One intake of improv and stand-up courses starts and it is already time to start thinking ahead to next year! We're delighted to announce that the next intake for our Foundation Improv, Intermediate Improv and Beginning Stand-Up comedy courses will commence 21st January 2023 and are on sale now!
You can secure your space on a course by either paying a £30 deposit or by paying in full (£115 for Foundation Improv and Beginning Stand-Up Comedy, £70 for Intermediate Improv). We also have three scholarship places on our Foundation Improv course for black and global majority applicants. Our classes and facilitators are fully accredited by CSz Worldwide, one of the world's largest comedy performance schools.
You can also book a course for friends and family as a Christmas gift. If you're planning to do this please put a note in during the booking (or drop us an email) so we can send you a gift certificate and explainer pack to give to them on the day. Go on, give the gift of laughter this Christmas!
PLEASE NOTE: SPACES PURCHASED AS A GIFT MUST BE PAID FOR IN FULL BEFORE THE COURSE COMMENCES.
Got questions about our upcoming courses? Please don't hesitate to get in touch! Want to know more about what we do? Check out our upcoming shows! We hope to see you at a workshop or show soon!
The Totally Improvised Musical is back from our summer break with THREE shows in the coming weeks! We're delighted to be bringing the show back to Chorley Theatre and The Peer Hat, Manchester for the opening - and closing! - night of more totally unscripted, completely unmissable comedy musicals.
The songs, the story and the music are all inspired by your suggestions. Previous shows have featured such weird and wonderful misadventures as a prison break where no one wanted to escape, a battle between hobbits and greedy land developers, love and rivalry in the world of business catering and a heart warming tale of tube drivers who dream of being west-end stars!
We're back at Chorley Theatre on Friday 30th of September and then we have two shows at The Peer Hat in October (Wednesday 5th and Tuesday 25th). Join us for a night of song and laughter! Visit The Totally Improvised Musical page to find out more!
We're fast approaching our next intake of comedy workshops in Manchester! We have a few spaces left on all of our courses in improv and stand-up comedy. We are Manchester's longest running provider of fun and friendly comedy classes with offerings for all levels of experience. So if you're looking for something fun and different to do with your Saturday afternoons... don't delay and book on a comedy course today!
Our courses are moving to The New Adelphi at University of Salford and will run on Saturdays starting 24th September 2022. We have workshops for all ability levels and all of our workshop spaces are fully accessible. Whether you're looking to be the next big thing in comedy, build confidence and communication skills, develop soft skills for business, add to your actor's résumé or just want to try something new and fun - you'll love taking a comedy course with ComedySportz. But don't just take our word for it...
Sound fun? Visit our workshops page to find out more. Our workshop leaders have 20 years experience performing and teaching comedy. We are proudly part of CSz Worldwide, one of the world's largest comedy course providers.
We are delighted to announce new dates for our comedy courses in Manchester. Our courses in Improv and Stand-Up comedy will resume on Saturday 24th September. We're delighted that all workshops are returning to Saturdays and will take place in The New Adelphi Building at the University of Salford.
FOUNDATION IMPROV
Learn the core tenets and skills of improv performance with this fun and friendly 8 week course. Each week will look at developing a different skill; "Yes, And", Listening, Objects, Characters, Storytelling, Scene Work and Games. Whether you're looking to build confidence, make new connections, develop your communication skills or explore improv comedy, this course is for you! FIND OUT MORE HERE
INTERMEDIATE IMPROV
Already have some improv experience? Develop your skills with a rolling curriculum of workshops and exercises covering a wide variety of skills and topics. Book now for the full course or attend on a drop-in basis. FIND OUT MORE HERE
BEGINNING STAND UP COMEDY
Write your first stand-up comedy routine with this 8 week course. Develop your comedic style, build confidence in delivery and hone your writing and performance with guidance from a professional stand-up comedian. Whether you're a budding comedian or just want to improve confidence in public speaking, this course will help you develop the skills you need to craft and deliver your material. FIND OUT MORE HERE
Spaces for our comedy courses are available to book now - spaces are limited on each course. There are also 3 full scholarship places on each course available to global majority applicants. It is important to us to keep workshops as affordable as possible - you can secure a space now with a deposit or pay in full. You can also contact us if you need to make alternative payment arrangements.
We are excited to be returning our courses to The New Adelphi Building. Also, we are delighted to be returning to a fully accessible space. There are plenty of nearby parking options and the building is a short distance from Salford Crescent train station. The Campus is also accessible via bus (50, 51, V1, V2, 37, 38) from many locations. There are also plenty of options for some nearby social activity if you want to stick around after workshops.
We hope to see you at a workshop or show soon! If you have questions about any of our workshops or courses then don't hesitate to get in touch!
We're a week into our 2022 Edinburgh Fringe run and excited to be back at the world's biggest arts festival! We have two matches a day; Venue 170 The Counting House (Ballroom) at 1pm and Venue 272 The Three Sisters (Maggie's Chambers) at 3.15pm! You can guarantee a seat with a pay what you can ticket starting from £5 or take a chance on the day for any remaining seats - donations welcome.
You can follow our Fringe adventure via on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - the official partner app of the Fringe using the hashtags #EdFringe, #FringeMoments and #ComedySportz! We're posting daily diaries of our time at the Fringe on our TikTok channel. Here's some of what we've been up to so far!
We're at the Edinburgh Fringe until 20th August 2022. We're delighted to be joined from ComedySportz players from teams around the world for some all action, all improvised fun and games. We hope to see you at the festival but if you can't make it this year we'll be back in Manchester and the North West soon with plenty more shows!