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title: "Open Up the Mic"
url: "https://blackpoolaspireacademy.co.uk/events/2023-08-07-open-up-the-mic"
school: "Blackpool Aspire Academy"
---

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# Open Up the Mic

  ![Image of Open Up the Mic](https://files.schudio.com/blackpoolaspireacademy/images/events/image003.jpg)  7 – 11 August 2023

After the amazing success of delivering [Open Up the Mic](https://www.showtownblackpool.co.uk/be-a-part-of-it/open-up-the-mic) comedy courses for young people, [Showtown](https://www.showtownblackpool.co.uk/), the museum of fun and entertainment, has been awarded a [Levelling Up grant](https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/which-areas-have-benefited-from-the-levelling-up-fund/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Levelling%20Up,is%20worth%20%C2%A34.8%20billion.) to support a summer school.

This course is for Blackpool young people aged between 12 and 16 years who would like to build their resilience, confidence, find their voice and make new friends; these courses really do provide positive impact on the young people that have taken part.

Over a full week of fun activities the young people will meet lots of amazing comedians who will teach them how to write jokes about their life experiences, performance techniques and stagecraft before they perform a short set to an audience of friends and family in the prestigious [Comedy Station Blackpool](https://blackpoolcomedyclub.com/).

This is completely free and lunch is provided, just get in touch to book your place on the course.

![](https://blackpoolaspireacademy.co.uk/images/events/Open_Up_the_Mic_-_Summer_2023.jpg)

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