Work is Interdisciplinary
Adam Booth and Dick Bonham recorded 27/01/22
Dr Adam Booth, works at the University of Leeds where he is Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics. Roughly translated, someone who looks underground for buried things, without having to dig them up. Dr Booth researches in this field, and also trains students in the art of seeing through the soil. One of his main branches of research is in glaciology, understanding how glaciers will evolve with climate warming. But it's not only a science challenge that Dr Booth is confronting - it's also that of public engagement.
This is where Quantum Sauce was born - a public engagement project that helps build a bridge between university researchers and the general public.
Hosted at Farsley's Constitutional Club, Quantum Sauce blends science with stand-up, and gets academics talking to people in the comfort of their own pub.
Dick Bonham is Co-Director of Trouble at Mill Events Ltd and runs two venues in Farsley - The Constitutional (www.theconstitutional.co.uk) - home of Quantum Sauce! - and the Old Woollen (www.oldwoollen.co.uk).
Dick’s background is in theatre - both as a producer with LittleMighty and with various directing jobs over the years. Dick is an experienced director and dramaturg. He was dramaturg on The Book of Darkness & Light, Shivers. He directed Upon the Stair. His other work includes directing Dan Bye’s Fringe First Award winning Going Viral, as well as previous pieces The Price of Everything and How to Occupy An Oil Rig.
Other projects include Matthew Bellwood's An Icy Man and Emma Decent's Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth. He wrote and directed Sometimes We Play's We Can Be Heroes (national tour 2015), wrote Common Chorus Theatre's If I Say Jump, and is currently collaborating with Simon Brewis on The Ghost of Stolen Summer, commissioned by Harrogate Theatre and premiering in 2022.
To find out more about LittleMighty go to: https://littlemighty.co.uk/about/
To find out more about Quantum Sauce go to https://theconstitutional.co.uk/tv-lounge
Or follow them on Twitter @Quantum_Sauce
Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/quantum_sauce/
