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Workshop: Punch Up Your Pain with Martha Chaves - 2015 SOULO Theatre Festival
WORKSHOP: PUNCH UP YOUR PAIN with MARTHA CHAVES
Sunday May 24 - 3pm
Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St E
Presenter: Martha Chaves
This event is 60 minutes.
This workshop will cover set-up and punch line (the building blocks of stand-up); how to enhance the joke-writing creative process using precise writing exercises; how to make all that works AGAINST you to work FOR you; how to develop "comedy ears" in order to objectively critique and polish your jokes; "punching up" your difficulties. Do not miss!
Presented by MARTHA CHAVES award-winning, multilingual, international stand-up comedian and veteran of the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival with many repeat appearances. TV appearances include CBC, CTV, THE COMEDY NETWORK and CARACOL TV to mention a few. Her versatility has led to performances all over the world, entertaining a wide range of audiences including the UN Canadian Peace Keeping Troops in the Middle East and a delegation of women led by Nobel Peace Prize recipients in Mexico and Central America. Martha is a six-time nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award, in the category of Best Female Stand-up. She was the winner of The Great Canadian Laugh-off Comedy Competition, Ottawa Chapter 2010 and national runner-up.
Martha Chaves is a SOULO Theatre alumnus. In 2012 and 2013, she presented excerpts of her one-woman show STAYING ALIVE and performed the piece in its entirety as a featured SOULO STAR in the 2014 SOULO Theatre Festival, directed by Beatriz Pizano.
Ticket prices:
Advance: $15 + fees
At the door: $20, cash only
*Festival passes can be used for this event.
*Workshop passes can be used for this event.
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Questions? Please contact Franny, the Box Office & Front of House Manager at franny.soulofest@gmail.com
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LocationRed Sandcastle Theatre (View)
922 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON M4M 2J5
Canada
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| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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