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As part of The Birmingham Comedy Festival, the BSCW will be running a one-day comedy writing workshop at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Saturday 5th October, from 10am to 5pm.

The workshop is being run by Ken Rock and Keith Lindsay and subjects covered include “Writing Quickies & Sketches for TV”, “Visual Humour”, Sitcom – including creating characters, storylines, dialogue.

Cost of workshop: £10

Further details on Birmingham Comedy Festival website at:

As a package the theatre will offer concessions for the evening performance of Dealer's Choice (7.30pm) at just £8 each.

Please note: Bookings for the workshop must be made through Birmingham Rep Box Office on: 0121 236 4455 and not through the BSCW.

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Don't forget to send your articles, reviews, and anything else in to the E-zine (gill@bscw.co.uk) by 25th September. Do also send me your opinions on the current debate "Language, Timothy" - I've only had one letter so far, and I can't believe the rest of you don't have any opinions!