CLUB SPOTLIGHT
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Adelaide University Comedy Club
WORDS BY Naomi Williams
Adelaide University Comedy Club Adelaide University Comedy Club
What inspired you to start it?
I wanted to be in a club where people could watch comedy and practise their comedy acts together, so I decided to make one. There was a standup workshop with Lori Bell at Adelaide Uni, so I went to the show and asked the participants to make a comedy club with me and some others. Also, my friend Stella kept asking me how the club idea was coming along until I finally did it. She started the Women’s Collective, so she’s a real inspiration. Why should people join the Comedy Club?
If you want to have fun, meet new people and try comedy, this club is for you! Even if you think you’re not funny, everyone can learn and that’s why we have games and exercises to help people release their inner comic. We have so many ideas about what we can do this semester, from stand-up to improv, to sketches, comedy writing and more! The sky’s the limit! What events can we expect to see from the Comedy Club in Semester 1?
We run a weekly meetup from 4-6pm in the Hartley club’s lounge where we do comedy games/exercises and perform
to each other. We will run a stand-up comedy workshop this semester and we aim to put on a show. We also will go monthly to comedy open mic nights so people can watch or participate. Who inspires you? Who are your favourite comedians?
I like Phoebe Waller-Bridge who wrote and starred in Fleabag, and James Acaster. Final Thoughts?
Have a go because you never know.
