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Matt Parker
Matt Parker

Matt Parker

  • Australian
  • Stand-up comedian

Press clippings Page 2

You Can't Polish A Nerd review

The show concluded with a fantastic finale, which combined green screens, the Droste Effect and Escher paintings.

Georgia Grace, The Badger, 14th November 2017

Festival of the Spoken Nerd review

Gleeful giddy fun with the peerless - and peer reviewed - science trio.

Andrew Allen, The Latest, 6th November 2017

Festival of the Spoken Nerd review

Overall this was a good, entertaining show: it's certainly clever, although not as funny as it thinks it is but it is still a good night out. You don't have to be a nerd to enjoy it but it certainly would help.

Matt Forrest, The Reviews Hub, 24th October 2017

Matt Parker makes petition to change road sign shape

Mathematician Matt Parker, part of the Festival Of The Spoken Nerd science/comedy group, has set up a petition to "Update the UK Traffic Signs Regulations to a geometrically correct football." It has reached 18,243 signatures meaning it will receive a response from government (at 100,000 signatures petitions are considered for debate in parliament).

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th October 2017

Interview: Steve Mould, Matt Parker and Helen Arney

A chat with Festival of the Spoken Nerd.

Alice Carr, Fresh Fringe, 11th August 2015

Matt Parker: finding comedy in numbers

Hannah Collisson speaks to teacher turned comedian Matt Parker about finding the funny side to figures.

Hannah Collisson, Brighton Argus, 7th February 2015

Interview - "stand-up mathematician" Matt Parker

Matt Parker is using comedy nights to preach maths to big audiences.

Simon Usborne, The Independent, 30th October 2014

Interview: Festival Of The Spoken Nerd

Made up of Helen Arney, Matt Parker and Steve Mould, Festival Of The Spoken Nerd is in town for the Brighton Science Festival.

Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 20th February 2014

This week's new live comedy

A look at David Hoyle & Richard Thomas, Trevor Noah and Matt Parker.

James Kettle, The Guardian, 1st December 2012

Video: Comics regale skeptics with tales

Stand-up comedians Helen Keen and Matt Parker perform for Skeptics in the Pub at the Monarch in Camden on 23 December.

The Guardian, 21st January 2011

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