Chef robots, piano-playing robots, actor robots, even robots that can respond naturally to conversation, pull faces and tell jokes. 1001 Inventions brought them together from around the world for a huge robotics and artificial intelligence festival in Kuwait in February 2020. To set the scene and wow the sold-out audience, the team wanted a live…
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I retold Whitby Abbey’s legends and myths to help new English Heritage audiences explore this unique location famous for its Dracula links. Hear one of the stories here – the tale of the first English poet.
Whitby Abbey’s magnificent ruins tower above the North Yorkshire coastline. Nuns and monks first lived on the site in the seventh century, and finally left when King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, nine hundred years later. Over an even longer sweep of time, however, this clifftop place has inspired stories – from sunny and playful, to…
Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry: scripting an interactive science show for the launch of UNESCO’s International Year of the Periodic Table in Paris
I worked with chemist Andres Tretiakov and the team at 1001 Inventions to write an interactive script full of action and live demonstrations, Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry. A wonderful team of actors performed the show at UNESCO headquarters in Paris for the launch of the International Year of the Periodic Table in front of hundreds of children from surrounding schools.…