Format of the workshop:

The workshop will be an online video interactive session, where participants can bring forth their queries pertaining to the craft of stand-up comedy and questions related to the industry as a whole and Raghav will use his 11 years of being in the funny business to try and find you an answer.

Participants are required to prepare a set of questions beforehand, and Raghav promises to answer at least one question from each person, hoping that the diversity in questions may help you find a solution to a problem you don’t even know exists.

The workshop is 90 minutes long

Raghav Mandava has been a multi-faceted professional in the field for 11 years.

Comedian and host

• Started in 2009 at Delhi’s first comedy open mic
• Performed in every type of venue and audience in India, from 1000+ seated auditoriums to private dinners with literal royalty, he doesn’t shy away from even hosting a wedding sangeet, but above all else, Raghav is a pub gig specialist
• Has 10 years as host of comedy and all the facets that come with it i.e. crowd interaction, opening, mood building, general show flow etc.
• First set of Indian comics to Perform at the Singapore Fringe Festival as well as the opening weekend of CrackHouse Comedy Club, KL.

Producer

• Started Cheese Monkey Mafia in 2010, Delhi’s first comedy company, CMM has been one of the founders of modern Indian Stand-up with many household names starting out with them
• Organized several pub gigs, auditorium shows, members only restaurants, and one of the first producers to organize shows in PVR cinemas
• As a producer he has organized shows for most of Indian comedy A-listers on a regular basis, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and even a secret show for Aziz Ansari and Hannibal Burress

Video work

• Directed and edited Zakir Khan's - Papa Please Preach More and Jassi Doesn't like Episode 1 with Jaspreet Singh
• Has a few Viral rants of his own, where he got angry at Cadbury Gems and the curse of a Verified Instagram account.
• Wrote and presented a Webseries with ScoopWhoop

Curator

• Curated BakBak comedy festival for So Delhi, The Circuit Comedy festival for OML, Friday nights for Home (Members only restaurant for PVR)
• Has an uncanny knack of picking out household names, if you want proof all you have to do is google an article he wrote in 2015 by searching “Raghav Mandava Little Black Book”

So if you're planning to start out in comedy, or even if you've been grinding at open mics and want to move to the next level, come with your questions, you might just have an “A-HA!” moment.