Powerpoint Karaoke
Fri 4 Aug | Sat 5 Aug
9pm
FREE
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Central Gallery
Experience: Connect | Free | Interactive | Performance
Themes: Conversation Starter | Fact Finding | Mind Blowing
Access: Seated Option | Wheelchair Access
Back by Popular Demand
Hosted by Hobart’s own Rob Braslin, PowerPoint Karaoke is designed to test your scientific and comedic prowess. The rules are simple: Contestants take to the stage to convincingly present a deck of randomly assorted PowerPoint slides they have never seen before, giving a “talk” on a topic chosen by the audience. The stage will be open to anyone and everyone who thinks they’ve got what it takes to pull off the ultimate performance of “Winging It”.
Winner gets the most coveted prize of all- a cheap plastic trophy and bragging rights! All contestants get a free Moo Brew beer
The Beaker Street Festival Hub at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a pop-up science bar, a parlour of curiosities, an inn for inquiring minds. If you’ve never explored TMAG after dark, here’s your chance.
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Rob Braslin is a murri who loves to perform stand up comedy, act and write.
Rob started doing stand up comedy in 2013 and has been a regular on the small but strong scene in nipaluna ever since and has opened for Australia’s biggest comedy acts including, Hannah Gadbsy, Luke McGregor, Matt Okine, Fiona O’Loughlin and Steph Tisdell.
For his performance at Deadly Funny, the Aboriginal comedy competition during the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Rob was awarded a runner up spot.
Rob isn’t only passionate about performing but also seeing his local comedy scene grow. He has been producing sell out shows through CULT Comedy for over 8 years. He runs regular monthly rooms Cheeky Comedy at Grinners and Dimple at Simple at The Simple Complex plus some one-off nights that pop up at various venues all around town!
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Located on Hobart’s historic waterfront, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is the second oldest museum in Australia. The museum incorporates more than 2,000 square metres of public and exhibition spaces with a rich blend of permanent collections, touring and temporary exhibitions and special displays.
Eat and drink
The Festival Hub at TMAG will have a range of excellent local food and drink options, catering for everyone. Plan to eat dinner at the Hub! Why would you go anywhere else?
Accessibility
There is level access to all public areas of our site and elevators are available for movement between levels. Loan wheelchairs are also available from the Visitor Information desk. For particular accessibility concerns please contact [email protected]
The entrance to TMAG is via Dunn Pl, which includes a carpark. TMAG is down from the corner of Macquarie Street and Campbell Street and the corner of Davey Street and Campbell Street.
There is an info booth to the right of the pathway as you go to enter TMAG. This info booth is staffed by Beaker Street Festival volunteers who have programs and know the layout of the festival. Behind the info booth, in the Welcome Garden to the left of the museum there is a light installation by Duncan Meerding.
As you enter TMAG there is a food truck called Chan Bao on your left selling bao and hot chips. Once you’ve entered through the gates there is a large tent to your left with music and the main bar- at the bar you can get wine, beer, hot cider and a raspberry and peach cocktail.
Straight past the tent you can turn left to go to the Bondstore Basement to see the CoLab exhibition and hear stories about Wardian Cases. You can continue straight there are three steps up onto the veranda which take you to the automatic doors which are the entry to the main museum building. Or turn right to use the ramp up onto the veranda
Once you go up the ramp the Fab Coats and Merch are on your right, your next right are the glass doors to the cafe and straight ahead are the Migrant Resource Centre doing a vegan soup, malaysian arancini and curry puffs. Follow the veranda to the left and turn right after the dinosaur to gain entry into the main museum
One inside the glass automatic doors the front desk is to your left with cloaking and information. Continue straight down the ramp and turn left to get to the lifts and toilets, including accessible. Or turn right to go up two flights of stairs to get to level 1
Level one has another info booth, and the entry to the central gallery.
Central Gallery is straight ahead from the lifts, one in the central gallery the Roving Scientist Bar and Speakers Tables is immediately on your right. The Science Photography Prize is on your left along the silver wall. There is a band stage straight ahead with jazz bands playing all night, and in the centre right hand wall is the stage with Powerpoint Karaoke at 9pm and live dissections during the night.
You leave the Central Gallery the same way you came in and straight ahead in are the stairs up to the Lab- workshops until 8:30 then a theatre performance called Spaceclock1 from 8:30-9pm- and the Speakers Lounge- short scientific talks. You can also access the Lab and the Speakers Lounge via the lift, go to level 2.
On Level 2 there is also a bar selling cans of beer and glasses of wine.