What’s the key to great comedy? How can you engage the audience while still making them laugh? What should a new writer look out for? Actress, writer and producer Katherine Press met up with BBC Studios Executive Producer for Comedy Simon Nicholls to clear up all these questions and more in this exclusive interview.
Story isn’t just essential for writing novels and screenplays – we hear, read and tell countless stories every day. In the first of our Story in Action series, we speak to musician Frank Turner about how he incorporates story into both his music and live performances.
Storytelling – it’s not just for drama. Students from our Into the Woods: Telling Stories for Business course have been learning this, and in the second instalment of our chat series with business storytelling strategist Park Howell they get down to the details. Read on to find out how Park developed his unique business, how different cultures react to the same stories, and what the world of business can learn from Hollywood.