LIVE SHOWS COMING UP
SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER: “The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade”, Cambridge
Songs from my musical about Hertha Ayrton, performed at the Whipple Museum as part of Open Cambridge (free – just turn up! Details here)
SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER: “The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade”, Southampton
A full concert version of my musical about Hertha Ayrton, performed at Mayflower Studios as part of the British Science Festival (free tickets here)
MONDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2026: MathsWorld
A rare solo gig, supporting Pseudorandom Ensemble (tickets and info)
SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER: “An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail”, Royal Institution
The science comedy variety night returns to the Ri (tickets)
WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER 2026: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Digital Concert
I’m hosting another Digital Concert for BSO, live from Lighthouse in Poole, and available on demand afterwards (Concert details – Digital Series details)
THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Royal Society
A live recording of the science history podcast, all about Hertha Ayrton (available online soon after)
MONDAY 30th NOVEMBER: “An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail”, Cambridge Theatre, London
Back on the West End with another huge edition of the science comedy variety night (tickets)
WATCH AND LISTEN RIGHT NOW
ON BBC IPLAYER: Christmas University Challenge
You can still watch me doing my best to buzz in on iPlayer, representing my old university Imperial College London. (details)
ON BBC SOUNDS: More Or Less
Listen to my version of Tom Lehrer’s Elements featuring only Rare Earths on Tim Harford’s Radio 4 statistics show (listen from 20 minutes)
I’m spending most of my time working on musical theatre projects at the moment, so there’s not too many of my own live gigs in the diary right now. If you don’t want to miss out on anything, join my mailing list to get updates about gigs, album releases, TV and radio appearances and more. You’ll get a secret folder full of free songs and a discount code when you subscribe!
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