Show Me Your Brain, and I Will Tell You Who You Are

In this research dissemination event, the brain is in the limelight, and the audience can learn about Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and whether personality is visible from images of the brain.

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In The Science Theatre, five different topics on the brain are unfolded to the audience – told via researchers and actors. In this way, lectures are combined with music, theatre and debate, enabling the big questions about our complicated brain to become illuminated.

“Show Me Your Brain, and I Will Tell You Who You Are” 

A science theatre performance that provides insight into the latest brain research. The show brings participants closer to what it means to be a scientist, what the scientist’s own approach to his or hers research is, and which perspectives are applied to this research.

It is the brain that is in the limelight and the audience can learn about Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and whether personality is visible from images of the brain.

In The Science Theatre, five different topics on the brain are unfolded to the audience – told via researchers and actors. In this way, lectures are combined with music, theatre and debate, enabling the big questions about our complicated brain to become illuminated.

Duration: 150 min. incl. pause.

Starring: 6 neuroscientists from Rigshospitalet, two actors, two musicians and one technician.

Manuscript by Dorthe Bille and Dan Schlosser

Directed by Dorthe Bille

Scene Requirements: 10 x 7 meters, 4 meters ceiling height, 400 volt, blackout facilities.

There are received financial support from Elsass Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, Tips and lottery funds, The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.

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