Our three-day masterclass with Award-Winning Comedian from Laugh Factory USA, Saad Haroon, is designed to help structure your ideas and find the funny beyond the fear!

Saad uses his unique teaching style to give beginners a solid grounding in the basics of stand-up comedy and helps more experienced participants to fine-tune their skills and take their stand-up comedy career to the next level. Saad will teach you how to find the joke hidden in your ideas and how to THINK LIKE A STAND UP COMEDIAN SO YOU CAN KEEP WRITING AND PERFORMING!

Participants will have the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned during the course at a dedicated showcase event for friends and family.

***IMPORTANT MANDATORY PREREQUISITE:***

All participants must come with 3-5 min of writing prepared. DON’T PANIC… This can be any writing, jokes, stories, rough ideas, anecdotes from childhood, anything you want to work on and craft into jokes you would one day like to do onstage. Together we will go over the writing to help craft it into a stand up comedy set!

Saad Haroon Bio:

Awarded 2nd place in the Funniest Person In The World Competition, Saad Haroon is a world renowned Comedian, Writer and Performer.

A comedy pioneer, he created Pakistan’s first improvisational comedy troupe ‘BlackFish’ which performed weekly for three year and was also selected to perform at ‘Contacting The World’, one of the worlds largest international theatre festivals.

Saad has written five solo shows and performed in prestigious venues all over the world including the Southbank Centre in London and the world famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood. He created, hosted and was head-writer for ‘The Real News’ Pakistan’s first English language comedy show on television.

His work has been featured in publications and news media over the world including The Huffington Post, NPR, The Guardian, BBC, AlJazeera, The Telegraph, The Young Turks, and many more. He was also host of the morning show on CityFM 89, making millions of people happy everyday on one of the highest rated radio shows in the country!

• Limited participants per class ensuring personalised attention

• Six hours of tuition including stage-time in a professional theatre

• A showcase performance at the Courtyard Playhouse open to your friends and family

Fees: 1100 AED (Three x Two hour Sessions + Showcase)

Friday 24 May 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Saturday 25 May 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Sunday 26 May 8:00 pm Showcase