Upcoming SPEAKING gigs

2025

  • GCSE Science Live Bradford | 17th Jan

  • GCSE Science Live Ipswich | 3rd Feb

  • GCSE Science Live Sheffield | 5th March

Selected previous gigs

2024

  • Windermere Science Festival | 11th & 12th May | More info

  • The Infinite Monkey Cage | 14th Oct | Bush Hall, London

  • An Evening of Unnecessary Detail | 20th Oct | The Royal Institution, London

2023

  • Handmade: A Materials and Making Odyssey | Friday 7th July | Museum of Making, Derby

  • Handmade: Why Science Needs Craft | 16th May, 6pm | University of Chester

  • A Materials and Making Odyssey | 9th May, 6pm | The Royal Institution, London

  • Storytime 2 | 26th April, doors 7pm | The Harrison, King’s Cross

  • Storytime | 25th Jan, doors 7pm | The Harrison, King’s Cross

2022

  • Bedtime Stories for Very Young Engineers | 28th October, 10.30am | The Brunel Museum, London

  • Science Showoff | 26th October, 7pm | The Harrison, London

  • Italian launch of Fatto a Mano | 15th October, 7pm | Learning More Festival, Modena, Italy

  • Bedtime Stories for Very Young Engineers | 15th May, 4-6pm | Islington Arts Factory, London (Live, in-person)

  • Sunday Papers Live | 6th March | London

  • Science Live Oxford, Bradford, Brighton and Cambridge | Feb-March | Various locations (Live, in-person)

2021

  • London Materials Society Christmas Lecture | 30th November at 7pm | The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

  • Telling Your Craft Stories | 25th November at 7pm | For the Heritage Crafts Association

  • Finding Meaning Through Making: The Historical and Social Impact of Paper on the LGBTQIA+ Community | 25th November at 12pm | LGBTQIA+ in STEM event for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (Live, Online)

  • Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making | 1st July at 1pm | Edinburgh Science Festival (Pre-record, Online)

  • Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making | 16th June, 1pm | York Festival of Ideas (Live, Online)

  • Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making | 13th May, 7pm | The Royal Institution (Live, Online)

  • Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making | 20th May, 6pm | Fashion and Textile Museum (Live, Online)

  • Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making | 27th April, 6pm | STFC Daresbury Talking Science Public Lectures (Live, Online)

  • The Science of Swimming the English Channel | 11th February, 10am | Northern Ireland Science Festival

2020

  • The Science of Swimming the English Channel | 10th March | Buckinghamshire Federation of the Women’s Institute

  • Worst Foot Forward live podcast recording | 29th February | Vault Festival, London

2019

  • A Merry Science Quizmas | Friday 13th December | The Harrison Pub, Kings Cross

  • Smart Materials at New Scientist Live | 11th October | The Excel Centre, London

  • The Large Stand-Up Collider at Science Museum Lates | Wednesday 26th June | The Science Museum, London

  • Stand-up Science Storytelling | ATOM Festival, Oxfordshire | Saturday 23rd March

  • ‘rial Talk presents Coralie Acheson | Thursday 21st February, 7.30pm | Cherry Red’s Cafe Bar

  • Smart Materials | Monday 18th February | NI Science Festival, Belfast

  • ‘rial Talk presents Roma Agrawal | Thursday 31st January, 7.30pm | The Harrison Bar

2018

  • A Merry Science Quizmas | Thursday 20th December, 7.30pm | The Harrison Bar, London

  • Somewhere Dover the Rainbow – work in progress | Wednesday 14th November | The Harrison Bar, London | SOLD OUT

  • Smart Materials | Friday 28th September | Gravity Fields Festival, Grantham

  • ‘rial Talk Live | Thursday 4th October | The Harrison Bar, London

  • Bright Club Dublin | Tuesday 18th September, 7.30pm | Dublin

  • Smart Materials | Tuesday 4th September | The Future Summit, Norrköping, Sweden

  • Smart Materials | 16th-19th August | Einstein’s Garden at Green Man Festival, Wales

  • Science Showoff at the Edinburgh Fringe | 4th-11th August, 8.45pm | Opium, Cowgate, Edinburgh

  • Smart Materials at The Creative Summit | 19th June | Skelleftea, Sweden

  • Smart Materials | Thursday 7th June, 7:15pm | Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham | SOLD OUT

  • Gastronaut and the Quantum Mechanical Chocolate Factory at the Big Bang Fair Show | 14th – 17th March | NEC, Birmingham

  • Bright Club 10 Year Celebration | Thursday 22nd February, 7pm |Stratford Circus Arts Centre

2017

  • TEDx Youth Conference | Wednesday 8th November | Fallibroome Academy, Manchester

  • What’s Next? book launch | Monday 30th October, 7:30pm | The Royal Institution, London

  • EY Women in Tech Day at The Royal Institution | Wednesday 18th October | The Royal Institution, London

  • The Verb | Friday 22nd September, 10pm | BBC Radio 3

  • Agony Auncles of Science at The Edinburgh Fringe | 9:15pm daily, 21st-26th August | Bar Bados

  • Dr Jiggs Bowson’s Charming Science Friends | 17th-20th August | Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons

  • The Large Stand-up Collider at Science Museum Lates | Wednesday 26th July, 7:30pm | The Science Museum, London

  • Level Up Human | Latitude Festival | Sunday 16th July

  • Science Showoff | Blue Dot Festival | Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June

  • Materials Showoff | The Star of Kings, London | Tuesday 20th June

  • Dr Jiggs Bowson’s Charming Science Friends | Cheltenham Science Festival | Friday 9th June

  • Engineering Showoff All-Stars | The Bloomsbury Theatre | Tuesday 23rd May

  • Hidden Figures Panel | The American Embassy, London | Wednesday 3rd May

  • FameLab UK Final | The Science Museum, London | Wednesday 26th April