Sustainable Stand Up - Comedy Course

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol48 Issue13 3–7 April 2023

This course is for absolute comedy beginners. It combines the presence and lateral thinking skills of improvisation, as well as craft of making every word count of stand up comedy. This course has been run over 50 times in the world, including four times in Canberra. It has been part of National Science Week twice.  

Participants have included prominent climate scientists, humanitarian workers, Extinction Rebellion activists, corporate social responsibility officers, science communicators, and multiple Masters and PhD students researching ways to solve different environmental and social issues.

Internal company courses have been run by the leadership academy of a global social development organisation in Germany, and with EIT InnoEnergy.

The requirement of participants is a desire and openness to use a compassionate form of humour to get our ideas across.

The dates are:
Online, live and super engaging

Coaching & set refinement week 29 April to 3 May

In-person, live and high energy

 

Show Saturday 20 May, 7 PM,  Smiths Alternative, Canberra

 

Online, live and reflective
Class 7 (Debrief) Thursday 25 May

Class times are 1900-2030 Canberra time, except for the in-person class which is 1800-2100.

More details here here https://www.sustainablestandup.com/#courses.


If you have any questions, please reach out to Belina at connect@maffick.com or Phil at phildooley@gmail.com.


Only 7 places available, so book now.

 

THE TRAINERS

BELINA RAFFY (she/her) is a giggly US-French citizen based in Berlin, Germany. She works with activists, agronomists, climate scientists, filmmakers, sustainability professionals, humanitarian workers, and others to do three things: 1) improvise more effectively for sustainable innovation, 2) align organisations with nature, and 3) learn a loving form of stand up comedy to help people illuminate important issues in ways audiences want to reflect upon and can remember years later.

Belina giggles a lot because she loves what she does.


DR PHIL DOOLEY (he/him)
Phil is a science entertainer, writer and trainer.

He’s written for Cosmos Magazine, New Scientist, the American Institute of Physics and more and has been selected for the Anthology of Best Australian Science Writing three times.

He’s performed his own brand of science, music and comedy in science shows and festivals around the world including Glasgow, Sydney and London.

Part of the time he is manager of communications for ANU Physics. He’s also worked for ANU media office, USyd Physics and at JET nuclear fusion experiment.