ZOOM Stand-up Writing Sessions

ZOOM Stand-up Writing Sessions - Develop new stand-up and punch up your existing material in inspiring live, interactive sessions.

5 x 2 hour sessions on Zoom 

7pm-9pm UK time/ 8pm-10pm European time 

11am-1pm Pacific time (PDT) 

2pm-4pm Eastern time (EDT) 

£135

Upcoming Sessions

Dates: 12 Jan 2026 - 9 Feb 2026

Total of 5 sessions: Monday 12 Jan, Monday 19 Jan, Monday 26 Jan, Monday 2 Feb, Monday 9 Feb

"Amazing. Just gotta say again. The class is fricken excellent. Definitely the best stand-up class I have been to." MS* 

* an act who has been going for 10 years

 "The highlight of my week! Trying out different techniques each week is really helpful and Chris’ feedback is very constructive." CR* 

* a newer act 

Learn more about your persona, develop your performance and get loads of new comedy tools and perspectives on my online stand-up course for gigging acts. 

You'll be part of a group with a great bunch of stand-ups working with me, UK comedy director and author of "A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up", talking comedy and getting inspiration. I've run it with comics from all over the world and IT WORKS. Everyone ends up with new stuff and loads of ideas. 

For stand-ups who are already gigging (or are returning to gigging after a break), this course will inspire you to write new material, give you comedy tools you will use again and again, as well as punch up your existing material. 

I’ve these run stand-up writing sessions with all sort of comics, including several who have many years of gigging under their belt, and of course the beauty is we don’t all have to be in the same room in the same town so I’ve had some truly international groups where UK comics are mixed with acts from Ireland, Germany, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New Jersey and more. 

We analyse and discuss stand-up clips nominated by you - including clips of your own gigs. I give you writing techniques and inspiration and every week we take a close look at some new material that group members have written, discussing how to get more out of it.

ABOUT CHRIS HEAD

Chris says: "I am a comedy coach, live comedy director and author of three books, “The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit”, "Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen" and "A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up".

I teach stand-up and comedy scriptwriting at the British Library, BBC Writers, Channel 4 and Bath Spa University, as well as online courses with writers and performers from all over the world. I also coach and mentor writers with BBC Comedy Commissioner and producer Lucy Lumsden.

Students I have taught have had a BBC sitcom (Daddy Issues) a Channel 5 sitcom (Borderline) and a BAFTA winning comedy short (Quiet Life), sell out stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes), at Soho Theatre (Stand Up with Janine Harouni) and comedy plays at Soho Theatre (You Only Live Twice – which I also directed).

In the corporate world, I have taught stand-up skills at Allen & Overy, ITV, Channel 4, Google, Warner Brothers, Bank Paribas, UBS, MUFG, Digitas, The Mill, George P. Johnson, McCann, 180 Kingsday (Amsterdam), 101, Lida, MRM Meteorite and BBH. And I have taught comedy writing to creatives at The & Partnership, House 337 and BBC Creative.

I have also helped speakers punch up, structure and deliver full-length talks, including popular mathematics author Matt Parker’s ‘Humble Pi’ and ‘Get Triggy With it” shows, that tied in with the best-selling book of the same name, and Caroline Goyder’s TEDx talk (12 million views and counting)."