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.Subhadra Das speaking into a handheld microphone in front of a screen.
Subhadra Das. © Photo by T. Montalbano.

What you’ll do 

Sometimes you have to laugh. Join our performers for an evening of stand-up comedy as they share their vital, personal and hilarious takes on social justice and inequality. You’ll hear how, in a time of cultural wars and identity politics, these play out in our everyday lives.

Our café will become a comedy club for the evening, serving drinks and snacks.  

The performances will be unscripted and are likely to use strong language and references to identity-based discrimination. We recommend that this event is for visitors over the age of 18.

There will be a Chill-Out Room available if you’d like to lie down or relax. There will be low lighting, comfortable seating, cushions and mats throughout the room. You can make use of ear defenders, earplugs, board games and materials with different textures.

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll be in our café, which is to the right of the entrance on level 0.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2

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About your contributors

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Subhadra Das

Host

Subhadra Das is a writer and historian who looks at the relationship between science and society, and what those histories mean for our lives today. For nine years, she was Curator of the Science Collections at University College London, where she was also Researcher in Critical Eugenics at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. Her research centres around critical approaches to the history of science, particularly race science and eugenics, along with the history of museums, particularly the colonial history of natural history museums. She has written and presented podcasts, curated museum exhibitions, done stand-up comedy and regularly appears on radio and television.

Hana Ayoob

Performer

Hana Ayoob is a comedian, illustrator and science communicator who has spoken at Cheltenham Science Festival, the Crick Institute, the Natural History Museum and more. In her continuing quest to understand the world around and within us, Hana has co-hosted the science and tech podcast ‘Why Aren’t You a Doctor Yet?’, illustrated a range of science and maths books, and taken to the stage to discuss everything from invasive species and overlooked fungi to air pollution and theoretical physics.

Photograph of a woman with short hair and glasses blowing up a balloon ad holding a stage microphone.

Cerys Bradley

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Performer

Cerys Bradley is an award winning comedian, writer and podcaster. Their debut Edinburgh Fringe show, Sportsperson won the first ever Neurodiverse Review Award for Actually Autistic Excellence and received a 5 star review. They have featured in the Guardian, the Metro and the National Wales. They make alternative comedy (involving puppets and games and props and costumes) about their experience of being non-binary and autistic.

Jess Thom

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Performer

Artist, activist and part-time superhero, Jess Thom co-founded Touretteshero in 2010 as a creative response to her experience of living with Tourette’s syndrome. She has written in the mainstream and disability press, including the Guardian, the Observer and Disability Now, and has been a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow.