Comedy is a game that all humans play, with big social prizes if you win, but egg on your face if you don’t. So, what are the rules? How does comedy do its magic and why does it matter? Professional comedy writer and BAFTA winner Joel (Paddington, Paddington 2, Philomena Clunk, Screenwipe, That Mitchell & Webb Look to name but a handful of writing credits) reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. He talks to Kate Weston (stand-up and author of funny YA and adult books Diary of a Confused Feminist and You May Now Kill the Bride) about everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof; the comedic patterns, rhythms and dynamics that uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy. Laughs guaranteed (or your money back).
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