Bright Club Edinburgh, 28 February 2024

Wednesday 28 February 2024

Chris Cummins - dirty word salad
Deb Bererji - no-account accountant
Neomi Gyori - battle of the breeze
Marlene Cramer - not another knock-knock
Adam Julians - divine interactions
Adam Cook - archaeology is dirty
Sichen (Fred) Tu - intercultural clusterf***!
Kim-Isabelle Mehnert - my so-called chemistry 

Hosted by Susan Morrison

Price From £6.00 to £8.00

Doors: 19:30 Starts: 20:30 Finishes: 22:30

Age 18+

https://www.thestand.co.uk/performance/16757/bright-club-edinburgh/20240228/edinburgh

Bright Club Edinburgh, 31 January 2024

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Chris Cummins - bilingual wonky trolleys
Rebekka Puderbaugh - tongue twisted
Lucy Oldham - happy as a pig in science
Joe Zuntz - teacher's pet robots
Cobin Millage - Caesar it ain't so
Martyn Wallace - did ye AI? did ye f***!
Emily Nordmann - go f*** yourself (kind regards)
Steve Lee - Love Island for trees?

Hosted by Susan Morrison

Price From £6.00 to £8.00

Doors: 19:30 Starts: 20:30 Finishes: 22:30

Age 18+

https://www.thestand.co.uk/performance/16756/the-bright-club/20240131/edinburgh 

Want to be part of the show?

Bright Club is about fun and finding out - that's true for both the audience and the performers. 

Training is provided, but to get a good idea about what happens at a Bright Club we recommend seeing a show first.  You can also get a feel for how it works - the different ways performers have blended the funny and the interesting - and the huge range of topics covered - you can also check out the videos on YouTube. Some of these have gone a lot further than the audience on the night.

At time of writing:

Philip Wadler's performance on computability has 12.5 thousand views (yes, that Philip Wadler so you know it's all correct)

Jenny Wood's performance on town planning has 2.8 thousand views (Jenny is now co-director at A Place in Childhood)

Gianfranco Matrone's performance on zebrafish breeding has 2.3 thousand views (Gianfranco wrote about overcoming his fear of public speaking here)

Robbie Cooper's performance on testicular cancer has 1.6 thousand views (RIP Robbie you fucking eagle)

Zara Gladman's performance in the very first Bright Club Edinburgh has 1.5 thousand views. (You might now Zara better these days as Glasgow west end mum on the TikToK)

As of 2024 Bright Club Edinburgh is led by Bekka and Kat - academics at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University. A huge thanks from me - "the bit of Bright Club Edinburgh that is called Dan (Ridley-Ellis)" to everyone who has performed over the years and come to the shows. I suppose we could have done it without you, but it would have been really weird and awkward. Huge thanks to everyone that helped organise shows - especially Robin Andrews and Andy MacLeod who have been behind the curtain since the start and the team at the Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement that started it all off in Scotland. Thanks also to Sarah West-Alin who created the iconic duck that has spread far beyond Edinburgh.

Psst… we are offering our first training session for Bright Club 2024 on Sunday 14th Jan, 3.30-6.30pm at The Stand, Edinburgh!

Come along to this taster session to tread the boards, hear from veterans about the Bright Club experience, and get tips on finding the funny, managing stage fright, and microphone technique. Interested? Let us know on our socials or email Brightclubedin@gmail.com  #returnofthequack

Tickets on sale

Tickets are NOW available on The Stand's website for shows taking place in January, February and April. Follow the QR code to book your ticket or click on this link https://www.thestand.co.uk/news/the-bright-club

The QUACK is back!

 IT’S OFFICIAL: THE QUACK IS BACK!

After a lengthy hiatus, Bright Club Edinburgh is back and under new management. We are Bekka and Kat, academics at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University. HUGE thanks to the OG Dan Ridley-Ellis for his hard work and inspiration over the years!

Bright Club is about people doing stand-up on a specialist area of knowledge. The content doesn't have to be academic - but we look for something outside the norms for stand-up comedy.  We look for that blend of funny and interesting that our audience comes for.

The next show will be on Wednesday 31 January (The Stand, York Place, Edinburgh) with other shows on 28th February and 24th April.

Performing involves being available on the night of the show (yes, we are surprised we need to say that, too), including quick rehearsal before the show (from about 6pm). Usually we are looking to fill sets of about 8 minutes in total, meaning you should prepare about 5-7 minutes of material.  

FANCY SHOWING US THE FUNNY OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE? Scan the QR code or follow this hyperlink and register your interest!

Looking forward to laughing with you!

