Unmasked: The Comedy of Change
Videos
A collection of short films about The Comedy of Change are on the video wall »
Sky Arts video including footage of Stephen Keynes, Mark Baldwin and Cherie Lunghi »
View Professor Nicky Clayton's Bird Tango video on the University of Cambridge website »
The science behind the dance
The Comedy of Change is a collaborative dance work created to honour the bicentennial of
Charles Darwin's birth and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his influential book
On the Origin of Species. View the videos or read The Themes.
Darwin's theories of natural and sexual selection and the nature of change provided inspiration for the work and each of the collaborators came to their own artistic conclusions when dealing with the subject, as change affects all aspects of the world we live in. The Comedy of Change is inspired by scientific principles but is abstract and does not set out to explain or literally represent these ideas.
Guest speakers
At each venue throughout the Comedy of Change Tour there is the opportunity to hear a scientist talk about the science behind The Comedy of Change.
The pre-performance talks are free, for ticket holders only and begin an hour before the evening performance on the following dates (plus during the matinée where stated):
4 February at Theatre Royal Brighton with Dr. Jonathan Storkey, Rothamsted Research.
12 February at Theatre Royal, Glasgow with Thomas Meagher, University of St. Andrews.
18 February at Festival Theatre, Edinbugh with Dr. Cathy Southworth, University of Edinburgh.
26 February at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
11 March, and also during the Insight Matinée 11 March, 1pm,
at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold with Dr. Matthew Cobb, The University of Manchester
22 April at Theatre Royal, Newcastle with Dr. Phil Smith, Teacher Scientist Network, John Innes Centre
29 April, and also during the Insight Matinée 29 April, 2pm, at Sheffield Lyceum Theatre with Professor Tim Birkhead, The University of Sheffield
Image credit: Reconstruction of Charles Darwin aged 16 -18, developed by Elisabeth Daynès for the Gulbenkian Foundation exhibition Darwin's Evolution. © 2009 Photo: S. Plaille/ E. Daynès - Reconstruction Atelier Daynès Paris