Laugh-Able Comedy Cavalcade. Hastings Edition.

The Stade

About your host, Mark Nicholas: An autistic comedian of 7 and a half years who takes the stereotypes of my disability and turns them on their head with hilarious consequences! He is also an award winning promoter, workshop lead and comedian who runs an award winning comedy night known as Laugh-Able and and 5 Star reviewed comedy show Disabled Cants . King Gong Comedy Store Winner 2019, West End New Act Of The Year Semi Finalist 2022. Amateo Award 2022, Disability Champions Award 2023, Keep Fringe Award 2024, Develop Your Own Creative Practice Award 2025 This 6 week course will include: - Improv warm up exercises to get you performance ready - Finding The Funny - How to turn regular topics into hilarious anecdotes - Basic joke writing techniques such as rule of three, puns, and subverting expectations - Storytelling Stand Up - how to write and retell a funny story - Performance and public speaking skills including: how to use a microphone and how to stand on stage with confidence - The opportunity to perform at 5 minutes of stand up comedy alongside a professional comedian