Everyone knows a David Brent
How do you create comic characters for novels, TV and radio sitcoms and sketch shows? We can’t give you funny bones but we can show you how to put flesh on them, focusing on the verbal, visual and dramatic techniques that bring characters to comic life and sustain them in a three-dimensional way.
Single room: £595Shared room: £545
Monday, 6th December 2010
End Date:
Saturday, 11th December 2010
Jon Canter has written two comic novels, Seeds of Greatness and A Short Gentleman. With Arabella Weir, he co-wrote Posh Nosh (BBC2). His columns appear regularly in the Guardian.
Arabella Weir is a comedy writer/performer. She starred in The Fast Show (BBC 2), writing and performing all her characters. She has also written three novels including Does My Bum Look Big in This?
David Schneider wrote and acted in I’m Alan Partridge, Knowing Me, Knowing You and The Day Today.
Totleigh Barton
Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Devon
EX21 5NS
Tel: 01409 231338
Fax: 01409 231144
Email: totleighbarton@arvonfoundation.org
