UK comedian and evangelical atheist Paul Warnes discusses some of the most fascinating and challenging concepts from the worlds of science and philosophy, delivering theories on the nature of our existence. "If God made the world, why did She make the math so complicated?" Warnes explores the questions, "What make us human?" "What is reality?" "If there is an all-powerful, all-knowing and benevolent God, how can we explain the existence of fossils, the Big Bang and Justin Beiber?" Hilarious, provocative, intelligent and educational all at once. A regular headliner on the Australian comedy circuit, Paul Warnes has a reputation for delivering intelligent, thought-provoking and devastatingly funny routines to all manner of audiences. The performance explores how ideas form and propagate, touches on Quantum physics and glances towards world religions with a slightly worried look on its face. Paul says, "I've heard so many times that comedy acts have to be pitched at the intellect of a 6-year-old. That insults Australian audiences. Is this the last taboo of comedy? Many people want to hear jokes about Quantum Physics and Meme theory. Of course there'll still be dick gags _x0013_ there has to be, in accordance with union regulations!" What they say: "As soon as Paul arrives on stage he lights up the room. He has a commanding stage presence, and chances are one day he is going to steal my job. Bastard!" _x0013_ Wil Anderson (Comedian and Broadcaster) "Smart has many definitions... and Paul Warnes suits them all!" _x0013_ Tommy Dean (Comedian and Broadcaster) "Brit-born Paul Warnes's Hartlepool accent has become as subdued as his suit and tie and this subtle camouflage allows him enough cover to take a careful bead on the audience and deliver cracking shots seemingly out of the urbane blue." _x0013_ Daily Telegraph 24 Aug 2009 "a commanding intellectual and cerebral comedian", - Australian Stage, Aug 2009 "Even his world-weary north-of-England accent sounds sort of square, calculated to render a person helplessly unprepared for the stampeding horde of scantily clad Tartars he unleashes three seconds into his act. By scantily clad Tartars, we of course mean jokes, about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (what else?), the sexual compensations of weighing 135kg, mothers-in-law, and wives so fantastically shrewish they bond with sharks." www.rhum.org.au January 2010
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