Upcoming Gigs
Trick or Treatment at Melbourne International Comedy Festival : 25- 31 March
Big pharma gets a bad rap, but what about big chakra? Could horse de-wormers cure a global pandemic? Can I mainline the placebo effect? Come on a science comedy journey through the wild and weird and occasionally effective world of alternative medicine with Alanta Colley as your test subject.
While we grapple with the daily perils of a life confined within these fragile mortal vessels, it seems entirely sensible to search for any balm that might alleviate our aches, and make us healthier, happier and better at parallel parking. But who do we turn to?
As big pharma gets a bad rap more folk turn to big chakra. But how do we navigate the litany of therapies offering access to ancient wisdom, invisible energy flows, the healing powers of exotic plants, animals and gurus? What is harmless, what is harmful and what does the evidence say? Can science measure the healing powers of alternative medicine? Or is time spent googling clinical trials better spent pursuing influencers on instagram?
Which practitioners genuinely hold the promise for treating some of our most elusive ailments, and which ones are simply profiteering on the infirm and the desperate?
Come on a science comedy journey through the wild and weird and occasionally effective world of alternative medicine with Alanta as your test subject, putting her money where her mouth is and trialling some of the more out there alternative treatments so you don’t have to. This show is not covered by Medicare.
Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate: Natural Selection is over: February 15
Sci fight is a quarterly Science Comedy Debate where scientists and comedians come together to debate serious issues in a ridiculous manner.
This round's topic: Natural Selection is Over
Are we as a species at the end of evolution? Are we now turning to Mother Nature and saying; ‘thanks for the ride lady; we’ve got it from here’? Could future humans be a curated, disease-free, race of super-humans? Will mankind be manufactured? Will baby building become a commodity?
Or are these the hubristic hallucinations of a bunch of self-assured monkeys in white coats? Are the powers of evolution and natural selection far more complex and powerful than we understand? For a species that can’t even wean itself off fossil fuels, is this a future state not even worth entertaining? Does nature always find a way?
Come to Howler for some fermented fruit juice while 6 scientists and comedians entertain this existential quandary.
When:
Thursday February 15, 2024
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Doors open 6.30pm
Where: Howler Bar
7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick VIC 3056