UCL Public Engagement Unit

www.brightclub.org

Bright Club is the thinking person's variety night, blending comedy, music, art, new writing, science, performance, and anything else that can happen on a stage.

Run by the UCL Public Engagement Unit in collaboration with One Green Firework productions, Bright Club aims to bring UCL researchers together with a new audience, primarily 20-40 year olds who have no existing relationship with academia.

It's a great opportunity for UCL staff to get experience of sharing what they do with a friendly, informal audience.  So that they're pitch-perfect on the night, presenters are trained in performance skills by experts in stand-up comedy.

Bright Club first appearance was in May 2009 on the theme of lust, a subject UCL researchers were eager to get to grips with.  Topics ranged from Norse mythology to aphrodisiacs, via early erotic films and animal sex.

Since then we've tackled subjects like London, Time, Light, Metal, Film, Crime and Sea, and we've received financial support from the  Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Wellcome Trust.

Also now available are Bright Club podcasts, which you can subscribe to on iTunes here