Wednesday 26 November 2014

December Bright Club is SOLD OUT

Bright Club on 3rd December is sold out!  If you missed out this time, why not sign up to our mailing list, and we'll let you know as soon as tickets go on sale for our future shows.  Just drop us an e-mail to brightcluboxford@gmail.com.

Wednesday 5 November 2014

Ho ho ho! It's a Christmas Bright Club!

Wednesday 3rd December at the Jericho Tavern
Doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start

Tickets available via WeGotTickets


(Please note - this event takes place on the first floor of the Jericho Tavern and there is no disabled access).

Thursday 16 October 2014

Perform at December Bright Club

To celebrate Bright Club Oxford's 1st birthday, and 5/5 sold out shows - it must be time for a Christmas Special!  We have a couple of performer slots available for our show on Wednesday 3rd December


Can you turn your work into a short stand-up comedy set?

Bright Club is open to researchers, academics and experts from all disciplines - science, arts, humanities - the more the merrier!

No experience is necessary, and free training is provided (you'll need to be available the evening of Wednesday 29th October).

Interested?  Get in touch at brightcluboxford@gmail.com.

Monday 29 September 2014

October Bright Club is SOLD OUT

Yes, that's right - we have a full house for Wednesday's show. If you didn't manage to get tickets this time, there will be another Bright Club in December.  So watch this space!  To stay updated, get in touch at brightcluboxford@gmail.com to join our mailing list, or follow us @BrightClubOX.

Thursday 28 August 2014

Book your Tickets for October Bright Club!

Wednesday 1st October at The Jericho Tavern
Doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start

Tickets available via WeGotTickets



(Please note - this event takes place on the first floor of the Jericho Tavern and there is no disabled access).

Thursday 3 July 2014

Sign up for October Bright Club!

Can you turn your work into a short stand-up comedy set?  Register for our next Bright Club in October!
 
For more details, e-mail us at brightcluboxford@gmail.com.
 




Monday 12 May 2014

June Line-Up Announced!








Preparing to entertain you are....

Hugh Warwick explains why hedgehogs are the most important creatures on the planet
Jonathan Webb on facts and fallacies from the business end of brain science
Sarah Bearchell tells tales out of school
Cat Rushmore discusses our relationship with household chemicals
John Runions, a mild-mannered scientist and his army of mutants
And they will be joined by our compere for the evening - Ivo Graham!
"A very convincing set from this erudite comedian" - **** The Independent
"Beautifully-constructed comedy" **** – The Scotsman
And our headline act - Lloyd Griffith
"Inherently funny... very neat lines in his comic repertoire." - Steve Bennett, Chortle 2011
"The next big thing!" - FHM

When and where?
Wednesday 4th June, doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start
At The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Get your tickets at WeGotTickets

Monday 5 May 2014

Tickets on Sale for June Bright Club

Wednesday 4th June at The Jericho Tavern
Doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start
 
Tickets available via WeGotTickets
 
 
 

Monday 14 April 2014

Bright Club - May 7 2014 - part of Oxford Brookes' OutBurst Festival!


Lucy Rogers - Bright Club Oxford, Nov 2013

The 'Best of Brookes' Bright Club will take place at Pegasus Theatre on Weds 7 May 2014, as part of Oxford Brookes University's annual OutBurst Festival, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the doorstep of the Oxford public.

One of these events will be Bright Club, featuring researchers from Oxford Brookes University alongside professional comedians. 

With less than 2 weeks to go until Oxford's third Bright Club, here is the latest on the amazing line-up!


Compéred by Iszi Lawrence, comedian, illustrator and amateur historian, host of The Z List Dead List, and voice of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe:-

Delicious, meticulous and elegant ...  unconventionally sassy 
See her before she hits the big time 
Equal measures silly and provocative ... a deeply affable and engaging stage presence ... energetic, endearing, thoughtful and highly recommended, particularly for those on the lookout for exciting new talent ... Covers refreshing new ground or presents a fresh slant on stand-up staples 
Broadway Baby****

Headlined by Tom Toal, or T-Squared - comedian, writer and actor.

"Funny and touching. Winning over his audience with charm, genuine depth of feeling, and free tiny yoghurts, Toal painted an impressive, and at times, disturbing picture of a man on the edge.... humour from the heart" Three Weeks

"Star of the first half was undoubtedly the charmingly ironic Tom Toal. T-Squared, as he calls himself in one of several supposedly hip third-person nicknames, has a quirky outlook and the gags to match ... The T-Dog is certainly one of the most promising of today’s emerging comics." - Steve Bennett, Chortle.
 
Featuring researchers including:-

Lucy Rogers on bubbles, bubbles, toil and trouble(s) 
 
Ross Jordan asks 'are Entrepreneurs born or made' or would Ian Beale have been more successful with a beard


Film Studies lecturer Lindsay Steenberg asks why bad movies can be so good....


