Cosmic Shambles LIVE

LEADING UK SCIENTISTS, COMEDIANS AND LOCAL MUSOS TAKE TO THE STAGE…

Cosmic Shambles LIVE
Hosted by Robin Ince

Celebrating curiosity and reason with an explosion of science, stand-up comedy and musical cameos Cosmic Shambles LIVE is a clever UK variety show like no other! Host Robin Ince is joined by a cast of world leading scientists, comedians and performers as Cosmic Shambles LIVE synthesises in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurchduring April 2017.

A multiple award winning comedian and science populariser, Robin Ince is best known for co-hosting the smash hit, Sony Award and Rose D’Or winning BBC Radio 4 and podcast series, The Infinite Monkey Cage, with Professor Brian Cox. He’ll be joined by comedian Josie Long, who’s appeared in Skins, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Thank God You’re Here. The pair are also known for their co-hosting of popular podcast Book Shambles.

Also heading over from the UK are Matt Parker, a stand-up comic and mathematician known for Festival of the Spoken Nerd, and his appearances on Numberphile and the Discovery Channel, Dr Helen Czerski a regular landmark series science presenter for the BBC, oceanographer and physicist, and Sky at Night’s Professor Lucie Green; one of the most respected solar scientists in the world.

As this brilliant cast travel across New Zealand, many local acts and scientists will join them on stage offering audiences a unique experience every night. With local music favourites jumping in on the act, each show will be packed with surprises and secret guests…

Trunkman Productions are known for bringing science to life with The Incomplete Map of the Cosmic Genome (App), The Quest For Wonder (Web series), Book Shambles(Podcast), The Infinite Monkey Cage videos as well as multiple live shows. Popular previous events by the Atheist Foundation of Australia include Robin Ince’s Australian tour of Happiness through Science and Richard Dawkins An Appetite for Wonder tour.

Part proceeds from Cosmic Shambles LIVE will go to charities including Doctors Without Borders.

Funky sounds! Nerdy wonders! Dazzling spreadsheets! Confused earthworms! And everything in between. Cosmic Shambles LIVE will make you laugh and make you think.

www.cosmicshambleslive.com

Cosmic Shambles LIVE NZ Tour
Tickets from $70 - $105
www.cosmicshambleslive.com

Auckland
Tuesday 4th April 2017, 7:00pm
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

Wellington
Saturday 8th April 2017, 7:00pm
The Opera House

Christchurch
Monday 10th April 2017, 7:00pm
Isaac Theatre Royal

Produced by Trunkman Productions, the New Zealand leg of the Cosmic Shambles LIVE tour is proudly brought to you by Cerebral Events Ltd, the Atheist Foundation of Australia with support from the Royal Society of New Zealand as part of their 150th celebrations.

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