Robert Newman's New Theory Of Evolution
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Thu 17 October 2013 // 20:00
Fri 18 October 2013 // 20:00
(Thursday 17 - Friday 18 October / 8pm / £10 advance only, no tickets on the door)
Comedian, journalist, novelist and activist Rob Newman makes a hotly anticipated return to comedy with his first complete show in seven years.
Rob describes the 150-year controversy in evolutionary theory and explores how the latest science demonstrates that DNA is not destiny. From a Devil's Orchard made by lemon ants, to female buffalo voting which way to go, from Prince Kropotkin escaping a Tsarist dungeon to altruistic vampire bats and Richard Dawkins' postman wrestling naked, Rob Newman argues that cooperation drives evolution more than competition.
Rob said: "Natural history is so full of freaky facts that when you tackle the complexity, you find that there is a wealth of detail, oodles of oddity which lend themselves to comedy."
In the past 20 years, Rob has performed five solo stand-up shows, including From Caliban to The Taliban (500 Years of Humanitarian Intervention) in 2003, and Apocalypso Now (2005), which was recorded and aired by More4 under the title A History of Oil. He has also written regularly for The Guardian and Vice magazine, and produced four novels, his most recent being The Trade Secret (2013). His TV and radio credits include Robert Newman's History of Oil (More4), History of the World Backwards (BBC Four), Newman & Baddiel In Pieces (BBC Two) and The Mary Whitehouse Experience (BBC Two).
Comedian, journalist, novelist and activist Rob Newman makes a hotly anticipated return to comedy with his first complete show in seven years.
Rob describes the 150-year controversy in evolutionary theory and explores how the latest science demonstrates that DNA is not destiny. From a Devil's Orchard made by lemon ants, to female buffalo voting which way to go, from Prince Kropotkin escaping a Tsarist dungeon to altruistic vampire bats and Richard Dawkins' postman wrestling naked, Rob Newman argues that cooperation drives evolution more than competition.
Rob said: "Natural history is so full of freaky facts that when you tackle the complexity, you find that there is a wealth of detail, oodles of oddity which lend themselves to comedy."
In the past 20 years, Rob has performed five solo stand-up shows, including From Caliban to The Taliban (500 Years of Humanitarian Intervention) in 2003, and Apocalypso Now (2005), which was recorded and aired by More4 under the title A History of Oil. He has also written regularly for The Guardian and Vice magazine, and produced four novels, his most recent being The Trade Secret (2013). His TV and radio credits include Robert Newman's History of Oil (More4), History of the World Backwards (BBC Four), Newman & Baddiel In Pieces (BBC Two) and The Mary Whitehouse Experience (BBC Two).