Considerations for a Comedy Learner and an Instructor

Learning to make people laugh is quite a challenging task. Also finding a place to learn is even more challenging. There are a number of stand-up comedy schools, comedy instructors, workshops and stand-up coaches and choosing one from them can greatly puzzle an individual who wish to learn the art of comedy.

The blog is a guideline for both the individual who desire to learn comedy and to the trainers who provide comedy coaching as of what to consider while choosing a comedy class and what are the thing the instructors should take care of.

The Teaching Outlook: The way the instructors teach can greatly help out or hinder the learning process of an individual. Many people believe that criticizing in is an effective way to teach, however, criticizing does not help anything rather it demoralizes the learner. A good comedy teacher will guide and help the way out for an individual in writing and improving the material the person desires to communicate through comedy act.

Was the Instructor a good Comedian of his time? : It would be unfair to believe on the old saying which goes like “Those that do, do – and those who cannot, teach”. The efficiency of a teacher cannot be judged based on the past; it is all about his approach and experience gained with the course of time.

Can a Comedian be a Good Instructor? : Most of the people who were good at this niche start to teach or coach other people as well. However, not all people are meant to teach others. They may try to make you funny as they are. An ideal comedy teacher would understand the fact that all comedians have different comic sense.

Life after Coaching: Now what after the comedy coaching ends? The instructor(s) should provide on-going or advanced comedy classes for the further growth of the comic talent.