Previous Bright Club performer Sarah Heenan
A Scandinavia expert, a medieval historian and a bio-fuels engineer doing stand-up comedy? Welcome to Bright Clubwhere funny meets brains. Bright Club turns ten of UCL's finest researchers into comedians just for one night. They, along with three other professional comedians, will be taking over Bloomsbury Theatre once again on 9 May for a night all about reading. This gig will also kick start the 'Something Else for the Weekend' section of the UCL Festival of the Arts. This mix of professional comedians and witty academics started in 2009. Bright Clubs have been springing up ever since this unorthodox form of academic entertainment was born, from Belfast to Sidney. Previous participant Dr Jason Dittmer, UCL Geography, said: "Bright Club has really forced me to think about how to communicate my research in new ways.
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