LipService present Exploding Women

About Science in the City FestivalTo celebrate Manchester being the first UK city to be designated European City of Science, a free week-long festival (22-29 July) is taking place alongside the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). There are events for all ages including workshops, performances and experiences celebrating the latest developments in science, technology and engineering.

Science in the City Festival

Exploding Women 
13:30 - 14:30
Comedy duo LipService explode the myth of women scientists, exploring the lives of five of Manchester’s finest female boffins: Kathleen Drew, Queen of seaweed, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Rubick's cube expert, Caroline Birley, fossil hunter, Marie Stopes, palaeobotanist  and Dame Margaret Beckett, metallurgist. Goggles on and pipettes prepared for a bumper Bunsen burner of an afternoon, which will make you explode with laughter. Introducing Ali Briggs as Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Manchester’s maths genius who was Deaf from aged 8. This performance is BSL interpreted. Exploding Women is created especially for Manchester Histories Festival and the European City of Science Programme, and funded by the Arts Council England and The Granada Foundation.

Number 70 Oxford St

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