Edinburgh Fringe

Alex doesn't want to be a scientist anymore. As a teen, she dreamed of curing brain cancer. Years later, while completing her PhD, her mom was diagnosed with the same cancer she spent her youth studying. This work-in-progress show follows Alex's highs and lows through her career in science - getting inducted into a scientific secret society! Using sex to cope with grief! Coming to terms with experimenting on mice! Alex weaves together her experience of grief with dark and candid humor, highlighting the complex intertwining of professional expertise and personal experience.