Good Ship Comedy feat. Robin Ince

Robin Ince is many things. A comedian, an author, a broadcaster and a populariser of scientific ideas.The Guardianonce declared him a“becardiganed polymath”which seems about right.

He is probably best known as the co-host of the Sony Gold Award winning BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. He also co-hosts the podcast Book Shambles with Josie Long, An Uncanny Hour and Science Shambles with Dr Helen Czerski, all three of which are a part of The Cosmic Shambles Network, which he also co-created. One of his most recent books, I’m a Joke and So Are You, was described byChortleas“one of the best books ever written about what it means to be a comedian.”

As a stand-up he has toured the world and won three Chortle Awards, the Time Out Outstanding Achievement Award and was nominated for the British Comedy Awards Best Live show.The Guardianonce wrote that,“when someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince”and of his latest showThe Scotsmandescribed it as an“alchemic mix of enthusiasm, knowledge and observation.”

He has created, curated, pioneered and hosted numerous nights mixing science, music and comedy at some of the most celebrated venues around the world from the Hammersmith Apollo and the Royal Albert Hall in London to the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and The Opera House in Wellington. His brainchild Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People continues to sell out theatres every year, over a decade after its first appearance, and in 2022 he embarked on a world tour of arenas with Professor Brian Cox.

He is, with only the scientifically-appropriate amount of doubt, comedy’s finest and funniest intellectual Renaissance man.

Plus support from Keith Farnan, Sharon Wanjohi and MC Ben Van der Velde