Bright Club Ireland

Tonight, comedy & science & ideas collide in Cork! Come join us for only a fiver:

Bright Club Cork - October 6th 2023 Bright Club - The Variety Night for Lateral Minds!

One of the highlights of our recent Dublin show was Underthings - Improv sharing the secret & saucy correspondence of P.D. Dunforth and Alice Carstairs:

Underthings - Regency Love Letters Underthings sketch comedy duo talk regency romance and perform the heretofore hidden correspondence, written and painted, between P.D. Dunforth and Alice Car...

This Friday we're back in Cork, the space capital of Ireland! Book now for laughs, science, and the big questions - just a fiver on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-cork-october-6th-2023-tickets-725952341997

We've got a whopper event lined up for Space Week next Friday in Cork! Come see Aidan Greene, Diane O'Connor, Shawn Uyosa Comedian plus space invaders, cybersecurity, and loads more by booking here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-cork-october-6th-2023-tickets-725952341997

We are headed back to Cork for Space Week, and we're so thrilled to have Aidan Greene as our headliner!! Come join us on October 6th for a hilarious evening: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-cork-october-6th-2023-tickets-725952341997

Who starts out in seminary and ends up in environmental law? Andrea Folds, that's who, and you can now watch her thought-provoking set online:

Andrea Folds - Contracts and Big Questions The path from seminary to law to love, from our guide Andrea Folds at Bright Club Dublin on September 12, 2023.Filmed and edited by Mark Cantan.

It's tomorrow! The only comedy night where you can experience authentic* regency love letters courtesy of Underthings - Improv, book now to join us Whelan's: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-september-12th-2023-tickets-708774121477

*not authentic, but funny

Tickets are flying for at Whelan's next week with the hilarious Áine Gallagher headlining! Join us for science, comedy & more next Tuesday: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-september-12th-2023-tickets-708774121477

We're back in Whelan's with the wonderful Aine Gallagher headlining!! Plus a great lineup featuring science, comedy, sketch & more, tickets now online: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-september-12th-2023-tickets-708774121477

Guess who's coming back to Whelan's on September 12th?!

Most researchers have had to sit through safety training, but what happens when the training is what lands you in the hospital? Tony Keene told us the whole story at Bright Club Dublin:

Tony Keene - The Most Dangerous Safety Training Sometimes it isn't the labwork but the safety training that can land you in the hospital, as Tony Keene tells us at Bright Club Dublin on November 22, 2022.F...

It's Friday, and you know what that means: metaethics! It's actually a lot more connected to our daily lives than we think, as Órla Mc Govern explains:

Órla Mc Govern - Meta-ethics and Running for the Bus Órla Mc Govern explains meta-ethics and why small talk matters at Bright Club Galway on November 30th 2022.Filmed and edited by Derek Donlon.

Join us on April 25th with headliner , mc and amazing scientists taking the stage for the very first time!

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Tim Cook owes us all €4361 - to find out why, listen back to this hilarious overview of Ireland's last few decades, from our November show:

Pat Collins - Paddycapitalism Pat Collins tells us why Tim Cook owes him €4361, and what it means for Ireland, at Bright Club Galway on November 30th 2022.Filmed and edited by Mark Cantan.

Why do instruments sound different, and what's so funny about acoustics? Harold Berjamin spoke about the science of sound at our Maths Week Ireland show, and you can now watch his set online:

Harold Berjamin - Here comes the sound Harold Berjamin* tells us about acoustics, the physics of sound, at Bright Club Galway as part of Maths Week 2022.Filmed and edited by Derek Donlon.*HB has r...

Maths has got a lot of weird theorems - hear about the hairy ball theorem and more from Victoria Sánchez Muñoz at our Maths Week Ireland event in October!

Victoria Sánchez Muñoz - The Funniest Theorems Victoria Sánchez Muñoz tells us about the weirdest-named theorems in mathematics, and what they mean, at Bright Club Galway as part of Maths Week 2022.Filmed...

What do math and art have in common? Watch this set from our Maths Week Ireland show and find out!

Rachel Quinlan - Mathematics and Art Dr. Rachel Quinlan talks about pentagons, tiling, and where mathematics and art intersect at Bright Club Galway as part of Maths Week 2022.Filmed and edited ...

What makes live performance different from recorded things like movies? Watch Jessica Keith of Jess's's's deconstruct the idea that 'you had to be there', using phenomenology!

Jessica Keith - Phenomenology Why is live performance a phenomenon? Jessica Keith tells all at Bright Club Dublin on November 22, 2022.Filmed and edited by Mark Cantan.

"I appreciate that many people would prefer to eat ants than do a comedy set. I felt the same until I tried it. The fact is that you are being set up to succeed." Dr. Claire Murray on and live drawing organic chemistry for a new dating app:

Bonding with Comedy This guest post was written by Dr. Claire Murray, who is a project officer with the European Citizen Science Association. I’m still not quite sure why I decided that drawing a comedy set was a good…

Our final show of the year is tomorrow night and the lineup is epic! Comedy, science, history, philosophy, geography and more all brought to you by The Black Gate. Join us for an evening of laughter and learning by booking a ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-galway-november-30-2022-tickets-469058886757

To celebrate our 100th show, Prof Richard Roche turned our October audience into a visual cortex:

Richard Roche - Visualising Vision in the Brain Prof. Richard Roche tells us about his favourite sensory processing system in the brain, and shows us how it works, at Bright Club Dublin on 16 October 2022....

Very few tickets left to our show in Dublin next week! Join us for the only comedy night bringing you scientists and researchers alongside our amazing headliner Colm O'Regan by booking here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-november-22nd-2022-tickets-464939254827

We are back in Galway for our final of the year on November 30th, featuring the brilliant Julie Jay headlining! Join us for comedy, philosophy, history, and science, presented by The Black Gate - tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-galway-november-30-2022-tickets-469058886757

The brilliant Annie Gill is back to host in Whelan's next week! Tickets are going fast, so book today for our signature mix of science, comedy & ideas: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-november-22nd-2022-tickets-464939254827

We are delighted to be back in Whelan's on 22 November with the incredible Colm O'Regan headlining! Join us for science, comedy, philosophy and more by booking a ticket: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-dublin-november-22nd-2022-tickets-464939254827

Galway, we are coming to you Thursday and we are bringing math!!! Come join us in celebrating Maths Week Ireland with stand-up comedy and general silliness, brought to you by The Black Gate! Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-galway-maths-week-special-tickets-433573840027

Our 100th gig tomorrow will be a big bash, featuring comedy, neuroscience, philosophy and more alongside some Bright Club favourites! There's still time to book here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-100-tickets-431576014477

We are celebrating our 100th Bright Club show, live in Whelan's! Join us on October 16th with comedian and activist Diane O'Connor headlining: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bright-club-100-tickets-431576014477

Pretty sure this talk from Gesche Kindermann at our May show has the best title of any talk ever, but also it was very funny. https://youtu.be/-n3cYtvmJos

Gesche Kindermann on Nature and Naturism Why we should value nature, and how to be prepared for anything, from Gesche Kindermann at Bright Club Galway on May 25, 2022.Filmed and edited by Derek Donlon.