Winner of 'Best Solo Comedy' award
Futurology Live! was first performed in July 2007 at Buxton Fringe Festival.
Fringe Review - Stephanie Billen
When Matt Pritchard completed his PhD in atomic physics I bet his university tutors never imagined it would be put to such an extraordinary use. For Buxton's Matt Pritchard, I can reveal, is the creative force behind this wonderful comedy show featuring an earnest young professor, Dr Johnny Façade, who entertains and enlightens his audience with a science lecture laced with demonstrations, magic tricks and even a time travel machine…
Façade offers several 'ponder points' to help us digest all this and his lecture is expertly illustrated with moving diagrams and footage of his somewhat bewildered work colleagues. Best of all are the audience experiments whereby Derren Brown-like mind-reading leads to some genuinely impressive magic tricks, not that Dr Façade would be happy to have them described as such.
I could tell you more about the Time Trumpet of Dr Façade's Top Ten Future Predictions, but I urge you to enroll at his classes and discover it all for yourself. Prepare to be dazzled and amused, particularly when a hairy egg is sent careering through space and time in a live teleportation test... It is all good fun - your children may well enjoy it too - and there is even a hint of real science and philosophy in there too. In the incontrovertible words of Dr Façade, be warned: 'Your future could be harmful to your health...'
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