Public Speaking Through Comedy
East End Arts and Workman Arts are excited to present a new Satellite East Course: Public Speaking Through Comedy!
Within the 8-session program, 12 participants will learn how to use humor in order to become persuasive speakers, improve stage presence, and develop self-confidence!
This program is entirely FREE to join, and in the final week there will be a Grad Night where each student will perform a 5 minute set before an audience of friends and family! As well, participants will have the opportunity to present at Workman Arts’ Rendezvous with Madness Festival, happening October 25 – November 3, 2024.
Location: IN PERSON, 450 Broadview Ave., St. Matthew’s Clubhouse
Time: Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00PM
Dates: September 10, 2024 to October 29, 2024
Deadline to Register: Friday August 30, 2024 by 5:00PM EST
Presented by Pepe and Felipe of MalPensando (@malpensando), a comedy school that helps people become funny, confident leaders. In this course participants will learn 22 Stage Presence Tips & Techniques; all about Unlocking Your Funny & Breaking The Ice; Effective Speech Structuring; Self Awareness & Body Language; Confidence & Controlling Nerves; and/or Embracing Your Accent (if any).
Workman Arts Satellite East – A partnership with Workman Arts and East End Arts
Thanks to a $1 million investment over four years from the Slaight Family Foundation, Workman Arts is expanding its art training programs throughout the GTA by partnering with Scarborough Arts, Urban Arts, North York Arts, East End Arts, Arts Etobicoke and Lakeshore Arts.
The expanded program tackles the prevalence of social isolation in individuals with mental health issues and the lack of opportunities to build lasting social connections through meaningful engagement outside of the mainstream mental health system.
Workman Arts’ art training programs are unique in the mental health sector because they do not treat the art class as secondary to the mental health benefits. High-quality art classes across all disciplines are facilitated by instructors with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction issues.