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“I’m writing a song about angry fruit flies” – An interview with Helen Arney from Festival of the Spoken Nerd

Arney talks fax machines and life on the road ahead of her comedy troupe’s sold-out Southampton debut.

Originally published in The Edge

Festival of the Spoken Nerd, the acclaimed science-centric comedy trio of Matt Parker, Steve Mould, and Helen Arney, is currently undertaking a third nationwide tour with their latest show Just For Graphs after a successful 25-show run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ahead of their sold-out debut in Southampton at the Nuffield Theatre on November 15th, I spoke with Helen about PhD students doing comedy skits, how the trio got together, and the world of fax machines in 2015. Continue reading ““I’m writing a song about angry fruit flies” – An interview with Helen Arney from Festival of the Spoken Nerd”