How to Be Annoying: Finding Your Comedic Voice
With Andrew Ritchie
Nothing is as sacred as voice in writing. Editors look for essays with strong voice. Film producers look for screenplays with clear voice. Lena Dunham set out to be the voice of her generation. A lot of writing, art and performance courses set out to teach you a structure or set of technical or formal tools that are the ground rules of a craft. This ain't that. Let's instead dig into the work of writers and comedians with strong voices and think about how we can unleash our own distinct voices. By analyzing the work of singular writers and performers like Conner O'Malley, Natalie Palamides, Josie Long, Julio Torres, George Saunders, James Acaster, Paul Beatty and Patricia Lockwood.
- Dates
- Mon 19 Oct, Mon 26 Oct, Mon 2 Nov, Mon 9 Nov, Mon 16 Nov
- Time
- 18:00–20:00
- Cost
- (+ €5 membership fee for new members)
- Attendance type
- You should attend the full course
- Class type
- Audiovisual & Writing, Comedy, Writing
- Space
- Container
- Desired audience
- Writers, screenwriters, comedians, poets.
- What should I bring?
- Anyone can take this but it would be best if they have some existing body of work so they've started to get to know their own writing voice.
About the artist
Andrew Ritchie is a writer and comedian from Chicago who's made Berlin his second adopted home (after Brooklyn). He likes to break rules. His writing has appeared in VICE, Nobody and Freewilliamsburg. He's performed at spaces like Martin-Gropius-Bau, The Edinburgh Fringe, The Bell House, Comedy Cafe Berlin, the Annoyance Theater and the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater. He was a dumbfounded winner of Berlin's Petty Slam, the only poetry slam he's ever participated in. Andrew has an alternative standup hour and is working on his first novel, an absurdist, neurotic comedy set in the Berlin techno scene.
Instagram: ritchieleakshttps://linktr.ee/andrewritchie
Accessibility
One solidarity spot is available for this course at no cost. Please write to 90milartschool@gmail.com to book. 90mil is wheelchair accessible. Please see the yellow section below for more on accessibility.
Sliding scale
We use a sliding scale to make courses as affordable as possible. Here’s how to use it: Lower end: You don’t have a stable income. Mid range: You have a less stable financial situation and are more selective about where you spend your money. Higher end: You experience relative financial stability. Solidarity spot: You’re experiencing financial precarity and wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford to come to a workshop.