Event Details
Class Description:
“Join Kevin McDonald of the Kids in the Hall for his one or two day workshop to learn how to write sketches through improvisation – just like the Kids in the Hall used to do. Kevin will talk about the secrets of writing comedy sketches (hopefully they’re secrets and not lies) and teach you the Kids in the Hall process of coming up with an idea and turning it into a sketch through improvisational rehearsal. You will be performing and writing with Kevin supervising, all weekend. All you have to bring is pen, paper and your bodies. You can do just one day of the workshop or the whole two days. The students who do the two day workshop, perform wth Kevin in a show, on the last night. During the workshop, Kevin promises bathroom and lunch breaks and if you ask him, there’s a good chance Kevin will tell stories about the Kids in the Hall. Lots of stories about the Kids in the Hall. You might actually have to ask him to shut up and stop telling stories about the Kids in the Hall. He’s beside me now, telling stories about the Kids in the Hall. Shut up Kevin.”
Two Options:
1 Day Option: $180
Saturday October 13th from 10am – 5:30pm
Kevin covers the basics of sketch writing and then teaches the Kids in the Hall method for of writing sketches using improv. He will then lead the students through that technique and by the end of the day the group will have created new sketches.
2 Day Option $250
Saturday October 13th from 10am – 5:30pm
Sunday October 14th from 10am-5:30pm
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Sunday Showcase October 14th.
2 day students will pitch sketches to Kevin on Sunday. The students will break into teams to work on the chosen premises. That day the students will work with Kevin turning those premises into full sketches to be performed as part of Kevin’s show later that night.