Live music researcher Emma Webster on the curious phenomenon of the encore

Where?  Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford
When?
Weds 7 May 2014, 7.30pm (doors) / 8.00pm (curtain up)
How much? £5
For whom? 18+




Wednesday 9 April 2014

Sign up for June Bright Club

Can you turn your work into a short, stand-up comedy set?
Sign up for June Bright Club!


Bright Club is open to local researchers, academics and experts from all disciplines - science, arts, humanities - the more the merrier!

• No experience necessary

• Free training is provided (you’ll need to be available on Tuesday 29th April in the evening) - learn tips on how to make your lectures and presentations more engaging, in a fun and friendly environment!

Where?  Jericho Tavern, Walton Street, Oxford
When? Wednesday 4 June, 7.30pm
For more information and to apply, email brightcluboxford@gmail.com

Audience Tickets can be booked via www.WeGotTickets.com

In association with The Jericho Tavern


Tuesday 1 April 2014

March Bright Club

Bright Club made a triumphant return to Oxford last month, as four researchers and two comedians, Ben Van der Velde and Joe Wells, put on a brilliant night of comedy to a jam-packed Jericho Tavern.

Grant kicked things off, and set the tone for the evening with a selection of bum jokes and a discussion on the metrication of a f**kload.  And how could we expect an astrophysicist to get through a comedy set without at least one reference to Uranus?!


Fran contemplated life as a particle physicist, and described the quest to discover new particles as being like ‘physics fan fiction’; the equivalent of imagining if Gandalf had an invisible but much heavier twin.

Liz got us thinking about the difference between being a member of a choir and being a member of the Church of Scientology – turns out, not much.
And the award for best prop of the night went to Pete and his portable pillow, with a ‘unique’ demonstration of what your sleeping position says about you.



Visit our Flickr page for more photos.  Bright Club Oxford returns in June, so watch this space!

Friday 7 March 2014

5 things we love about The Jericho Tavern


1. Radiohead's first gig. Nuff said.
2. It's no longer called 'The Philanderer and Firkin'.
3. They are one of two pubs we have drunk in that have Israeli cities as part of their name (the other one is Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham).
4. Bright Club Oxford is 'in association' with them!
5. Bright Club attendees can get a beer and burger for just £10.50 on Bright Club nights. More details below....

There are just a handful of tickets left for Bright Club on 19th March. Book your tickets at www.scienceoxford.com/live.



The Jericho Tavern are offering a special £10.50 Beer & Burger deal for all Bright Club attendees.
Deal includes handmade British cheese burger & fries / handmade spinach & lentil burger, topped with houmous, served with fries. Drinks would be a pint of Becks Vier or Aspall’s Suffolk Cider, 175ml glass of Sunstone Chardonnay or Sunstone Shiraz or a 14oz glass of draught lemonade or Pepsi.
Offer available 1200-2200 in the downstairs restaurant only.

Monday 17 February 2014

March Line Up!

With just 1 month to go until Oxford's second Bright Club, we are very excited to announce our amazing line-up!  Joining us on the Jericho Tavern stage are....

Pete Oliver on the importance of catching Z's
Francesca Day asks what particle physicists have been doing with themselves since the discovery of the Higgs Boson
Grant Miller introduces us to Citizen Science
Liz Garnett on singing and self-identity

Holding it all together is our compere for the evening - Ben Van der Velde.  Ben was our headline act back in November, and we enjoyed his set so much, we've invited him back.
"exquisite comic timing...wonderfully clownish physical comedy." British Theatre Guide 
"left the audience beaming from ear to ear with satirical quips and hilariously sinister tales." BBC 3 Counties

And they will all be joined by our our headline act - Joe Wells.
"A star of the future... some of the most surprising and thought-provoking material coming from any comedian in his early 20s" The Guardian
"Highly original, inspired and suitably different from the rest of the crowd... brilliantly crafted jokes" Comedy Central

Tickets are now on sale.  Book online at www.scienceoxford.com/live/whats-on.


Thursday 9 January 2014

Bright Club is Back!

Are you a researcher?
Can you turn your work into a short, stand-up comedy set?


Following a sold out inaugural show in Oxford in November 2013, Bright Club Oxford returns in 2014!

Open local researchers and experts from all disciplines - science, arts, humanities - the more the merrier!

• No experience necessary

• Free training is provided (you’ll need to be available on Wednesday 12th February in the evening) - learn tips on how to make your lectures and presentations more engaging, in a fun and friendly environment!

Where?  Jericho Tavern, Walton Street, Oxford
When? Weds 19 March 2014, 7.30pm
For more information and to apply, email brightcluboxford@gmail.com

Audience Tickets can be booked via Science Oxford

Supported by Oxford Brookes University and Science Oxford
In association with The Jericho Tavern