23rd, 24th & 25th May | 8-10pm | £6 advance tickets
Who sent the first tortoise into space?
What percentage of Americans believe they can beat a bear in unarmed combat?
Which 80s power ballad did Andrew Lloyd Webber call the greatest love song ever written?
What’s the easiest way to make a tapir fall over?
These questions and more will be answered at The Slide Show Must Go On, a whimsical tour of pop culture and politics driven by an unhealthy obsession with PowerPoint. Your hosts, Ben Bailey and Chris Parkinson, present a series of illustrated talks with different bizarro topics every night.
This brilliant Brighton Fringe event features new and expanded talks that delve into their topics to turn up a wealth of intriguing and hilarious minutiae. Each talk concludes with a Q&A and the opportunity to put your hosts on the spot.
“Ben Bailey and Chris Parkinson make a perfect double act, combining the best elements of stand-up with weird, funny and fascinating PowerPoint lectures. Who wouldn’t want to know more about tapirs and board games called Baconopoly??”
“Chris Parkinson - Famous Poet and Ben Bailey have both given awesome talks at the Bavard Bar, on topics as diverse as the eating habits of politicians, Tintin, board games and zines. The prospect of a double-act from them is salivating. Check this event out and get along if you can, you’ll be in for a visual and audible treat.”