Steve Cross (comedian)

{{Short description|English comedian}}

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Steve Cross is the founder of Bright Club{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Manjit |date=1 May 2011 |title=Robin Ince: The science of comedy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/8480326/Robin-Ince-The-science-of-comedy.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |accessdate= 10 August 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-engagement/contact |title=Contact us|website=UCL |publisher=University College London |accessdate=10 August 2014}} and Science Showoff.{{cite web |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/detail.shtml?uid=7f5436de-21a0-4cf2-aae4-5ec138cfc05c |title=Medical science comedy cabaret|date=22 June 2013 |website=University of Cambridge |publisher=What's On |accessdate=10 August 2014}}

Cross acts as a master of ceremonies during Science Showoff events.{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Holly |date=19 August 2012 |title=The rise of the nerds |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/the-rise-of-the-nerds-8059789.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/the-rise-of-the-nerds-8059789.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | newspaper=The Independent |accessdate=10 August 2014 }} He is a past winner of the Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement.{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=9801 |title=Graphene is theme for Festival's science communicator |date=4 Apr 2013 |publisher=Manchester University |accessdate=10 August 2014}} In 2007, he was the head curator of the Medicine Man gallery at the Wellcome Collection.{{cite journal |last=Martin |first=Colin |date=30 June 2007 |title=Sex and drugs and rock and roll |url= |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=334 |issue=7608 |pages=1374–1375 |doi=10.1136/bmj.39258.502153.59 |pmc=1906645 }}