This article originally appeared on The Guardian on 24th July 2015 during the last week of the four week revival of Caryl Churchill‘s The Skriker which was performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre as part of the Manchester International Festival 2015. Caryl Churchill’s postmodern play The Skriker is just about to begin its final week of a sold-out run at… Read more →
The Science and Entertainment Lab’s inaugural film series ‘Playing God: Science and Religion on Screen’ ran from March to May 2015. We screened six films with introductions by a Bishop, a theologian, film scholars, a filmmaker, and historians of science. Our wonderful venue, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF), was busy at every screening. The post-screening discussions were vibrant and… Read more →
I recently presented a talk at a University of Manchester event trying to bridge the (supposed) gap between the arts and sciences. The talk was given in the Pecha Kucha format which requires the presenter to use 20 slides and to spend exactly 20 seconds on each slide. I thought it would be interesting to post this presentation on our… Read more →
Editor’s note: Our Playing God film series got off to a successful start on 5 March with the showing of Bride of Frankenstein. The goal of the film series is to use film as a way to challenge audiences to consider the nature of and connections between science and religion. Often the relationship between science and religion is painted as… Read more →
Of late, the undead and science have become rather familiar (if not unusual) bedfellows, with a host of monsters providing the foundation for some rather quirky public engagement. The Monsters, Microbiology and Mathematics Team – MoMiMa for short – based at Manchester Metropolitan University, have their fair share of experience wrestling werewolves, vilifying vampires and zombie … zombie … well,… Read more →
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