About Theo

Theo became a professional comedy tutor almost by accident; here’s his story.

‘I’ve always loved the stage, but like many people it also scared me! After several years treading the boards in musical theatre, I decided to take my destiny in my own hands as a solo performer.

I’ve got a professional background as a writer so when I left the BBC, I moved into comedic performance poetry. In 2011 I became Worcestershire’s first Poet Laureate.

After that I approached my local Arts Centre with an idea for hosting my own stand-up comedy workshop.

I now run regular Comedy Skools at Arts Centres and venues across the U.K.
I learn something new with every student and live gig and my entire social life now revolves around comedy.

With new students, my focus is on helping them write and giving them the confidence to perform.

This online version of Theo’s Comedy Skool collects together all the accumulated learning from workshops, performance and attending comedy gigs and translates it into and easy-to-follow and accessible programme’.