Sponsored by: The Royal Institute of Philosophy and The University of Kent<\/p>\n
Can we joke about anything? \u00a0How useful is comedy to protest? \u00a0What is it to ‘punch up’ and ‘punch down’? \u00a0Is there a cancel culture in comedy, and what does that even mean?<\/p>\n
Comedians meet Philosophers in a meeting of minds live on stage!<\/p>\n
Fri 19 – Sat 20 May 2023<\/p>\n
Performances!\u00a0 Talks and Debates!\u00a0 Live Q&A Panels!\u00a0 Tours of Kent\u2019s Stand-Up Comedy Archive!<\/p>\n
Analysing comedy is said to be like dissecting a frog: nobody cares and the frog dies.<\/p>\n
“This ideas festival will be a great opportunity to hear comedians and philosophers get together to talk about comedy and free speech, the role of persona in performance and much more. \u00a0It’ll be a lot of fun. \u00a0My only worry is that the philosophers will try too hard to be funny and fall flat on their face. \u00a0Although that would be funny in itself.”\u00a0 – Organiser, Simon Kirchin<\/a><\/p>\n Open to all!<\/p>\n Including:<\/p>\n \u2026and many more comedians and philosophers<\/p>\n\n