Science Comedy Talks

Science Comedy Talks return after sold-out shows at the Sydney Comedy Festival!

Each show features 5 scientists (30 in total across all 6 shows), who have partnered with comedians to bring laughter to their science talks.

Laugh and learn at the same time!

Just how much alcohol consumption really is good for us? Can science predict the next gen of emojis? And how is Australia leading the world in psychedelic therapies?

Come hear the answers to these questions and more from Sydney’s best new and emerging scientists.

Each show features 5 wildly different scientific presentations, with a tonne of humour sprinkled in.

This is a joint production by Future Science Talks and the Sydney Comedy School.

Check out our instagram reels via @sydneycomedyschool or our YouTube videos via @sydneycomedyschool for the 2023 Sydney Comedy Festival shows.

Future Science Talks is a monthly live talk show in Sydney’s inner east, on the first Wednesday each month at East Village Sydney. We have selected the best speakers and most interesting topics for the science comedy shows.

Speakers

6:30pm, Tuesday September 5

Faraidoon Haghdoost (headaches) - The George Institute for Global Health

Inna Osmolovsky (plants) - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at UNSW

Toby Kovacs (cockroaches) - University of Sydney

Tanja Rosenqvist (toilets) - Arup

Julia Forkgen (DNA) - Garvan Institute of Medical Research

8:00pm, Tuesday September 5

Saul Wodak (greenwashing) - Behavioural Insights Team

Jared Bergman (cultivated meat) - Vow

Taylor Szyszka (crops) - The University of Sydney

Levi Tegg (ice) - The University of Sydney

Kovi Rose (stars) - Sydney Institute for Astronomy

6:30pm, Tuesday September 12

Elizabeth Surovic (blennies) - UNSW

Lorenzo Logi (emojis) - UNSW

Jack Wilson (drugs) - The Matilda Centre

Joshua Karras (vaccines) - UNSW's School of Population Health

Ian Woolf (zombies) - Science Diffusion Radio

8:00pm, Tuesday September 12

Joel Raymond (sleep) - Brain and Mind Centre

Savannah O’Connell (mRNA) - Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Hannah Kunst (psychology) - University of Sydney

Elisabetta De Simone (letters) - Macquarie University

Ellie Solomons (decarbonisation) - Arup

6:30pm, Thursday September 14

Samantha Burke (corals) - UNSW

William Jorgensen (psychedelics) - Psylo

Alex Kilby (emojis) - Macquarie University

Nora Campbell (kangaroos) - UNSW

Paige Erpf (yeast) - Macquarie University

8:00pm, Thursday September 14

Narjis Fatima (cancer) - Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Marcus Greenwood (plantmums) - UNSW

Kate Gunther (endometriosis) - Royal Hospital for Women

Suraj Samtani (dementia) - Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

Sally Hurst (fossils) - Macquarie University