Since its launch at Brunel University the Centre for Comedy Studies Research has been exploring all kinds of comedy themed subjects, most recently the centre hosted the comedy event Live at Brunel on the River Thames.
Now the Centre for Comedy Studies Research and Big Difference Productions will be packing their bags as they head up to Scotland for the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival for 'Beyond a Joke? Comedy, Culture and the Public'. This is a five day seminar series exploring controversial issues facing comedy today. Join guest speakers John Roberts, Sam Friedman, Peter Wilkin, Leon Hunt and Sharon Lockyer in debate this August.
This is a series of exciting talks by leading Comedy Studies researchers on the big and controversial issues in the comedy industry, including comedy and free speech, the dynamics of comedy taste and the relationship between comedy and disability.
The seminars will take place on the following dates:
Wednesday 13th August: 11.10am – 12.10pm
Laughing about Free Speech: How Humour Helps Free Speech Thrive in Public Spaces
John Roberts (Brunel University London)
Thursday 14th August: 11.10am – 12.10pm
‘Working’ For Your Laughter: The Rise of the British Comedy Snob
Sam Friedman (City University London)
Friday 15th August: 11.10am – 12.10pm
Finding the Funny in Disability: Comedy and Disability on the British Comedy Circuit
Sharon Lockyer (Brunel University London) and Geoff Rowe BEM (Big Difference Company)
Saturday 16th August: 11.10am – 12.10pm
Kicking Against the Pricks: The Satirical Wisdom of Tory Anarchism
Peter Wilkin (Brunel University London)
Sunday 17th August 11.10am – 12.10pm
From Royston Vasey to Number 9: The Dark Comedy of Pemberton and Shearsmith?
Leon Hunt (Brunel University London)
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