44 Club: ‘advertising
isn’t funny’
Multi-award winning comedy production company, Hoot Comedy, will reveal all the secrets of comedy and how to build them into storytelling.
On
20th March at the
ICA, Perrier Award winner
James Rawlings, BAFTA nominated screenwriter
Ben Bond and RTS nominated producer
Ben Thompson, co-founders of
Hoot, will discuss the importance of humour and drama in stories and teach us how to become award-winning copywriters!
Parallels between writing comedy for advertising and broadcast will be investigated followed by some Q&A session with established comedy writers and performers, and some jokes.
Created in 2009 by James Rawlings, Ben Bond and Ben Thompson, Hoot Comedy is a multi-award winning comedy production company. With a background in film, TV and radio comedy, Hoot work with brands and agencies to deliver anything from scripts through to comedy writing for social media platforms, from virals to web-series.
Hoot’s expertise in narrative and comedy performance has put them in demand all over the world and our creative director is currently writing on ‘Skins’ for Channel 4. Credits include creating original comedy for: BBC3, CBBC, Paramount, Philips, Coke, Electrolux, Sony Playstation and Virgin Atlantic.
The event will take place on
20th March at The ICA, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH. The event will start at 6.00pm with a drinks reception. At 6.30pm Hoot comedy will take to the stage followed by Q&A. The event will close at 7.45pm.
Cost: £24 (£20 plus £4 VAT) for members, £48 (£40 plus £8 VAT) for non-members