Gemma Arrowsmith, writer on Tracey Ullman’s Show, Spitting Image and script editor of Newsjack is running ‘The Crash Course’; a short FREE online sketch comedy writing course aimed at improving diversity in writers’ rooms. The Crash Course consists of four 90 minute workshops covering sketch structure, game, escalation, punchlines, writing for TV and radio, writing to a brief, formatting and topical sketch writing – amongst other things!
This course is aimed at under-represented groups. You should be passionate about comedy and want to write comedy as a career – but have so far faced significant barriers to entry into the industry. So if you are LGBTQIA+, if you are Black, South Asian, East Asian or mixed race, if you are someone who is living with a disability, if you are living on a low income or come from a working class or lower middle class background, this course might be for you.
Visit Gemma Arrowsmith’s website to find out full information and fill in the application form
Deadline for applications 17.00 on Friday 23rd April 2021
The course starts on 15th May 2021.
Source: BBC Writersroom