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Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends as they return to the Royal Institution for another science and comedy variety night!
An Evening of Unnecessary Detail brings stand-up, science and songs together in a single Venn diagram. With sell-out shows across the UK and over a million podcast downloads, it’s the night where scientists and/or comedians get to talk about fascinating things in outrageous detail.
An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event where 80% of the words in the title start with a vowel. Of the 16 unique letters in the title, 31.25% of them are used more than once, and the show will be exactly 10,800 seconds long.
Hosted by the Festival of the Spoken Nerd, the event will be hosted by some or all of the crew: Matt Parker, Steve Moul, and Helen Arney.
Line-up of performers is subject to change without notice.
This event is suitable for adults and older teens
Doors to the museum and bar will be open from 6.00pm. The event will run from 7.00pm until 10.00pm.
There will be an interval during the show, during which extra activities will be available the bar will also be open.
Line up:
Matt Parker, Steve Mould and Helen Arney, Fran Scott, Sophie Maclean, Dan Plane.
Please note that the scheduled line-up is subject to change without notice.
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Event image by Mihaela Bodlovic