WANDSWORTH: Comedy & Poetry Writing Workshops with Suchandrika - Week 1

This fun, active and low-pressure set of workshops is designed to get you weaving comedy into your poetry writing and performance!

This fun, active and low-pressure set of workshops is designed to get you weaving comedy into your poetry writing, performance and even editing!

You are welcome to attend just one or two of the sessions, but we definitely recommend the full experience of all three! You can bring the work you started in Workshop 1 all the way through performance to editing it in Workshop 3!

Here’s how each week will work:

Workshop 1 (7th April): Using comedy prompts for poetry

Designed to get you writing and chatting to other poets, plus thinking about persona in comedy and in poetry. How does that change how you write? Let’s find out…

Workshop 2 (14th April): How stand-up can shape poetry performance

We’ve got a gorgeous performance space in the new Wandsworth Morocco Bound, and we are going to use it! This session’s all about how stand-up tricks can enhance your poetry performance and confidence. Come along ready to share!

Workshop 3 (21st April): How performance can help us edit

Performance is the best way to edit comedy and poetry. Keep stumbling over that word? It’s gotta go! People keep laughing at that phrase? Make space in the piece for the laughter, I’ll show you how…