Keith Palmer founded the Comedy School in 1998 providing
workshops for aspiring comedians, learning and development for commercial and public sector organisations, running projects with and for young people. He is an
experienced producer, facilitator, and consultant on the comedy circuit, in television and arts education projects.
His work has spanned over a 25 year period and includes developing and providing bespoke training and personal development
programmes for organisations including The Princes Trust, British American Drama Academy, The ICA, Arts Education,
The National Youth Theatre, Equity, St Marys University, 20th Century Fox, NHS, London Zoo, Angst Production and Premiere
League football coaches. Keith also produced the entertainment for Nelson Mandela's visit to Brixton in 1996.
Keith has a wide network of contacts in comedy and the arts, and has also successfully run a number of comedy festivals with high
profile professional comedians, such as Lenny Henry, Andi Osho, Omid Djalili, Sean Lock, Jo Brand, Hugh Dennis, Paul Whitehouse,
Harry Enfield, Felix Dexter, Arthur Smith, Neil Mullarkey, Darah O’Brian, Phill Jupitus, Josh Widecombe to name a few.
Olivia Landsberg - Facilitator
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"Olivia is a leadership coach accredited by the International Coach
Federation. She has been coaching for thirteen years and is also an NLP
master practitioner, trainer and creative facilitator.
Over this time, she has worked with thousands of people, both individually
and in group settings - from CEOs of PLCs, leadership teams, directors and
those moving into management for the first time. Her industry experience as
coach and facilitator includes finance, utilities and retail. Her roster of
private clients range from accountants, the Army, the Bar, the media, the
arts and mental health professionals.
Olivia is licensed to deliver and administer MBTI. She is also a qualified
Team Diagnostic Assessment Facilitator - a cutting edge intervention for
intact teams. Her skills lie in eliciting personal, team and organisational
values and supporting clients in creating a future which reflect and
integrate them. Through thought-provoking questioning and encouraging clear
communication, her focus is on getting results; achieving pre-set objectives
by providing the client with the confidence to incorporate learning into
daily life and business.
Prior to coaching, Olivia was an award-winning radio producer and Head of
Programme Development at an independent radio production company. She
continues to produce programmes for BBC Radio on a freelance basis,
including the recently acclaimed 20-part series for Radio 4, Honest Doubt:
The History of an Epic Struggle. She believes the DNA of coaching and radio
production are closely linked, having at their heart the desire to help
people see things in new and different ways.
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Comedy School improvisation facilitator
Luke Sorba is a highly experienced improvisation professional comedian. His work
includes Strictly London Improvisation 2011 and The Comedy Store Players. He represented the UK at
the international Comedy Festival in the USA and Australia. His radio work includes Parodies Lost, and
television programmes such as Fast and Loose for the BBC.
Luke recently performed in Paul Merton's Impro Chums and Marcus Brigstocke's "Unavailable for Comment". In the coming year he lines up with Ross Noble.
Luke has also taught improvisation since 1988 in association withy a number of arts organisations such
as The Young Vic and BBC Blast, as well as The Comedy Store.
Clients Luke has worked with include GlaxoSmithKline Kline, Astra Zeneca, BT Vodaphone, Nokia, IBM,
Microsoft, Peugeot, Fiat, Chrysler Daimler, Nissan, Saatchi & Saatchi, JWT, KPMG, PWC, Barclays,
Institute of Actuaries, 20th Century Fox, Disney Television, BBC, Tesco, Argos, Argos, Bupa, NHS and
Circle Anglia.
Dee Hennessy BA MA - Facilitator
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Comedy School creative facilitator Dee Hennessy
has developed innovate ways to facilitate learning and change in the public, private and third
sectors.
She has built on her wealth of experience from freelance producer for film and broadcast theatre and a local government officer in Planning and Cultural Development departments, to UK Curriculum Director for Common Purpose, delivering learning programmes to senior decision makers across the private, public and not for profit sectors. She co-founded Creative Exchange 12 years ago which enables her to specialise in providing new contexts for thinking, learning and making things happen.
Recent clients she has worked with include Department of Health, Lankelly Chase Foundation, St George's Hospital,
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), Manchester Business School, The Open
University, The Scottish Executive, NHS Scotland, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, Sheffield
Health and Social and Social Research Consortium, Royal College of Art, NERC (Natural Environment
Research Council), and a number of Local Authorities, NHS Trust Boards and
partnerships including Perth and Kinross Council, Derbyshire County Council, High Peak Borough
Council, Manchester and Leeds City Councils, Quality Improvement Scotland and Creative Futures.
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