Science talks & science comedy

Sydney Comedy Festival 2023

For information about the Sydney Comedy Festival 2024, please visit this page.

The Science Comedy Program included two cohorts from Sydney in 2023.

Participants featured in the Sydney Comedy Festival (three shows), Science Week (6 shows) and the Fringe Festival (six shows).

Previous participants are listed below. If you’re interested in participating in the program, our EOI form is here.

Sydney Comedy Festival 2023

  • Allegra Angeloni (Garvan Institute)

  • Hannah Kunst (University of Sydney)

  • Lorenzo Logi (UNSW)

  • Amanda Khoury (Garvan Institute)

  • Sally Hurst (Macquarie University)

  • Zoe Xirocostas (UNSW)

  • Paige Erpf (Macquarie University)

  • Marina Ulanova (Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing)

  • Toby Kovacs (University of Sydney)

  • Lachlan Gray (Garvan Institute)

Sydney Fringe & Science Week 2023

  • Aashi Parikh (Macquarie University)

  • Alex Kilby (Macquarie University)

  • Ben Rohald (Flagship.ai)

  • Elisabetta De Simone (Macquarie University)

  • Elizabeth Surovic (UNSW)

  • Ellie Solomons (Arup)

  • Faraidoon Haghdoost (The George Institute for Global Health)

  • Ian Woolf (Diffusion Science Radio)

  • Inna Osmolovsky (Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at UNSW)

  • Jack Wilson (Matilda Centre)

  • Jared Bergman (Vow)

  • Joel Raymond (The University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre)

  • Joshua Karras (UNSW's School of Population Health)

  • Julia Forkgen (Garvan Institute)

  • Kate Gunther (Royal Hospital for Women)

  • Kovi Rose (Sydney Institute for Astronomy)

  • Levi Tegg (The University of Sydney)

  • Marcus Greenwood (UNSW)

  • Narjis Fatima (Garvan Institute

  • Nora Campbell (UNSW)

  • Samantha Burke (UNSW)

  • Saul Wodak (Behavioural Insights Team)

  • Savannah O'Connell (Garvan Institute)

  • Suraj Samtani (Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW)

  • Tanja Rosenqvist (Arup)

  • Taylor Szyszka (The University of Sydney)

  • William Jorgensen (Psylo)