An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail - The First Draft Sessions

Join one, two or (sometimes) all three of science comedy trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd as they try out nerdy new material, live and under-prepared.

Every month or so they'll be at the Cockpit to present their latest never-before-seen-on-stage ideas, along with a smorgasbord of guest performers also trying out their newest and nerdiest material. 

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event where 80% of the words in the title start with a vowel. Of the 16 unique letters in the title, 31.25% of them are used more than once. If you are enjoying this level of detail, it’s likely that you will also enjoy An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail.

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event hosted by some or all of Festival of the Spoken Nerd: stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve Mould and geek songstress Helen Arney. Each of them have 10 letters in their names. 

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event where scientists, enthusiasts, miscellaneous experts* and/or comedians talk about whatever they want to. By attending this event, you revoke the right to complain that there is too much detail.

*actual experts in miscellany

PLEASE NOTE: All line-ups are subject to change without notice. 

More detail available at:
https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/show/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/

Mondays at 7:00pm 

2025 DATES: 
Please note that the following shows will contain four or five guest acts in the first half, followed by an interval, then an hour-long preview of Matt Parker's new solo stand-up maths show.

24 MARCH
Matt Parker solo show preview plus MC Steve Mould with guests Rebecca Ellis, Matt Hutchinson, Mart Peers, Will Marler and Richard Marshall.
 
23 JUNE
Matt Parker solo show preview plus MC Steve Mould with guests including Zoe Griffiths, Robin Lamboll, Mike Sulu and Dian Cathal.

Past lineups at the Cockpit: 

2024

22 JANUARY: Matt Parker (MC), Steve Mould, Helen Arney, Kwame Asante, Hana Ayoob, Brian Mackenwells, Nathaniel Metcalfe, Heidi Regan, Josh Weller.

11 MARCH: Matt Parker (MC), Steve Mould, Helen Arney, Alexandra Hill, Anu Damale, Harry Baker, Geologise Theatre, Ayliean MacDonald, Shalaka Kurup.

13 MAY: Helen Arney (MC), Steve Mould, Gemma Arrowsmith, Subhadra Das, Roma Agrawal, Meg McGrady, Zoe Morris, Merry Martin, Katie Steckles and Nicole Jacobus.

08 JULY: Matt Parker (MC), Steve Mould, Helen Arney, Bec Hill, Yasmin Ali, Sophie Maclean, Rageshri Dhairyawan, Geoff Marshall and Emily Howling with Ben Collyer.

09 SEPTEMBER: Matt Parker (MC), Steve Mould, Charvy Narain, Elizabeth Mills, Rob Eastaway, Rachel Wheeley, Linus Boman, Jasmine Qureshi and Craig Poku.

11 NOVEMBER: Matt Parker (MC), Steve Mould, Sarah Cosgriff, Hana Ayoob, Sam Hartburn, Rachel Williams, Eric Lampaert. 

2025

13 JANUARY - Helen Arney (MC) with Edy Hurst, Cerys Bradley, Khalil Thirlaway and Goran Newsum and a preview from Matt Parker. 

10 FEBRUARY - Matt Parker solo show preview plus MC Steve Mould with guests Jazmin Scarlett, Gilly Forrester, Mara Reynolds, MJ Hibbett and Robin Hayward.