Sign up for October Bright Club!

Can you turn your work into a short stand-up comedy set?  Register for our next Bright Club in October!

 

For more details, e-mail us at brightcluboxford@gmail.com.

 



June Line-Up Announced!

Preparing to entertain you are....

Hugh Warwick explains why hedgehogs are the most important creatures on the planet

Jonathan Webb on facts and fallacies from the business end of brain science

Sarah Bearchell tells tales out of school

Cat Rushmore discusses our relationship with household chemicals

John Runions, a mild-mannered scientist and his army of mutants

And they will be joined by our compere for the evening - Ivo Graham!

"A very convincing set from this erudite comedian" - **** The Independent
"Beautifully-constructed comedy" **** – The Scotsman

And our headline act - Lloyd Griffith
"Inherently funny... very neat lines in his comic repertoire." - Steve Bennett, Chortle 2011
"The next big thing!" - FHM

When and where?

Wednesday 4th June, doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start

At The Jericho Tavern, Oxford

Get your tickets at WeGotTickets

Tickets on Sale for June Bright Club

Wednesday 4th June at The Jericho Tavern

Doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start

 

Tickets available via WeGotTickets

 

 

 

Bright Club - May 7 2014 - part of Oxford Brookes' OutBurst Festival!

The 'Best of Brookes' Bright Club will take place at Pegasus Theatre on Weds 7 May 2014, as part of Oxford Brookes University's annual OutBurst Festival, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the doorstep of the Oxford public.

One of these events will be Bright Club, featuring researchers from Oxford Brookes University alongside professional comedians. 

With less than 2 weeks to go until Oxford's third Bright Club, here is the latest on the amazing line-up!

Book tickets online via the Pegasus website or call 01865 812150

Compéred by Iszi Lawrence, comedian, illustrator and amateur historian, host of The Z List Dead List, and voice of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe:-

Delicious, meticulous and elegant ...  unconventionally sassy 

Louder Than War *****

See her before she hits the big time 

Three Weeks****

Equal measures silly and provocative ... a deeply affable and engaging stage presence ... energetic, endearing, thoughtful and highly recommended, particularly for those on the lookout for exciting new talent ... Covers refreshing new ground or presents a fresh slant on stand-up staples 

Broadway Baby****

Headlined by Tom Toal, or T-Squared - comedian, writer and actor.

"Funny and touching. Winning over his audience with charm, genuine depth of feeling, and free tiny yoghurts, Toal painted an impressive, and at times, disturbing picture of a man on the edge.... humour from the heart" Three Weeks

"Star of the first half was undoubtedly the charmingly ironic Tom Toal. T-Squared, as he calls himself in one of several supposedly hip third-person nicknames, has a quirky outlook and the gags to match ... The T-Dog is certainly one of the most promising of today’s emerging comics." - Steve Bennett, Chortle.

 

Featuring researchers including:-

Lucy Rogers on bubbles, bubbles, toil and trouble(s) 

 

Ross Jordan asks 'are Entrepreneurs born or made' or would Ian Beale have been more successful with a beard


Film Studies lecturer Lindsay Steenberg asks why bad movies can be so good....

Live music researcher Emma Webster on the curious phenomenon of the encore

Where?  Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford
When? Weds 7 May 2014, 7.30pm (doors) / 8.00pm (curtain up)

How much? £5

For whom? 18+

Book tickets online via the Pegasus website or call 01865 812150

Sign up for June Bright Club

Can you turn your work into a short, stand-up comedy set?

Sign up for June Bright Club!

Bright Club is open to local researchers, academics and experts from all disciplines - science, arts, humanities - the more the merrier!

• No experience necessary

• Free training is provided (you’ll need to be available on Tuesday 29th April in the evening) - learn tips on how to make your lectures and presentations more engaging, in a fun and friendly environment!

Where?  Jericho Tavern, Walton Street, Oxford
When? Wednesday 4 June, 7.30pm

For more information and to apply, email brightcluboxford@gmail.com

Audience Tickets can be booked via www.WeGotTickets.com

In association with The Jericho Tavern

March Bright Club

Bright Club made a triumphant return to Oxford last month, as four researchers and two comedians, Ben Van der Velde and Joe Wells, put on a brilliant night of comedy to a jam-packed Jericho Tavern.

Grant kicked things off, and set the tone for the evening with a selection of bum jokes and a discussion on the metrication of a f**kload.  And how could we expect an astrophysicist to get through a comedy set without at least one reference to Uranus?!

Fran contemplated life as a particle physicist, and described the quest to discover new particles as being like ‘physics fan fiction’; the equivalent of imagining if Gandalf had an invisible but much heavier twin.

Liz got us thinking about the difference between being a member of a choir and being a member of the Church of Scientology – turns out, not much.

And the award for best prop of the night went to Pete and his portable pillow, with a ‘unique’ demonstration of what your sleeping position says about you.

Visit our Flickr page for more photos.  Bright Club Oxford returns in June, so watch this space!

5 things we love about The Jericho Tavern

1. Radiohead's first gig. Nuff said.
2. It's no longer called 'The Philanderer and Firkin'.
3. They are one of two pubs we have drunk in that have Israeli cities as part of their name (the other one is Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham).
4. Bright Club Oxford is 'in association' with them!
5. Bright Club attendees can get a beer and burger for just £10.50 on Bright Club nights. More details below....

There are just a handful of tickets left for Bright Club on 19th March. Book your tickets at www.scienceoxford.com/live.



The Jericho Tavern are offering a special £10.50 Beer & Burger deal for all Bright Club attendees.
Deal includes handmade British cheese burger & fries / handmade spinach & lentil burger, topped with houmous, served with fries. Drinks would be a pint of Becks Vier or Aspall’s Suffolk Cider, 175ml glass of Sunstone Chardonnay or Sunstone Shiraz or a 14oz glass of draught lemonade or Pepsi.
Offer available 1200-2200 in the downstairs restaurant only.