The Provocateurs: Women can’t be doctors? / Birthing bravery

The Provocateurs: Women can’t be doctors? / Birthing bravery

Fringe

Thursday 20 August 2026

  • Price

    £10.00 to £12.00

  • Doors:

    17:25

  • Starts:

    17:35

  • Finishes:

    18:35 approx

  • Duration:

    60 mins approx

  • Age

    14 And Above

Tickets

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£12.00 approx. £12.80 with fees
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£10.00 approx. £10.80 with fees
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£10.00 approx. £10.80 with fees
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Please note, unless otherwise stated, all of our performances are strictly over 18s only

The Provocateurs: Women can’t be doctors? / Birthing bravery

As the Edinburgh Medical School turns 300, Professor Roger Jeffery (The University of Edinburgh) asks why women were excluded. Why was there such a long gap from the first efforts to gain admission in 1869 to success in 1916?

The future is created through childbirth. Dr Rosie Townsend (The University of Edinburgh) races through time to learn how bravery in birth got us here, and how new technology will shape safer births in the future.

Part of the Edinburgh Medical School’s 300th Anniversary.

14+ must be accompanied by an adult.

ALL SEATING IS UNRESERVED AND LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED



Tickets are supplied by The Provocateurs, the event organiser. The Stand Comedy Club acts as a disclosed ticket agent and processes payment on behalf of the organiser. Click here to find out more

Venue Details

Stand 4, The Stand Comedy Club

28 York Place, , Edinburgh, EH1 3EP

0131 558 9005