East Midlands at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham on March 23rd and 30th. Georgie will deliver a one day workshop on 23rd March on how to write and perform a comedy routine before joining participants to perform on 30th March to a live audience. To apply you must be over 16 and be blind or partially sighted. Application is easy all you need to do is email us at [email protected] or call 0303 1234 555 and have your funniest joke ready and tell us why you want to take part.

Applications close on 24th Feb 2019.