In this episode, I speak with UK-based comedy director -- Chris Head about storytelling, humor, adding contrast to your speech, and how the Jungian archetypes applying to performers.
We also look behind the scenes of Caroline Goyder's hugely popular (like 9 million views popular) TEDx talk -- where Chris directed her -- to see how these ideas come to life on stage.
Chris Head is a comedy director, teacher and script-editor. He has taught stand-up, sketch and sitcom for twenty years and teaches on the BA Comedy Degree at Bath Spa University. Chris recently script-edited BBC Radio and Channel 4 sitcom scripts, a comedy short film that was a global hit, and a sell-out comedy play seen at Assembly in Edinburgh and Soho Theatre in London (that he also directed). His stand-up directing work has been seen at Soho and Bloomsbury Theatres, Pleasance, Assembly and Underbelly in Edinburgh, and internationally.
Links
IG: https://www.instagram.com/xopherhead/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/chrisheadcomedytraining/
Books
Creating Comedy Narratives: https://amzn.to/3ILobii *affiliate link
A Director’s Guide to the Art of Stand Up: https://amzn.to/3SiAmX9 *affiliate link
Join me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mikeganino
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