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Shows for Family Audiences

These shows are ones that I have found to work well with family audiences at Science Festivals and other events. Normally when presenting these I aim at a target audience age of about 10 -11 years. This usually keeps the level high enough to engage adults and older children, and stretches the younger members of the audience a bit, but not too much.

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Image: Fire

The Fire Show

A fun (but safe!) investigation of what burns, and what happens when it burns.

Image: Richard Ellam in C17 period costume

Galileo and the Stolen Telescope.

Did Galileo really invent the telescope? Could it help him to prove that the Earth orbits the Sun?

This costumed show investigates the truth behind the Galileo legend, to shed light on scientific method and how science works.

Image: Boys from Syracuse Illusion

Seeing Things - optical illusions.

What optical effects and illusions tell us about how we see the world. Eye-popping, mindbending fun for all the family!

Image: GWR Loco

The Great Train Show

Discovering the science behind trains - forces, friction, structures, gradients and air resistance.

Image: Clouds

The Air Show

All about air and the Earth's atmosphere - what air is made of, how balloons and aeroplanes fly, and what happens if the air dissapears.