Stand up comedy courses

There's a huge stigma attached to stand up comedy course's in the comedy world. Comedians, and people alike, suggest you don't need to do a comedy course to be funny. Whilst there is an element of truth in this, there's also the benefit's which come hand and hand with a course. A comedy course can, for example, help students develop there confidence skills. Having had students in the past who have said they hadn't performed before because of there low confidence, and then suggesting that doing the course has helped them improve immensely, this in itself shows how they can be helpful. As well as making new friends who enjoy the same things as you, and sometimes finding love! A course can be very insightful to the student for the industry, as well as picking up on useful tips such as stage technique and joke writing, a course is designed to be beneficial, helpful and engaging to students. Have you done a comedy course? What did you think? Have you considered doing a comedy course? If not, why? I look forward to your response's.

I did a comedy course as, at the time, my comedy was stagnating and I needed something to give me a kick start, which it did.

The course I did taught me ways to be creative and helped to generate material in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.

You are right though, there does seem to be a bit of a stigma attached, mainly because, there are good and bad courses and people assume that they churn out "cookie cutter" comics.

The course I did was one done by Rhod Gilbert, Greg Davies, Marek Larwood, Josh Widdecombe and many other top names, so it had/has a very impressive pedigree.

Have a look at this thread, https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/19068/

Logan Murray's course is quite expensive, but it does run over a few weekends and you get to learn about other aspects of comedy and gigging.

You have to put it into perspective. If you went for a course that ran for two hours, what would you expect to pay? A comedy course that runs for 8 days, for a few hours each day, AND organizes a couple of gigs for you too isn't bad going.

Also, you can stay in touch with other comedians and help each other with arranging gigs etc. Getting out there and meeting people who want to do the same thing as you is always a good idea. Opening doors for each other is a very useful thing all round.