Tomorrow night the Comedy Research Project will be recruiting
volunteers at the Dana Centre to find out if science can be funny.
Who?
"The Comedy Research Project present a show about the milestones
of genetic science. The show includes Dolly the sheep and her media
career on the covers of Nature and Good Food Illustrated, the uses of
genetically modified animals, and how to clone Elvis in five easy steps.
The Comedy Research Project aim to prove the hypothesis that science
can be funny, and preliminary data suggest that their hypothesis may
indeed be true. In their live stage show, two women, a few simple props
and some diagrams take you on a swift, energetic tour of a series of
scientific and engineering topics."
http://www.danacentre.org.uk/Default.aspx?DanaMenu=_NEXTEVENT
Biographies
The Comedy Research Project are science comedians Dr Helen Pilcher
and Timandra Harkness. They first met when performing stand-up comedy
one night in a club. Some time later both were surprised to be reunited at
a
scientific meeting and discovered that they had a common interest in
science.
Helen Pilcher writes daily on-line news for Nature. She has also
genetically
engineered a series of stem-cell lines for transplantation into the
degenerative
brain, and was a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards.
Timandra Harkness can be seen on BBC4's Mind Games and an Open
University television programme about the Theory of Everything. She is
currently writing a feature film about a man going to Mars.
When?
7.30 - 8.15pm, tomorrow night, 15th June.
Where?
Dana Centre, South Kensington, London
How much?
Tickets are free but booking is required.
Email: [log in to unmask]
Telephone: 020 7942 4040
Nearest tube - South Kensington
Map: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?pc=SW75HE&scale=10000
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