Applied Drama & Impro Workshops
Comedy as a tool for resilience, connection, confidence & change
"An unserious way to deal with something serious — but in a good way." — Yazmin (18).
These workshops sit at the intersection of impro comedy, applied theatre and over twenty years of diversity counselling and training. They are built for organisations, institutions and teams who want something that goes beyond the standard workshop format — something that is simultaneously funny, safe and genuinely transformative.
Rooted in Mona's unique combination of performance practice, academic research into humour and racism, and counselling training — these sessions create spaces where laughter does serious work.
All workshops available in English and Norwegian. Bespoke formats available on request.
Signature Workshop 1:
Coping with Racism through Humour
This workshop is built on a simple but radical idea that humour is one of the most effective tools we have for surviving racism, processing it, and refusing to be diminished by it.
An applied theatre workshop using impro and drama therapy-informed drama techniques as tools for processing and healing from experiences of racism. Drawing on Mona's counselling training, her academic research into humour and racism, and her extensive impro practice, these sessions offer a methodology that is distinctly her own — sitting in the same tradition as playback theatre and forum theatre, but rooted in Mona's unique combination of comedic performance, artistic research, and therapeutic practice. This is not just a comedy class. It is a space where laughter becomes a tool for resilience, solidarity and healing — and where your experience of racism is taken seriously, even when we are laughing about it.
What Participants say:
"The words 'you can't do it' were not in her dictionary." — Young Person, 17.
"I really like impro now." — Teanna, 16,
"An unserious way to deal with something serious — but in a good way." — Yazmin, 18.
Photo creditS: Renaissance Foundation, London, UK.
"Be prepared to have lots and lots of fun." — Young Person (17).
Drawing on impro comedy techniques and informed by over two decades of diversity counselling, academic research into humour and racism, and training with internationally recognised and pioneering improvisers and community builders — including John Gebretatose of Good Camel Comedy Theatre and Ashawnti Sakina Ford of Blackout Impro, (USA) and Oluwadamilola Apotieri-Abdulai of Access to Play (Nigeria) — these sessions create a space that is simultaneously funny, safe and genuinely transformative.
Available for:
• Community organisations
• Educational institutions
• Healthcare providers
• Corporate diversity and inclusion programmes
• Arts and cultural organisations
Delivered in English or Norwegian. Some workshops available in (Egyptian) Arabic upon request.
Comedy for Confidence
(For Organisations & Teams)
Using impro techniques to build presence, spontaneity and fearlessness — for people who are not comedians, but probably should be.
This workshop uses the core tools of impro comedy to help participants become more confident, present and adaptable communicators — in meetings, presentations, difficult conversations and any situation that requires thinking on your feet.
Because impro doesn't just make you funnier. It makes you better at everything.
Available for:
Corporate teams and organisations
Educational institutions
Public speakers and presenters
Anyone terrified of being put on the spot
Delivered in English or Norwegian. [
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Academic Humour
(For Researchers, Educators & Academics)
How to make your research genuinely funny — without undermining the content.
Spoiler: it is possible. Mona has been doing it for 20 years.
This workshop helps academics, researchers and educators use humour as a tool for engagement, communication and impact — in lectures, conference presentations, public talks and written work.
Based on Mona's own research into humour as a communication and research tool, and informed by 20 years of making academic audiences laugh against their better judgment.
For academics who are tired of watching their audience check their phones.
Delivered in English or Norwegian.
Bespoke Workshops
Can't Find What You Need?
Mona develops tailored workshops for specific groups, contexts and briefs — drawing on her unique combination of impro practice, academic research, counselling training and 20 years of teaching experience.
If you have a specific need, community, theme or challenge in mind, get in touch to discuss a bespoke session.
Available for:
Community organisations
Educational institutions
Corporate diversity & inclusion programmes
Arts and cultural organisations
Healthcare providers
Private groups and events
Festivals and cultural programmes
All workshops delivered in English and Norwegian. Some in (Egyptian) Arabic upon request. Based in Oslo — available for travel.
Get in touch
To book shows, workshops, or other inquiries:
Email: info@drdaffodil.com
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