Doors open (probably to a sound like this)

The bar will be open, so enjoy a drink and take a seat...

@festivalofinnov #InnovateMalvern #science #egghead #nerd #geek #boffin #LOL

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An evening of high-brow science and technology amusement

Our host for the evening

Robyn Perkins is a multi-award-winning comedian who likes to investigate life. And when life doesn’t go to plan, Robyn uses her scientific background to explain why, whether it be a question of love and morality, decision-making or, winning a game of monopoly. She's been at the Edinburgh Fringe this year with her Comedy for the Curious panel show with a science twist, and she's a resident MC at Laugh Train Home, one of London's best professional stand-up comedy shows.

@robynHperkins

Jon Wood is a self-proclaimed ‘recovering scientist’ who does stuff. What’s more is that he’s being doing stuff for years, and getting away with it too. A few people know some of what he does, but he has fingers in many pies; mostly because he loves pie. During the day he pretends he has a proper job, with engineers and everything. In reality, he gets easily distracted by Homes Under The Hammer, while drinking tea in his jammies.

@jonwoodscience

Leah Morgan is a fusion energy engineer. She originally trained as a physicist but decided the thrilling life of a government engineer was more her speed. Leah started her YouTube channel Leah Love Science in 2020 just to avoid doing any work and loves talking about the highs and lows of fusion energy research.

@leahlovescience

(We're looking forward to Leah's act, but we've been reliably informed it may not be ready for another thirty years).

21:00 - 21:20

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Anna George is an Oxford scientist by day, and a comedic scientist by night. Come laugh and learn about her time researching toxic people on the internet. Now researching for her D.Phil., she has an MSc in Social Data Science, holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational-Social Psychology and a B.S. in Psychology, Second Major in Sociology, and minor in Statistics.  Oh, and Anna's also been performing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.

@annaraegeorge

Jon Matthews is returning to Malvern by popular demand! He's an insightful and witty comedian, writer and satirist, who tells jokes on subjects as varied as science, politics, relationships and religion, often drawing these diverse fields together into "punchlines you can feel smart for getting" (Chortle). He cut his comedy teeth on the ex-pat comedy circuit in China, where he became a popular figure on the Beijing scene, performing alongside touring American comedians as well as headlining and MCing local shows. This summer he too could be seen and heard at the Edinburgh Fringe.

@jonmatthewsuk

22:00

More drink*

*drink sensibly, the liquid does not need to contain C₂H₅OH to have a good time.

Last orders & log off

Unless we get the Blue Screen of Death beforehand.