Nine Lessons And Carols For Socially Distanced People

Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People is Robin Ince’s ground-breaking creation, the original variety night mashing up science, comedy, music and more.

This much-loved end-of-year tradition has played to sold-out live audiences for over 15 years, but in 2020 COVID-19 has raised its ugly pandemic head. And so with the live shows unable to go ahead in their usual form, the team behind the shows at The Cosmic Shambles Network were determined to come up with a marvellously unique alternative.

And so they have decided to cram every little bit of creativity and curiosity from all those cancelled events into one phenomenal 24-hour live show! Robin Ince will be there to host this blockbuster of a show for the full 24 hours and audiences will be able to watch live either online from the comfort of their own home or in limited, socially-distanced numbers at Kings Place itself (government guidance permitting). There’ll be plenty of ways for you to be involved to with interactive experiments and competitions as Robin will be joined by a variety of live in person co-hosts mixed with a vast array of incredible guests joining virtually.

Expect to see Brian Cox, Helen Czerski, Josie Long, Chris Hadfield, Helen Sharman, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Jim Al-Khalili, Sharon D Clarke, Guy Pearce, Tanita Tikaram, Chris Jackson, Rachel Parris, Ben Goldacre, Rachel Long and many, many more.

And don’t worry, it’ll still probably overrun.