OPEN UP THE MIC

A Spoken Word & Comedy Course

For 11–18 year olds | Blackpool

🎤 FREE Half-Term Workshops – next one 25th -29th May & then August

📍 Showtown Museum
🎭 Open Mic Performance
📍 Blackpool Central Library
📅 29 February
🕔 6:00pm

👉 Message below to book a free place

Blackpool has always had comedy and spoken word in its DNA — from Albert and the Lion to Blackpool Belle, and from iconic voices to groundbreaking wordsmiths like Graham Nash, Jon Robb, and Robert Smith.

Open Up The Mic is here to uncover and develop the next generation of writers and performers.

Whether you’re brand new or already scribbling lines and grabbing the mic, this course is a chance to:

• Find your voice

• Build confidence

• Turn ideas into performance

What’s involved?

🎤 Two days of workshops every half term
🎭 One-to-one sessions with professional actors, comedians, and backstage technicians
🌟 A live open mic performance in a real venue

We explore humour as:

• Social commentary

• A mental health coping tool

• A powerful way to own space and speak up

You’ll also hear from industry professionals — onstage and behind the scenes — sharing insider knowledge about creative careers and performance life.

You might be a writer.
An actor.
A clown.
Or someone who’s never tried this before.

This is a professional, supportive space to try things out, mess about, learn fast, and see what’s possible.

Above all, it’s fun — a chance to meet new people, laugh together, and help grow Blackpool’s local creative scene.

Fill in the form to find out more and book your free place.