Continuing my current theme of “gigs in cool places” I have a fun-packed couple of weeks coming up…

1st July – Royal Society Twilight Science – we’re doing a couple of short Festival of the Spoken Nerd shows, but without our own mathematical Robert Pattinson and instead the Taylor Lautner of biology, Simon Watt. I assume that makes me Kristen Stewart, right?

6th & 7th July – Voice of an Angle and Domestic Science at Buxton Fringe – if you’re anywhere near Derbyshire this weekend you should pop along and watch either/both of these in the afternoon. Last year two of my shows sold out! Check out the picture! And I won a prize! Whcih I won’t stop going on about! I doubt the same will happen this year, but, still… Exciting times.

10th July – Festival of the Spoken Nerd – back at the Udderbelly on the South Bank for another preview of our new Edinburgh Fringe show, Full Frontal Nerdity!

11th July – Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience, Edinburgh – Some tickets still available for my first proper stand-up TV recording doodah, also featuring the brilliant Susan Calman, Alfie Brown and Henning Wehn.

12th July – Science on Fire! Festival of the Spoken Nerd – We’re returning to Shakespeare’s Globe for a night that celebrates (not recreates) the 400th year since the original Globe theatre burnt down, with special guest chemist Prof Andrea Sella. We’re doing all our fire experiments, and some smoke ones too.

What could possibly go wrong…? Answers on a Risk Assessment please.

Have you ever wanted to go to an awesome science event at the Royal Institution Lecture Theatre (where they do those Christmas Lectures on the telly every year) BUT for it to be fun and silly and definitely not for kids?

Now’s your chance. Hurrah!

I’m curating two evening with the help of some very excellent and entertaining friends – and some expert help from the RI’s demo expert Andy who will be bringing out some bits and pieces from the archive for us to play with. I mean, for us to do science with. like…

 – Can you use Newtonian mechanics can help you juggle electric carving knives?

 – How do we find a earth-like planets orbiting around distant stars?

 – Did you know Michael Faraday invented the ballon?

Neither did I! Expect these revelations and more at:

BIG SCIENCE – Tues 18th June – with legendary comedian, improviser, Comedy Store Player and ex-physicist Richard Vranch and half of Domestic Science, Rob Wells

small science… Tues 25th June – with cabaret star and king of new variety Mat Ricardo, plus science troubadour Jonny Berliner

Tickets available here. Come along! It will be more fun than you can shake a stick at *

* No sticks were harmed in the making of this post.

Some lovely, exciting news – I am finally far enough out of the mainstream to be an Alternative Comedian!

On 11th July I’ll be recording a set at Edinburgh’s Stand comedy club for Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience. Tickets are here. It’ll go out on Comedy Central, I’m not sure when, but some time this year… so look out on your digital boxes for some supernerdy musical comedy from me.

Until then, you make make do with one of my songs on mega YouTube channel Numberphile, recorded with the help of Spoken Nerd’s stand-up mathematician, Matt Parker.

It went out as part of YouTube Comedy Week and also on Wagner’s birthday, which is especially suitable because it’s the most epic singalong you will ever attempt – IT’S THE GOOGOLPLEX!