So February will bring challenge number 2: a stand-up comedy night!
I will be doing a set as part of Birmingham's "Bright Club". It will be at the Birmingham rep theatre on the 2nd Feb (click the name above to get tickets!). The description says:
During the training, we learnt all about the format of the night (a professional comedian as a compere, with 6 academics each doing 8 minute slots), how to use a microphone and what kinds of things to talk about.
I would love to say that the training has made me super relaxed, confident and ready, but that would be a massive lie! I am as terrified as ever, so maybe instead of telling people how to buy tickets, I should be directing them somewhere else in Birmingham on the 2nd Feb....
So the next few weeks bring many a discarded notebook full of scribbles and hours of me talking to wall trying to make it laugh: wish me luck!!
(And if you do want to come, then tickets can be bought by following the link above)
www.justgiving.com/RADCC2015
I will be doing a set as part of Birmingham's "Bright Club". It will be at the Birmingham rep theatre on the 2nd Feb (click the name above to get tickets!). The description says:
"Join a new set of academics as they channel their inner comic genius to show that university research isn’t always as serious as you might think. Expect amusing tales about life and work in an evening of laughter and music."So today I went along to some UoB organised training for the event. Before turning up, I had no idea what I was going to talk about, or how much I was supposed to be speaking about my research or trying to be funny!
During the training, we learnt all about the format of the night (a professional comedian as a compere, with 6 academics each doing 8 minute slots), how to use a microphone and what kinds of things to talk about.
I would love to say that the training has made me super relaxed, confident and ready, but that would be a massive lie! I am as terrified as ever, so maybe instead of telling people how to buy tickets, I should be directing them somewhere else in Birmingham on the 2nd Feb....
So the next few weeks bring many a discarded notebook full of scribbles and hours of me talking to wall trying to make it laugh: wish me luck!!
(And if you do want to come, then tickets can be bought by following the link above)
www.justgiving.com/RADCC2015
You will be great! My old boss did something similar and she got a really good reception. It is amazing what non-scientists find funny about science....like the fact we use everyday kitchenware in the lab (people find our toxic fish slice amusing!). Will someone post your session on youtube as I can't make it to see you live?
ReplyDeleteThanks Sam - I do hope it goes well! I have asked the woman from the theatre about filming, and will get someone to do it if possible (as much as I don't want to EVER see it!) :-)
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