WORKSHOPS
Join Camera Obscura’s Traceyann Campbell and Donna Maciocia as they lead you through a day of practical songwriting workshops. Hosted by experienced online songwriting tutor Findlay Napier the sessions are designed to touch on all elements of songwriting from the blank page to the final draft. For more information please contact Findlay arransongwritingworkshop@gmail.com for more information or to secure your place.
Places are strictly limited to 12 so there is a real opportunity to spend time working on your song with all three of the tutors.
In order to cater for people on both sides of the pond we’rerunning from 4pm UK time, 11am Eastern and 8am Western.
The course will be run for five hours in total including breaks.
We think that everyone will write at least one song.
ONLINE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP
11th JAN 2025
1st & 2nd March 2025
ARRAN COMEDY WORKSHOP
This is a two day comedy course for ANYONE who wants to feel more creative, more confident, or rediscover their ability to play and collaborate.
The workshops use skills and exercises from the worlds of stand-up and improv to help hone these attributes and can be applied to any walk of life.
Over these two days you'll be amazed to discover the fun you can have embracing the silly side of life and following the fun.
Whether you wish to apply these skills to a career in performance or just revive your mindset and inject new ways to think into your life-comedy can help! It's also very useful for musicians who want to feel more comfortable chatting between the songs in their sets.
WHERE AND WHEN ARE THE WORKSHOPS
Two days of workshops 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday then an easy going performance hosted by Paul "Silky" White in the Ormidale Glasshouse.
There are only 12 places available.
Paul ‘Silky’ White is a comedian and musician from Liverpool. Since 1994 he has avoided adulthood, wealth and financial security by doing something he loves instead.
TV Appearances Include The Stand-Up Show (BBC), The World Stands Up (Paramount) and the Comics Lounge (AUS).
International Appearances Include: China, Kuwait, Dubai, Bahrain, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, the Seychelles, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden, the USA, the Philippines, Kosovo, the Falkland Islands, Bahrain, Australia, and all over Europe, from Luxembourg and Germany to the Alps.
Festival Appearances Include Glastonbury, Bestival, Camp Bestival, The Big Chill, Green Man, God’s Kitchen Global Gathering, Kendal Calling, Comedy Festivals including Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow, Leicester, Melbourne and the world’s smallest comedy festival in Frampton Mansell, which is a real place, and not a character in Downton Abbey. He’s been reported dead to the police, played in the house band at the Kilkenny Festival in Ireland, and been Dr Who’s backing guitarist.
‘massively engaging guitar-playing stand-up whose instinctive rapport with audiences makes him welcome wherever he goes.’
Guardian Guide (Pick of the Week)
★★★★ The Herald “The gems that be found in tiny rooms, eh? He’s like your funny best friend – only funnier.”
Fred MacAulay, BBC Radio Scotland “One of the best Set Lists I saw the whole of last year. Absolutely brilliant. Great improviser, wonderful stand-up, beautiful singer”
“honest, heartfelt, slickly-delivered, irresistible and, yes, occasionally disturbing stand-up.. There are plenty of laughs along the way from this accomplished joke-smith. Relatable, warm and, crucially, very funny, his stand-up stands on its own.” Suzanne Black, The List
“Not just a very funny and engaging comedian but someone who understands comedy and encourages other performers too. Lovely man!”
Rory Bremner