SOLD OUT: Festrogen 2022 Women's Comedy Workshop

Festrogen 2022 is the first female-centric comedy festival to be hosted in Luxembourg.
At the heart of the 3-day festival is this workshop by women for women comedians, no matter what their level of experience.

Participants may choose to attend one or both days. Please find details of the workshop content below.

7 May: 14:00-18:00 (doors open 13:45. Includes optional open mic at 17:30)
8 May: 10-14:00 (doors open 9:45)
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the workshop.
Tickets cost €25 for one day or €40 for both the Saturday and Sunday workshops.

7 May 14:00-17:30
Joke writing workshop and pack your punchlines tighter with Anshita Koul and Erin Crouch.

Joke writing 14:00-15:30
In the first part of the workshop, beginners can explore the basics of joke writing and create their first written jokes and people with some joke writing experience will build additional material or fine tune the old bits. Apart from joke writing, there will be an opportunity to learn new ways to generate fresh punchlines and how to time them well. This session will lay the foundation for an open mic at 17:30, perfect for crossing 'become a comedian' off your to-do list. Experienced comedians wanting to develop new material are also welcome to attend this part of the workshop.

Pack your punchlines tighter! 15:30-17:00
Now that you have jokes, in the second half of the Saturday workshop you will learn to make them tighter and funnier for more laughs. This part of the workshop is suitable for anyone who already has written material.

The workshop is led by Erin Crouch and Anshita Koul.

About the instructors:
Erin is a US comedian based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She produces a monthly comedy show on the US military base in southern Germany and performs across the EU. She was selected for the Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2022 and the Boom Chicago Comedy Festival in Amsterdam in 2021 and in 2021 she performed her one-hour show ‘Gone Girls: Alaskans in Exile’ with a fellow Alaskan comedian in the UK and Belgium.

Anshita is an Indian born standup comedian, currently living in Germany and touring with her solo hour show in English, LITTLE TOO MUCH. 35, Indian, married, queer, doesn't want a kid and is a comedian by profession; Anshita is a poster child for everything Patriarchy hates and she hates it back more. www.anshitakoul.com

17:30
Open mic test run: Bei der Gare, rue Joseph Junck
An opportunity for newcomers and experienced comedians alike to test their material in front of a supportive audience of comedians in a pub setting.

8 May: 10:00-14:00
Performance techniques and personal branding with Mari Volar and Giulia Iannucci.

10:00-12:30
Performance techniques with Mari Volar.
On the second day of workshops it’s time to get nitty gritty with our very selves and how we present us to the world.
Your workshop leader (and former classical singer turned comedian and comedy producer) Mari Volar will guide you through a series of insightful exercises and practices that will help you feel more at ease on stage, present yourself with more confidence and support your search for your own true comedic voice.
From stage fright to voice awareness, timing to text work – this workshop will have your brain sweating as much as your body!

12:30-13:00
Personal branding
As a comedian, building a social media presence is as important as the writing and stage craft. At the end of the Sunday workshop, expert Giulia Iannucci helps participants unpeel their unique value and communicate it in a way that is genuine to create new opportunities. Participants will discuss what personal brand is (and what it is not), why it matters, how you can develop your strong personal brand and how you can communicate it in a way that works for you.

About the instructors:
Mari Volar is a Cologne-based comedian, musician and event producer from Estonia. She can often be seen on stage in various cities across Europe, where she performs as an independent comedian, or hosting comedy events with her collective Clit Comedy Club. Mari proudly brings more feminism into her comedy and more comedy into her feminism, creating a over-the-top mix in both that simply cannot be missed. She’s a basic white girl on Instagram @marivolar and all Clit Comedy related shows can be found on clitcomedyclub.com

Founder of KnowThyBrand, Giulia is a social entrepreneur dedicated to helping women in business to build sustainable ventures and career paths.
Giulia leverages over 18 years of experience in branding and a proven experience in working with female talent and entrepreneurs to deliver effective gender inclusion solutions. Always curious and inquisitive, Giulia worked and lived in Spain, Belgium, Australia, Singapore, the UK and Luxembourg.