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“Soak up the sun and to hell with skin cancer!”
Friday 7th August | 3pm-4pm| Venue 372 - The Stand in the Square|
Tickets: £8 (7) @ www.edfringe.com and www.thestand.co.uk
Does being a good dermatologist make you a bad doctor? We are all advised to slap on the
factor 50 and take care in the sun due to the risks of skin cancer but is the sun really bad for
you? Join the debate.
Edinburgh University Dermatologist Dr Richard Weller, follows on from his TED talk and
appearance on “Trust me, I’m doctor”, to explore the health benefits of sunlight and how
these may outweigh the risks.
“Soak up the sun and to hell with skin cancer” is part of a series of shows focused
around provocative statements and debate - The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. The
cabaret is a compilation of 24 interactive shows where challenging questions are posed and
answers are sought. It is curated by the Beltane Public Engagement Network, produced by
Fair Pley and compared by Comedienne Susan Morrison. The audience is encourage to
speak up and shake the grey matter while debating with some of Scotland’s fiercest
intellectuals.
Dr Richard Weller is a senior lecturer in Dermatology at the University of Edinburgh. His two areas of
study are the role of NO in human skin physiology and the role of skin barrier function deficiencies in
atopic disease.
Full Programme for the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas available below and at
http://codi.beltanenetwork.org/codi-2015/the-shows/ (see attached brochure for more details).
Contact Lucy Gibbons: codi@beltanenetwork.org for any queries or more information.
Date
Title
Performers
Fri 7
Soak up the sun and to hell with skin
cancer!
Richard Weller
Sat 8
Hearing loss or deaf gain?
Jemina Napier, Noel O’Connell
Sun 9
GM bacteria could save your life
Clare Taylor
Mon 10
Cervical cancer – you’re history!
Sarah Howie, Heather Cubie
Tue 11
Scotland in six swallies
Susan Morrison
Wed 12
Stop brushing your teeth!
Jan Clarkson
Thu 13
Women, science is still not for you!
Pam Cameron, Clare Taylor
Fri 14
Let’s turn on the smart light
Yunlu Wang, Aravind Venugopalan
Sat 15
Not so native now
Antonella Sorace
Sun 16
Alas, poor Darwin..?
Kate Cross, Lewis Dean
Mon 17
Fashion and the selfie
Mal Burkinshaw
Tue 18
Whose face is it anyway?
Felicity Mehendale
Wed 19
The hidden world of functional disorders
Jon Stone
Thu 20
Wild, Scottish and free
Ian Edwards
Fri 21
Skating on thin ice
Lorna Street, Phil Wookey
Sat 22
Swords into ploughshares
Jolyon Mitchell, Lesley Orr
Sun 23
The cocaine conspiracy
Karina Banda, Julieth Serrano and
Maria Fernanda- Torres
Mon 24
The war on drugs is harmful
Stephen Lawrie
Tue 25
Hug a thug
Lesley McAra and Susan McVie
Wed 26
Back to the statistical future!
Nicola Osborne, Helen Aiton
Thu 27
The Great British Brain Off
Alan Gow
Fri 28
What if Lance Armstrong had the right
idea?
Derek Ball
Sat 29
Computers are only for geeks
Karen Petrie
Sun 30
Edinburgh should ban students
Mary Bownes