Stand-Up Comedy Retreat with Vittorio Angelone

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HOW TO BOOK

Prices for the week-long, all-included retreat range from £849 per person to share an attic bedroom or furnished belltent with a friend to £1299 for the ensuite bedroom to yourself. Spaces are limited to six participants and we are inviting applications before booking, so please complete the form linked below if you'd like to join us. Successful applicants will then receive a booking form with a choice of accommodation. You can find out more about the chateau here.

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MASTER YOUR MATERIAL

Comedian Vittorio Angelone will lead a series of workshops for all levels of skill and experience in an actual château because things are going well for him actually. With beautiful spaces to write, interactive workshops and a field trip to a Parisian comedy club on the schedule, you’ll work through performance, stagecraft, joke-writing, show structure, social media strategy (yuck) and scripted comedy. There'll also be time for collaboration and participant-led sessions on whatever you find most valuable/FUN.

All bedrooms have a desk and there are other peaceful spaces to work in – the salon, the barn, the gardens, the studio.

YOGA

The magnicent old barn makes a perfect space for pre-breakfast optional yoga classes, run for all levels by Sacy regular Megane Thiboust. These will limber you up, clear your mind and prepare you for the focus of the day ahead. 

FOOD & DRINK

• Meals are Ottolenghi-inspired, largely vegetarian, nutricious, locally or garden sourced where possible and much enjoyed by our guests. We're happy to cater for various diets.

• Each participant will pair up with another to prepare one dinner, with ingredients and recipe supplied and help at hand.

• Coffee, tea, fruit and pastries will be available throughout the day in a separate communal kitchen. 

• Wine will be served with dinner.

OUTING

After lunch on Thursday, we will go to Paris, a short train ride away. You'll spend the afternoon exploring before we meet up for an English open mic evening, where you can try out your material in public. After dinner, we'll catch the last train home.

FREE TIME

• Walk through the nearby woods to the Chapelle Saint Catherine, a spot visited by Joan of Arc

• Swim in a large, gorgeous lake surrounded by wildlife

• Ride a bike to the local bar

• Learn to walk our tightrope

• Play table tennis or French billiards

• Soak up the atmosphere at the château

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Six nights in your own room or furnished bell tent at the château (sheets, towels and toiletries provided)

• Five comedy workshops

• Two 1-2-1 sessions with Vittorio

• Four yoga classes, with equipment provided

• Lifts to and from the station

• Welcome cocktail

• Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks at the château

• Wine (within reason) at dinner

• Coffee, tea, juice, snacks at all times

• Use of the communal kitchen

• Run of (most of) the house, gardens and outdoor buildings

• Use of our boneshakers, ie bicycles

• Wifi

• Parking space

• Outings to local lake and places of interest

• Travel advice

  WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED

• Travel costs

• Airport transfers

• Travel Insurance

• Visa fee if required

• Meals/drinks away from the house

• Entry tickets on excursions

A special guest may join us for dinner

Find out more about Vittorio Angelone and the schedule here. More about each room here.

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