Bekka and Kat

Bright Club Edinburgh #52.0 Fancy

Tuesday 25 Feb @ The Stand Comedy Club Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm (5 York Place EH1 3EB)

Starring:
Elise Gallois - TUNDRApocalypse
Kiani Jeacock - The academic epidemic
Louise Creechan - The Victorianist
Mark Reglinski - Vaxxing-lyrical
Phiona Stanley - Dr Diesel
Shalhavit-Simcha Cohen - Looking bad
SiennaMarisa Brown - It’s not me it’s food
Sophie Quick- PhD Odyssey

With compere Gus Lymburn

Tickets £5
available on the door & from
www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #51.0 Datalaff

Bright Club Edinburgh 51.0 Datalaff
Tuesday 29 October
The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh

<Starring>
Julie Anne Meaney – Why are you laughing?
Martyn Wallace – Digi aye? Digi f**k!
Phil Wadler – A profound pun
Sabine Weber – Neural networks for dummies
Mhairi Aitken – Getting sexy with data
Tom Liptrot – Algorithm & blues
Joe Zuntz – Cosmic kidney adventure

With compere Elaine Miller (Gusset Gripper)

(doors at 7:30, show begins 8:30)
Tickets £5 available on the door & from www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #50.0 Loopy

Tuesday 23 July
at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh
Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm

Starring:
Sam Abboud - Oh no, it’s the WTO
Dom Stephen - Efficiency first, then survival
Rachel Brackenridge - Cummingtonite?
Martyn Wallace - Digi aye? Digi f**k!
Rebekka Puderbaugh - Freaky voice box
Lubna Kerr - Pigs and identity
Naomi Saphra - Paying the panopticon

With compere Susan Morrison

Tickets £5
available on the door & from www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #49 Squarely

Bright Club Edinburgh #49 “Squarely”
The original pun fact stand-up comedy show
Tuesday 28 May at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh

Starring:
Adam Cook - Dangers in archaeology
Dionne Cocozza - Active ingredient
Dom Stephen - Efficiency first, then survival
Orla Shortall - Cow poo isn’t funny
Phiona Stanley - Going Dutch
Shalhavit-Simcha Cohen - You. Change?
Valentin Popov - Dating: a statistician's view
Zoe Wyatt - Wobbling the Higgs
** With compere Susan Morrison **

Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm
The Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place EH1 3EB
Tickets £5 available on the door & from www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #48.0 Running

The fact up comedy returns.
Tuesday 26 February at the Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh

Starring
Christine Caldwell - "chimposter syndrome"
Naomi Saphra - "paying the panopticon"
Edel Mc Glanaghy - "Scotland is ACE"
Adam Julians - "theological time"
Thomas Lambert - "failing upwards"
Lubna Kerr - "pigs and identity"
Kiani Jeacock - "first year fiasco"

With compere Susan Morrison

Doors at 7:30pm
Show begins 8:30pm
Tickets £5 available on the door
& in advance from www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #47 argent

Bright Club Edinburgh #47 "Argent"
Tuesday 30 October @ The Stand Comedy Club

Starring:
Robbie Bushe - paints his day
Bruce Davies - drilled to the core
Claire Field - professional overthinking
Mark Huxham - bad reasons for research
Lucy Oldham - this little piggy went ballistic
Anna Schilling - nuts about squirrels
Sabine Weber - how to google
With compere Jay Lafferty

Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm
(5 York Place EH1 3EB)

Tickets £5 available on the door
& from www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #46 Greeting

It's our 7th birthday - and we plan to celebrate by doing what we were going to do anyway - blending of comedy with nuggets of nerdery.

Sophie Quick - If I only had a brain...
Isaac Shaw - Are you kidneying me?
Steve Lee - 'Love Island' for trees
Cat Salvini - The c words
Anna-Maria Maciejuk - A-pop-corn-tosis
Scott Humpherson - How not to fit in
Heather McQueen - Invisible geneticist
Julie Anne Meaney - Not OK Google

With compere and contrast: Susan Morrison

Tuesday 24th July at The Stand (doors 7:30, show begins 8:30)
Tickets £5 on the door and in advance from The Stand

Bright Club Edinburgh 45.0 clout

Tuesday 29 May at the Stand, Edinburgh

With
Adam Cook - Archaeology confessions
Alex Perry - Britain's slowest scientist
Amy Warnock - Master rat tickler
Bona Prakasa - Smart wells, depressed engineers
Craig Turner - Mr green fingers
Edel Mc Glanaghy - Not only a plot twist
Neil Mackinnon - Down with the kids
Thomas Lambert - AutomaTom: Still not self-aware
Wilhelmiina Toivo - Science of swearing

