FOR TEAMS WHO WANT A DAY TO REMEMBER

Laugh & Learn Away Days

Train together. Laugh together. Leave with more

Bring your team to a live comedy venue for a workshop day that is useful, memorable and genuinely different


For HR leads, senior managers and anyone responsible for planning team days

Why Work with Alfie Noakes

Alfie Noakes founded We Are Funny Project after more than 25 years across BBC journalism, television production and live comedy.

The first chapter was in media. As a BBC reporter, TV producer and documentary director, he spent over a decade working in environments where the room had to work: broadcast studios, location shoots, live productions where the energy was part of the output. He learned how attention is held, how energy is managed and how the setting shapes everything that happens inside it.

The second chapter was in live comedy. He produced around 1,800 shows, MC'd more than 1,000 and spent years observing, at close range, what separates a night that stays with people from one that doesn't. What creates a genuine shared moment. What makes a group of separate people feel like they were part of the same thing.

That combination of training expertise and live event experience is what makes Laugh & Learn Away Days distinct.

The workshop delivers real skill development in a venue that is built for it. The live comedy element creates the kind of shared experience that people carry back to the office on Monday.

This is not a generic away day in a quirky venue. It is a carefully designed experience from someone who has spent 25 years understanding what makes rooms come alive.

Why this format works

A unique setting changes the energy of the day

Most away days manage to be either useful or enjoyable. The best ones are both.


A live comedy venue creates an atmosphere that is more relaxed, more memorable and more energising than the usual meeting room. There is a stage, a mic, a sense of occasion and a little distance from everyday office mode.


That shift matters. People loosen up. They contribute more openly. The day feels different from the very start.

When a private comedy show is arranged for the full company, a professional photographer can be arranged to capture the day: individual portraits, team shots and the full-stage group photo that gives people something real to take home from it.


Choose your format

Three ways to do it

You can book the workshop, the show, or combine both for maximum effect.

Option 1: Away Day Workshop

From £4,250

Best for: teams who want a memorable off-site learning experience in a live comedy venue

What it includes:
• workshop delivery in a working comedy venue

• practical learning, breakouts and live exercises

• focus shaped around your team’s goals

• relaxed, unusual setting with stage, mic and bar available

• ideal for around 8 to 10 people, with smaller groups allowing for more depth

Good fit for:

• Confident Client Engagement

• The Levity Works

• Bomb Proof: Sales Resilience Under Pressure

• Developing Stronger Ideas

Option 2: Private Comedy Show 

Priced by quote

Best for: teams who want a genuinely memorable company event with a one-off feel

What it includes:

• a private comedy show for your company

• professional comedians matched to your brief and audience

• bespoke material about your company, industry or competitors

• tone set with you in advance so it stays smart, warm and appropriate

• food, drink and social atmosphere around the event

Optional extras:
• one or two brave souls from your company can be coached to perform their stand-up debut

• professional photography can capture portraits, team shots and the full-company-on-stage moment

Option 3: Combine Both For Maximum Impact

Priced by quote

Best for: teams who want skills, celebration and one shared memory in the same day

What it includes:

• a workshop for the core group earlier in the day

• time to socialise, eat and drink later on

• a private comedy show for the wider company

• bespoke jokes and carefully selected comedians

• optional photographer for taking individual portraits and team pictures

Result:
A day that sharpens skills, strengthens bonds and ends with something people will actually talk about afterwards. 

The best way to shape the right option and get an accurate price is a short discovery call

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The away day workshop can be built around the communication or culture challenge that best fits your team

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Confident Client Engagement

Help teams pitch, present and communicate with more confidence, presence and authority. The workshop for anyone who needs to hold attention, win trust and deliver with conviction.

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The Levity Works

Build stronger morale, better cohesion and more human communication through intelligent levity, playfulness and warmth. The workshop for teams who want to work better together every day, not just on away days.

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Bomb Proof: Sales Resilience Under Pressure

Help outbound and client-facing teams handle rejection better, recover faster and stay effective under pressure when confidence is tested.

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Developing Stronger Ideas

Give teams a repeatable framework for shaping, sharpening and strengthening ideas of any kind. The workshop for anyone who needs stronger material before they stand up and present.

You can choose one workshop theme for the day, or discuss a more tailored build on a discovery call

What people say about working with Alfie

Across workshops, gigs, one-to-one coaching and online courses, Alfie's work has attracted nearly 1,000 reviews with an average rating of 4.9 out of 5. No other communication trainer in this space has built that volume of verified feedback from real participants.
We worked with Alfie to host an executive dinner and share insights on humour in storytelling. He did a brilliant job, both creating a fun atmosphere and making serious contributions to the discussion. I would highly recommend his work.
JON,
CEO, PUBLICIS PRO
Alfie is a rare blend of master facilitator, trainer and MC who understands how adults learn, how organisations change, and how to turn ideas into clear, memorable messages that actually land.
TIM,
CEO, SMART-TRAINING AI
Alfie's work with We Are Funny Project goes far beyond comedy... He unlocked tools I could carry into my own world of presenting and educating in the fitness industry.
Joanne,
Speaker, Business Owner and Consultant

Ready to explore what Laugh & Learn could look like for your team

Start with a 25-minute discovery call. No hard sell.

