Clopen Mic Night #5: The Power of Five will take place on Thursday 1st May from 8-9pm (UK time). You will be able to watch the show live or watch a recording of the show for a limited time on the Clopen Mic YouTube channel.
The show is free to watch, but we support our performers and pay our behind-the-scenes team for their work, so if you’d like to make a contribution - for example, as much as you’d pay for a ticket to a show - you can do so at any time by visiting ko-fi.com/clopenmicnight or paypal.me/tmipuk.
A list of all our past shows, with links to line-ups can be found here.
Line-up for Clopen Mic Night #5: The Power of Five
Sophie Maclean
Sophie is a mathematician who talks about maths to school children all over the UK and beyond. She is also one of the editors of Chalkdust Magazine.
Mats Vermeeren
Mats Vermeeren is a research fellow and lecturer based at Loughborough University. His research sits in the intersection of mathematics and physics. He likes to talk about mathematics of everyday phenomena, such as ducks or rainbows, but also enjoys the challenge of unpacking more abstract topics.
Christopher James
Christopher James is a maths teacher in South London whose favourite programming language is Microsoft Excel. He is particularly interested in (ab)using technology to help people understand concepts, the History of Mathematics, and antique calculators.
Pseudorandom Ensemble
Pseudorandom Ensemble is a mathematically-inspired musical combo who are experimenting with the form of online collaborative musical performances and exploring what it means to be normal. Our members change from show to show; at Clopen Mic Night you’ll see Colin Beveridge, Gavan Fantom, Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Martin Harris and Sam Hartburn. Between us we have 2 PhDs, 6 degrees (unless you count PhDs as degrees as well, in which case it's 8), 7 pets (unless you count robot vacuum cleaners) and an unverified number of piano keys. Counting things is hard.
Yolanda Ohene
Yolanda Ohene is a neuroimaging scientist at The University of Manchester and a Fellow of The Berlin Institute for Advanced Studies (2024/2025), where maths helps her to develop new MRI techniques to image the brain. Outside of the lab, Yolanda is a keen science communicator speaking at science festivals, schools and comedy nights. She has featured on the BBC Tomorrow's World Live, given talks at The Royal Institution, Green Man festival and Katowice Science festival. At Clopen Mic Night, she'll be talking about imaging our insides. When Yolanda's not talking science, you'll find her dancing or rollerskating somewhere in Manchester!Sign up below to receive an email reminder shortly before our next event.