With compere Phil O'Shea

Doors at 7:30 pm, Show begins at 8:30 pm.
Tickets £5 on the door and in advance from
http://www.thestand.co.uk/show/29890/bright_club

Bright Club Edinburgh 44.0 untitled

Tuesday 27 February at the Stand, Edinburgh

More of the same novel material

With
Julie Anne Meaney “Let me just plug your child in”
Aurélien Ammeloot “Post Viva Teaching Blues”
Arek Dakessian “T Minus 200 Friends”
Angelos Stamos “Third year, the struggle is real!”
Sébastien Dall'Ozzo “Anti-cancer Vampire”
Valentina Ferro “bad decision making, vaginas and lasers”

And Jojo Sutherland as compere

Doors at 7:30 pm, Show begins at 8:30 pm.
Tickets £5 on the door and in advance from
http://www.thestand.co.uk/show/29460/bright_club

Bright Club Edinburgh 43.0 undedicated

The Funny Returns - and then some...
Tuesday 31 October at the Stand, Edinburgh

Stephen Lawrie - Standing Up For Psychiatry
Zoe Wyatt - Black Hole Canapes
Arek Dakessian - Unintended Life Choices
Suzan Brok - Dracula And The Drug Cartel
Kathryn Rezai - PhD: Pretty Hilarious Disaster
Sébastien Dall'Ozzo - Anti-Cancer Vampire
Valerie Bentivegna - Singing Her Way Though PhD
Valentin Popov - Economist Leaving The Dark Side
Maaria Genai - Up To Her Usual Devices

Stiched together by compere - Susan Morrison

Doors at 7:30 pm, Show begins at 8:30 pm.
Tickets £5 on the door and in advance from
http://www.thestand.co.uk/show/29014/bright_club

BBC again

Apparently there are not enough things in the Edinburgh Fringe, so Bright Club has to come back and do another show at the BBC venue.

18:30 Sat 12 Aug 2017 BBC Blue Tent
This pun fact show is an academic comedy cocktail synthesised for your entertainment and enlightenment, blending comedy and research to create the rarest jokes. So come and laugh along as interesting, funny people share gags and silliness about what they know best – their own work.

We think the BBC is giving tickets out at the tent now - and that it is also worth turning on the night to see if you can get tickets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egvgfx/acts/a32fzc

Bright Club Edinburgh #42 Answer

Tuesday 25th July at the Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh

Starring:

Mhairi Aitken - Data dating
Philip Wadler - Compute & computability
Adam Julians - Holy mutual indwelling
Mark Brite - It’s a matter of perspective
Johnny Isaac - Repelling the law of attraction
Kat Kjellström Corbet - Rubbish dumping tips

With compere ** Jojo Sutherland **
& ** Susan Morrison ** headlining

This show is also our sixth birthday!
(that's about 25 in duck years)

Doors at 7:30, show at 8:30
Tickets £5 available on the door and in advance from The Stand

Bright Club Edinburgh #41.0 Catch

Catch another dose of Bright Club Edinburgh on Tuesday 2 May
The Stand Comedy Club (York Place)
Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm

Starring:

Joy Jarvie - What the duck!
Sébastien Dall'Ozzo - Anti-cancer vampire
Keshav Bhatnagar - Humour us with a future
Liam Brierley - Animal maladies
Sam Abboud - Law, boll@x & Brexit
Pete Gwynne - ***CLASSIFIED***
Kate Cross -  Dear me!
Kirsty Graham - And then it hit me

With compere Susan Morrison

Tickets £5
available on the door & from
www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #40 Bearing

On course for more academic comedy
Tuesday 24 Jan @ The Stand Comedy Club Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm  (5 York Place EH1 3EB)

Starring the well read:

Kat Rezai – girls don’t fart
Zac Baynham-Herd – peanut butter blockchain
Kat Kjellström Corbet – upcycling rejection
Adam Julians – naughty Santa
Mags Normand – dressing up with lasers
Rhiannon Grant – from mice to men
Maaria Ginai – liver let die

Revolving around compere Susan Morrison

Tickets £5
available on the door and from
www.thestand.co.uk

Bright Club Edinburgh #39 Why?

Tuesday 25 Oct at The Stand Comedy Club

A chemistry special for some reason

Starring:

Carole Morrison – the leaky pipe
Lewis Fenton  – at war with the elephants
Angelos Stamos  – the blind leading the blind
Stephanie Urwin  – eat. sleep. chemistry. repeat.
Kelly Gallagher  – bridging the gap
Sam Hughes  – neither sexy nor cool
Chris Mowatt  – off the bench (replaces Sesha)

Supervised by compere Susan Morrison

Doors at 7.30pm, show begins 8.30pm
Tickets £5 available on the door and from
www.thestand.co.uk