Just a focused conversation about your team, what you want the day to achieve and which format makes the most sense.

Frequently asked questions

Do you offer ongoing coaching or longer programmes?

For teams who want more than a one-off session options include 1:1 coaching, repeat sessions and broader programmes shaped around ongoing communication and performance goals.

Best discussed on a discovery call.

Can we book the comedy show without booking a workshop?

Yes.


The Private Comedy Show can absolutely be booked as a standalone event if that is the better fit for your team, company or occasion.

What kinds of workshops can be delivered as an away day?

Away day workshops can be built around any of the main We Are Funny Project workshop themes, including Confident Client Engagement, The Levity Works, Bomb Proof: Sales Resilience Under Pressure and Developing Stronger Ideas.


The best fit depends on your team and what you want the day to achieve.

What are the payment terms?

Our standard terms are 50 percent on booking and the balance within 14 days of delivery.

For larger organisations with established payment processes, we are happy to discuss terms that work for both sides. Just raise it on the discovery call.

Can you provide professional photography?

Yes.


Professional photography can be arranged for portraits, team shots and the big full-stage group photo that gives people something great to remember the event by.

Is the comedy show tailored to our company?

Yes.


The show can include bespoke material shaped around your company, your people, your culture, your competitors or the event itself. The tone is discussed with you in advance so it stays smart, warm, appropriate and enjoyable.

What group size works best?

Away day workshops are typically designed for around 8 to 10 people if the goal is depth, practice and feedback.


Comedy shows can of course accommodate much larger groups, and combined experiences can be shaped according to the size and structure of your organisation.

Can one of our team members perform on the night?

Yes, if you want that.


One or two willing participants can be coached beforehand and supported to perform a short first-time set as part of the event. It is entirely optional, but it can be a real highlight when the right people are up for it.

Who is this workshop best suited to?

Laugh and Learn is designed for any team that wants a more memorable, energising and distinctive away day experience.

The workshop element suits teams who want practical skill development in communication, confidence, culture, resilience or creative thinking.

The comedy show element works for any company that wants a genuinely bespoke and celebratory shared event.

The combined format suits teams who want both in one day.

What is the difference between the Away Day Workshop and the Private Comedy Show?

The Away Day Workshop is a skills-focused training experience delivered in a live comedy venue.


The Private Comedy Show is a standalone social or company event with professional comedians and bespoke material tailored to your organisation.


You can book either one on its own, or combine both into one larger experience.

Infrequently asked questions

What was Charlotte Lee famous for collecting, to such a scale, that she became a world record holder?

Rubber ducks. Obvs.

How many lies has the average person told by age forty?

Somewhere between 87,000 and 146,000, depending on how honest you are being about it, which is its own problem.

The most cited research in this area comes from a 1996 study by psychologist Robert Feldman at the University of Massachusetts, which found that people tell an average of two to three lies per ten-minute conversation when talking to a stranger they want to impress.

A separate 2002 study by Feldman found that 60 percent of people lied at least once during a ten-minute conversation without being aware they were doing it, which raises the unsettling possibility that the figure is conservative.

Bella DePaulo's landmark lying research, conducted across two weeks with 147 participants, found that people tell approximately one to two lies per day in everyday social interaction. Taking the midpoint of 1.5 lies per day and applying it across forty years of conscious social life, beginning conservatively at age ten when social complexity begins to demand diplomatic creativity, gives us approximately 16,425 days of lying at 1.5 lies per day.

The total is 24,637 lies by age forty on the conservative daily estimate.

However DePaulo's research specifically excluded self-deception, white lies told so automatically they no longer register as lies, and the category her research team diplomatically called "lies of omission." Including those, researchers estimate the true figure is three to five times higher.

At five times the base rate the figure reaches approximately 123,000 by age forty.

The most common lie, across virtually every study conducted on this subject in every country where researchers have thought to ask, is "I'm fine."

It has been told approximately 23 times since you started reading this.

What is the technical term for the fear of long words?

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Clearly, whoever named it had a very specific sense of humour. At 36 letters, it is one of the longest words in common psychological usage. Sufferers are encouraged to seek help. They are perhaps less encouraged to google what their condition is called.

If boredom were a renewable energy source, which country would be the world's leading producer?

Based on available data, Finland.

The World Happiness Report consistently ranks Finland among the world's most content nations, which sounds contradictory until you understand that Finnish culture has a well-documented and somewhat celebrated relationship with silence, stillness and the absence of forced enthusiasm.

The Finns have a concept called "kalsarikänni," which translates approximately as drinking at home alone in your underwear with no intention of going out, and which is regarded not as a personal failing but as a reasonable Tuesday.

A 2019 study by researchers at the University of York found that the average person experiences boredom for approximately six hours per week. Finland's population of 5.5 million adults would therefore generate around 33 million hours of boredom weekly.

If each hour of human boredom could be converted at the same rate as a standard solar panel in peak sunlight, Finland's weekly boredom output would generate approximately 19.8 gigawatt-hours of electricity, enough to power Helsinki for four days.

The Finns, when informed of this calculation, would probably nod, say nothing and go back to what they were doing.
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