An AI imagined image of a Rebel-Jester. When I help comedians (and all kinds of speakers) develop their persona, I work with Jungian...

Pro Tips on Compering a Comedy Show (Or Hosting any Event) Geoff Whiting has compered literally thousands of comedy shows and events. I...

Describe your thought processes or mental health using a comic analogy In my Zoom stand-up class recently, everyone got to try out...

My daughter is graduating from secondary school in the UK and has been asked to write a quote for her yearbook. Firstly, I didn't realise...

Boss, striver and fool characters - here, in the comedy drama I just made up (okay ripped off from Sharon Horgan), entitled "3 Sisters" ,...

Lucy speaking at the Royal Television Society I am delighted to be running a unique (and uniquely authoritative) course for small groups...

Here's what I offer as a unique speaking coach, live and on Zoom. A Zoom speaking session! My speaking training is unusual because it...

Here I am watching a writer/ performer ready to give feedback and notes after the show! Working with a director as a stand-up comedian,...

For beginners and intermediate level, receive highly practical and inspiring online coaching via Zoom. STAND-UP IMPROVERS SESSION (See...

Here I offer a model to help you get a strong, funny dynamic between the central characters in your sitcom or comedy drama script. The...

I've written and spoken a lot lately on structuring your TV sitcom/ comedy drama script so you have a choice of ways of getting this info...

Here are the shows I worked on as director and dramaturge this year and I also decribe how I work on shows as a director. I directed a...

I run a comedy writing course at the British Library in London where you will see original Monty Python scripts! (See above for an...

In this blog I talk about my Write Your TV Comedy Script course and set out advice on structuring your thirty-minutes TV comedy script....

"Chris was excellent (and very patient!) at showing me how to improve my comedy. I learnt a lot in a very short period of time. Friendly,...

In 10 minute episodes I give you writing inspiration by giving you inspiring questions to chew over. If you know my work, you'll know...

I'm doing a series of short videos on stand-up comedy techniques. This one is about telling the audience what the problem is (and getting...

I can help you in a lot of different ways with your stand-up comedy writing - so many different ways in fact that I thought I'd write a...

About Lucy Lumsden: Lucy Lumsden is a producer and director. She runs her own production company Yellow Door Productions based in the UK...

5 x 2 hour sessions on Zoom Monday 19th May - 23rd June 2025 (No session 26th May - UK bank holiday) 8pm-10pm European time 11am-1pm...