Laugh in the face of death

Cows kill 20 Americans every year. But you can halve your chance of dying of a heart attack by drinking 8 bottles of wine a week. Laugh in the face of death at the new comedy show “Your Days Are Numbered – the maths of death”, either at the Edinburgh Fringe (Assembly@George Street, 5-30th August) or at the last London previews on July 27th (2.30 and 7.30 pm) at the Cockpit Theatre .

Stand up mathematician Matt Parker (winner of the audience award, FameLab 2009, and warm up act for last year’s RI Christmas lectures) and comedian Timandra Harkness (“a deadly wit” – the Scotsman) will cut through newspaper headlines like “Junk Food kills 40,000” and give you the real lowdown on your odds of dying and how you can lengthen them. With funding from the Wellcome Trust, they're not allowed to just make stuff up.

You have a 0.000043% chance of dying during this show, but at least you will die laughing.