Festival Of The Spoken Nerd is the brain child of Helen Arney, Steve Mould and Matt Parker. He’s a bit more about them:
Helen Arney
Thinking that she’d left her geek past behind after graduating in Physics from Imperial College, Helen proved herself wrong when she started writing original and unusually funny songs inspired by science. In May this year she toured the UK in “Uncaged Monkeys”, with Robin Ince, Brian Cox, Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh. Earlier this year Helen was named as one of Dave TV channel’s “Top 10 stand-ups to catch in 2011“
**** “High-class musical comedy with soul, intelligence and wit” (Broadway Baby)
Steve Mould
As well as performing as a stand-up comedian, Steve is the science expert for Blue Peter and one half of sketch double act Mould & Arrowsmith: “Beyond nerdy, yet playful and ingeniously funny… far more entertaining than they have any right to be.” (The List). Steve regularly appears at Cheltenham, Brighton and Newcastle Science Festivals and is also part of Guerilla Science.
Matt Parker
Possibly the only person to hold the prestigious title of London Mathematical Society Popular Lecturer while simultaneously having a sold-out comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Matt is always keen to mix his two passions of mathematics and stand-up. Matt Parker appears regularly on BBC Radio4′s Infinite Monkey Cage and writes about maths for The Guardian. “exponentially funny” (Three Weeks) “not just for maths geeks” (Chortle)
