PRESENTED BY: Stu Hughes, Stand Up Comedian & Artistic Director
Info about “comedy workshops” or to “book a Comedian”: Email
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Tips from the “SECRETS of Stand Up Comedy Workshop”
Use these Physical Techniques that STAND UP COMICS use to — relate / bond / connect — with your audience:
- Look with purpose
- Make eye contact
- Square off to the audience or group (i.e. Face their location)
- Sight Gag
- Over exaggerate gesticulation with histrionics
- Move toward the person or group you address (then back into the centre of the spot light)
- Try to connect with each person individually (or table or group)
- Spritz (i.e. A quick amount of banter) and while engaging individuals ask for their name
- Listen intently
- Laugh with the audience — Show you are in on the bit (AND you are having a conversation)
NOTE: Stand Up Comedy is a Conversation with many people.
